[Tagging] tagging no truck access in US

2010-11-19 Thread Richard Welty
what are people doing for this? the truck oriented access tags in the wiki are oriented towards UK legal categories whereas i'm basically looking at a simple sign that says no trucks. the wiki would have me use goods=no hgv=no whereas truck=no seems like a logical extension of the current

Re: [Tagging] tagging no truck access in US

2010-11-19 Thread SomeoneElse
It might seem a silly question, but what's a truck? You're correct that HGV in the UK has a specific legal meaning*, but does truck have one in the US? If it doesn't, would something like a Ford F-series count? What something like an El Camino? Cheers, Andy * Westminster Council via

Re: [Tagging] tagging no truck access in US

2010-11-19 Thread Richard Welty
On 11/19/10 8:27 AM, SomeoneElse wrote: It might seem a silly question, but what's a truck? You're correct that HGV in the UK has a specific legal meaning*, but does truck have one in the US? If it doesn't, would something like a Ford F-series count? What something like an El Camino?

Re: [Tagging] tagging no truck access in US

2010-11-19 Thread SomeoneElse
On 19/11/2010 13:40, Richard Welty wrote: On 11/19/10 8:27 AM, SomeoneElse wrote: It might seem a silly question, but what's a truck? You're correct that HGV in the UK has a specific legal meaning*, but does truck have one in the US? If it doesn't, would something like a Ford F-series

Re: [Tagging] tagging no truck access in US

2010-11-19 Thread Richard Mann
HGV = Heavy Goods Vehicle. It seems to be broadly identical (give or take a couple of tons/tonnes) with a US truck so hgv=destination (or hgv=no) would seem to be correct Feel free to add a note on the wiki that hgv is en-gb for truck Or feel free to use truck=destination (or truck=no), and if

Re: [Tagging] tagging no truck access in US

2010-11-19 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/11/19 SomeoneElse li...@mail.atownsend.org.uk: From memory in the Western US I've seen no trucks and then in smaller writing over 6 tons or similar.  Some kind of note about what the local rules are likely to be (or something explicit, if it's explicit).  I'm sure other people can suggest

Re: [Tagging] tagging no truck access in US

2010-11-19 Thread Pieren
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 3:47 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: The hgv-class is defined for vehicles over 3.5 t, if your legislation has different weight limits I'd suggest to introduce a different value/key and document that on the access-page in the wiki. No, why ? If

Re: [Tagging] tagging no truck access in US

2010-11-19 Thread Apollinaris Schoell
On 19 Nov 2010, at 8:58 , Pieren wrote: On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 3:47 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com wrote: The hgv-class is defined for vehicles over 3.5 t, if your legislation has different weight limits I'd suggest to introduce a different value/key and document that on

Re: [Tagging] tagging no truck access in US

2010-11-19 Thread john
around. ---Original Email--- Subject :Re: [Tagging] tagging no truck access in US From :mailto:ascho...@gmail.com Date :Fri Nov 19 11:25:38 America/Chicago 2010 On 19 Nov 2010, at 8:58 , Pieren wrote: On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 3:47 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer dieterdre...@gmail.com

Re: [Tagging] tagging no truck access in US

2010-11-19 Thread Paul Johnson
On 11/19/2010 07:40 AM, Richard Welty wrote: also truck prohibitions are not intended to prevent lawn services, delivery services (UPS, Fedex, the guy with the new refrigerator) and the like from carrying out normal business. This is true only if the Except Local Deliveries or similar add-on

Re: [Tagging] tagging no truck access in US

2010-11-19 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/11/19 Pieren pier...@gmail.com: The hgv-class is defined for vehicles over 3.5 t, if your legislation has different weight limits I'd suggest to introduce a different value/key and document that on the access-page in the wiki. No, why ? If the min/max weight is different, then improve

Re: [Tagging] tagging no truck access in US

2010-11-19 Thread Richard Welty
On 11/19/10 1:25 PM, j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: I agree that it makes more sense to have a separate tag for the weight limit. I would also not be surprised to find certain roads forbidden to trucks over a certain length, or forbidding trucks with tandem trailers, because the road in question

Re: [Tagging] tagging no truck access in US

2010-11-19 Thread Richard Welty
On 11/19/10 2:47 PM, Paul Johnson wrote: On 11/19/2010 07:40 AM, Richard Welty wrote: also truck prohibitions are not intended to prevent lawn services, delivery services (UPS, Fedex, the guy with the new refrigerator) and the like from carrying out normal business. This is true only if the

Re: [Tagging] tagging no truck access in US

2010-11-19 Thread Nathan Edgars II
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Richard Welty rwe...@averillpark.net wrote: On 11/19/10 1:25 PM, j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: I agree that it makes more sense to have a separate tag for the weight limit. I would also not be surprised to find certain roads forbidden to trucks over a certain

Re: [Tagging] tagging no truck access in US

2010-11-19 Thread Paul Johnson
On 11/19/2010 06:20 PM, Nathan Edgars II wrote: On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Richard Welty rwelty-Fu78d/dmhrmzesifbgk...@public.gmane.org wrote: On 11/19/10 1:25 PM, j...@jfeldredge.com wrote: I agree that it makes more sense to have a separate tag for the weight limit. I would also