[OSM-talk] [RFC] Deprecating the use of Tag:highway=stop in favour of Key:stop

[John Smith]

--- On Wed, 26/8/09, Joseph Booker <joe at neoturbine.net> wrote:
> It's not a normal traffic light. It is legally and
> practically treated
> the same as a stop sign. My state describes it as "This
> sign is used at
> intersections when a stop sign alone is hard to see or
> where additional
> emphasis on the stop sign is needed." I would tag it as a
> stop sign, I
> only mention it as a legitimate case of a stop being in the
> middle of
> the intersection.

The key bit as I see it, "It's used in addition to, not instead of".