On Sat, 2013-02-09 at 01:41 +0000, Dave F. wrote: > Hi > > Around my area in the UK a user is presently adding bicycle=no to all > motorways. There was a discussion a while back whether it that tag was > implied for motorways. If I remember, it was claimed there were some > places (not UK) that allowed bicycles. What was the consensus? > > I'm not sure it's necessary. I think it should be implied & bicycle=yes > added if they are allowed. >
I did mail the mapper who added these and got the following reply.
"Because I want to. My edits are not vandalism, they are correct and so
why I am doing them is not really germane now is it?". His deliberate
choice of complex words that, I had to google. Had me thinking muppet.
In my mind the restriction is in the name, Motor-way, Auto-bahn,
Auto-route, Auto-Strada. I have driven on the first 3, and none allow
cyclists.
Where do we stop, if we override the implied tags do we then have to add
pedestrian=no
horse=no
invalid_carriage=no
learner_driver=no
hgv_learner=yes
tracked_vehicle=no
agricultural_vehicle=no
and so on.
I know that in the US there is debate amongst mappers, whereas in most
European countries the road number implies motorway (M in the UK and
Ireland, A in France, Germany). The access points then have the
international 'chopsticks' sign.
In countries where cyclists are allowed I do wonder if they are really
motorway, I mean legally, signposted, or if cyclists are allowed are
they expressways and then maybe tagged as trunk.
Phil
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