It's not a question of common sense, it's a question of law... Countries and states may differ, but they will all have a default plus a way of indicating any exceptions. In OSM we tend to omit values that are default; however there is always a way to make the default explicit if one requires. This is not the place to discuss the merits of various traffic laws. //colin
On 28 June 2016 14:23:13 CEST, Greg Troxel <[email protected]> wrote: > >Michael Tsang <[email protected]> writes: > >> I agree on the point that mode:learner_driver=* is better, but, >however, isn't >> it common sense that learners are not allowed on motorways? Can you >give me >> some regions where learners are, by default, allowed on motorways? > >I don't think it's common sense. The point is to get experience >driving with someone who knows in the other seat giving you advice. >People need to get used to being on motorways/interstates also. > >Plus, IMHO driving on motorways (Interstates) is less scary than on >other roads, both rural undivided highways and in cities. I find this >to be the case when driving in the US and also in the UK. (I'm not >saying that a UK rule that learners are not allowed on motorways is >unreasonable, just that it doesn't follow from first principles and >isn't obvious from having driven there.) > >An example of a region is where drivers with a learner's permit are >allowed on Interstates is Massachusetts: > > http://www.massrmv.com/LicenseandID/ClassDPermitandLicense.aspx > > Limitations with a Class D Permit > >If you are under 18 years of age, you may not drive between the hours >of >12:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. unless accompanied by a parent/guardian who is > duly licensed in his or her home state and has one (1) year of driving > experience. The parent/guardian must occupy the seat next to you. You > may not operate a vehicle outside Massachusetts if that state's laws > prevent you from legally doing so. > >I suspect most other states are similar. Another high-regulation >state is New York, and they don't ban motorways: > > https://dmv.ny.gov/learner-permit-restrictions > >but they do ban for learners specific scary parkways (trunk, not >motorway, due to narrow, twisty, and not really having slip roads -- >which is why they are scary) and specific bridges. There is no >prohibition on learner drivers on Interstates. But there are extra >rules for learners in NYC, including daytime only and dual brake >controls. > >Basically, I thinnk the issue is that in the US, Interstates are viewed >as normal, rather than special, and in the UK motorways are viewed as >more special. > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Tagging mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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