[OSM-talk] Emergency Access Only - How to tag?

[Richard Mann]

Um, since the footway in question might reasonably be construed not to be
adjacent to a roadway, I'm not 100% convinced it'd actually be illegal to
cycle on it. But I'd leave it to local judgement whether it was regarded as
acceptable to cycle there.

Richard

On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 9:14 PM, David Earl <david at frankieandshadow.com>wrote:

> Kev wrote:
> > Presumably in this case
> > highway=residential
> > access=emergency; foot; bicycle
>
> I wouldn't want to cycle over the surface your quoted picture showed! It
> doesn't say "emergency access except cycles" and it would be an offence
> to cycle through on the footway.
>
> OTOH, since it doesn't use the No Vehicles sign (red circle with empty
> white interior) with an "except emergency vehicles" plate, I rather
> think the restriction is not legally enforceable anyway.
>
> It would be interesting to know what the local authority has to say
> about the status of this sign.
>
> David
>
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