Those examples are very good. Any chance we could get some license-compatible photos in the near future?
2012/4/21 Philip Barnes <p...@trigpoint.me.uk>: > On Sat, 2012-04-21 at 10:19 +0200, Ronnie Soak wrote: > >> I would only use a lanes value other than 2 if there are clear road >> markings, signs or it is otherwise very clear that two cars are >> supposed to go in one direction at a time (>=3) > I am not aware of any special signage on 3 lane roads in the UK. It is > just a knowledge of the highway code that gives you the rules. > > 1. Solid double lines on your side mean do not cross, traffic in > the opposite direction has solo use of the centre lane. > Also broken line on your side and solid double lines on the > other side mean your direction has exclusive use of the centre > lane. > > 2. Broken and solid line on your side, traffic in the opposite > direction has priority use of centre lane but you can overtake > if it is clear and nobody is signalling their intent to pull > out. Usually uphill traffic will have priority in this case. > > 3. Both sides have a broken line and have equal priority to use > the centre lane to overtake. Have not seen one of these for > years. > > However OSM does not allow anything other than tagging as 3 > lanes, so the above is probably irrelevant to OSM tagging. > > >> or there is no way for two cars to pass without a special (signed) >> passing place (1). > There is always a way. There are lots of single track minor roads, that > have no passing places and high hedges close to the road. Passing can > involve a long reverse and squeeze into a gateway or pull onto any bit > of grass verge that may be there. > > Official passing places are also supposed to be used to allow faster > traffic to pass, a rule many city dwellers are totally unaware of, much > to the annoyance of locals. I can remember a public information film, in > the 70s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQZownCGnYg > > Phil > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
