AFAIK the traffic regulations are: 1. You should *avoid* doing a U-turn at a mini roundabout because there isn't much room to turn in, and people might not be expecting it. You are still allowed to do so. 2. *only* drivers of long/large vehicles may only drive over it. Everyone else has to drive round the roundabout as usual
Point 1 should affect routers to discourage them from suggesting a u-turn, but not prohibit it. I believe the same would be true for any country. Therefore, it is worth knowing whether it is a mini or standard roundabout. On Wed, Oct 23, 2019 at 2:27 PM Paul Allen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 23 Oct 2019 at 13:59, Mateusz Konieczny <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> 23 Oct 2019, 14:54 by [email protected]: >> >> >> It is, pretty much. Plus a few in places heavily influenced by British >> practice (Ireland and Hong Kong), and also France as Philip says. >> >> And in Poland, though without special >> legal implications - the same traffic rules >> apply as in usual roundabout. >> > > That's fine. A mini roundabout is not just about size, low central > island, and number of > exits but also about legislation. A Polish roundabout could look > identical to a UK mini > roundabout yet have legal restrictions that match an "ordinary" Polish > roundabout. That's > fine. It doesn't have to just walk like a duck and quack like a duck, it > also has to have a > sign round its neck saying "I'm a duck." > >> I think the best suggestion in this case would be to update the >> documentation, particularly in translated pages, clarifying that the tag >> is >> intended for the formal mini-roundabout design as found in the UK, >> Ireland, >> France etc., and not for any flat roundabout. >> >> I disagree with such approach for Poland. >> > > Now I'm confused. Richard suggested updating the documentation to explain > that > a mini roundabout is more than just physical characteristics but also > about traffic > regulations: that in certain countries things that look physically like > mini roundabouts > are merely small ordinary roundabouts; and that only in certain countries > (which > excludes Poland) are things that look like mini roundabouts actually mini > roundabouts. > Why would you disagree with that? > > -- > Paul > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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