[OSM-talk] Software goes on, brain goes off...

Anthony osm at inbox.org
Wed Jun 2 01:23:05 BST 2010


On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Nic Roets <nroets at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 5:22 PM, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
> >> Ideally, yes. But routing software can't possibly process the logic
> >> correctly in cases like these. Some roads may not have a pavement, but
> >> they are safe for pedestrians due to the lack of traffic. In other
> >> cases extreme footways should not be used because of crime.
> >
> > What does lack of traffic matter?  Unless you mean absolutely no traffic,
> I
> > don't think that makes much difference.  If the road is unsafe to walk
> on,
> > I'm not going to walk down it whether there's 1 car a day or 10,000.  If
> > there's a low enough speed limit maybe.
>
> By that logic you should never leave your house. What if a storm
> suddenly appears and you get hit by lightning ?
>

You seem to have missed the rest of my post.  I was arguing that a road with
no pavement but with a shoulder is *not* unsafe.  OTOH, if the road has no
shoulder, and traffic traveling at 55 mph, and only 1 car a day, I'm not
walking down it.
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