This does not present a problem: > The first set
Well, as you write yourself, they may be authorized to set own speed limits, but they need to signpost it. > The second So these are the type of regulations I mean with "default speed limits". > The third law As Martin Koppenhoefer stated on another discussion branch, this kind of paragraph in legislation is not specific to the US. All/most legislations have a sentence like this - it only differs how a breach of this is persecuted. But well, Martin Koppenhoefer and Colin Smale already wrote what there is to say about it. On 19/09/2018 07:15, Mark Wagner wrote: > On Tue, 18 Sep 2018 20:36:06 +0200 > Tobias Zwick <[email protected]> wrote: > >> From your anecdote, it seems, an implicit speed limit tagging scheme >> is even more important in the US than for example in the UK > > In my part of the US, a meaningful implicit speed limit tagging scheme > is impossible, due to the three sets of laws regarding speed limits. > > The first set is RCW 46.61.405, 46.61.410, 46.61.415, and 46.61.419, > which give various people the authority to set signed speed limits, > obedience to which is required by RCW 46.61.050. > > The second is RCW 46.61.400(2), which establishes default speeds of > 25 MPH on city streets, 50 MPH on county roads, and 60 MPH on state > highways. This would seem rather comprehensive, except for: > > The third law: RCW 46.61.400(1). "No person shall drive a vehicle on a > highway at a speed greater than is reasonable and prudent under the > conditions and having regard to the actual and potential hazards then > existing." > > As a highway engineer pointed out to me recently, most county roads, > especially unpaved ones, are designed around a speed limit of > "reasonable and prudent". The 50 MPH limit established by RCW > 46.61.400(2)(b) simply sets a firm upper boundary; it's quite possible > to get a speeding ticket at a lower speed. > > Sure, you can put a number on any road. But for most rural roads > without speed-limit signs, the number is unrelated to how fast you can > drive on that road. > _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
