[OSM-talk] Max speed forward/backward

[Paul Johnson]

On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 4:09 PM, Hans De Kryger <hans.dekryger13 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Thanks Paul.
>
> There's a lot of split speed limits here in the valley (Arizona.) I've
> worked hard mapping quite a few. Would love for more services to show them.
>

Bit of a chicken and egg problem; directionally split speed limits seem to
be relatively limited to the high plains and Rocky Mountain areas so it's
something that's probably going to need to be mapped more extensively
first.  Also a factor being that a lot of apps are favoring traffic
integration rather than speed limits or omits them for no reason even
though it's in the data, even when they are easily decipherable (no
maxspeed:variable=school/signals or maxspeed:forward/backward) for like, no
reason.

Personally, I find this trend undesirable, since the herd mentality tends
to cause speed creep; anybody who's been on a busy freeway and driving
something incapable of exceeding the speed limit or just takes great pride
in driving like they learned how can probably relate.
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