[OSM-talk] maxspeed tagging Was: Best-practice-idea traffic_sign

[Lennard]

> Lennard wrote:
> The general solution is "maxspeed is the highest of the maxspeeds of all
> classes of vehicle on that road".
> See also the signs we have in continental europe when you enter a country:
> there is usually a large sign specifying the maximum speeds on different
> roads
> (within town, outside town, motorway). I have never seen a different sign
> for
> mopeds, HGV's or vehicles with a caravan, it is always the maximum for all
> vehicles.

In that case, your 100/100/40 example is easily collapsed into maxspeed=100.

Let's see ... Hey, that's the current tagging scheme, already! Why did we
need a change? :-)

-- 
Lennard