On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 2:48 PM Graeme Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Now we may (yet again!) be getting caught up in the > one-word-different-meanings-worldwide saga, but, in Australia at least, > "zebra" crossings (parallel alternating black & white stripes crossing the > road) are controlled - they signify a pedestrian crossing & drivers must > stop & give way to any pedestrians on or approaching the crossing. > > So are there different rules elsewhere, so that you can say "zebra is > marked but uncontrolled"? > Where I live in the US, Washington State, a pedestrian has the right of way at any intersection unless otherwise indicated. Other places the pedestrian only has the right of way in marked crossings. But a marked crossing doesn't necessarily mean controlled. To me that means some sort of signal. Similar to the way we tag supervised crossings highway=crossing + crossing=* as appropriate + supervised=yes Best, Clifford -- @osm_washington www.snowandsnow.us OpenStreetMap: Maps with a human touch
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