Peter Wendorff <wendo...@uni-paderborn.de> wrote: > Am 26.06.2012 16:55, schrieb Paul Johnson: > > > > It seems like tagging for the lowest, highest and default limits > > would be useful. > > > What's the purpose of a "lowest speed limit"? > I don't think it's useful, as we are still speaking about legal speed > limits, while often lower practical speed limits are the limiting > factor, and no router should assume a "maximum time a particular > vehicle > needs", as there may be a traffic jam as well as ice on the road and > so on. > The default limit I see similar (if it's not the highest one, which it > > is in all cases I know and AFAIR have been reported in this thread, > yet). > > regards > Pete A "lowest speed limit" means that, under normal circumstances, traffic is supposed to go at least that fast, and someone going slower can be cited for obstructing traffic. It doesn't get enforced when heavy traffic, road construction, severe weather, or the like forces everyone to slow down.
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