Good morning Mateusz , A lot of the tertiary roads in Australia are under local government authority ownership Mateusz. So we have a single Federal Government and then the states and territories and finally under that local government. In Victoria, there are 77 local government authorities (mainly shires and councils).
A lot of these rural shires have little money and so a lot of older signs may be still found, especially on creek crossings on dirt roads that are pre standardisation. Also, the state governments looks after a lot of the forest reserves through their "conservation" department or similar. These signs on logging roads may also differ, mainly due to the vastness of the network. The axle signs I haven't seen but as a cyclist I don't look too closely at these. I do know that there is a Victorian database of road and bridge limits however I don't know where copyright sits but would have a decent guess that it is not available to OSM. Thanks for all your work. On Mon, 24 Jun 2019 at 09:49, Warin <[email protected]> wrote: > On 24/06/19 05:49, Mateusz Konieczny wrote: > > How weight limit signs in Australia looks like? Especially on bridges? > > I found https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/safety/signs/regulatory > with "Bridge load limit signs" that have two examples: > https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0020/42824/r6-3.png > https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/image/0013/42700/r6-17.png > > is the same set of signs used in 5 other states? > > Similar > https://nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/378221/hvdh-section5.pdf > > is "per axle group" commonly used or is it an extremely rare curiosity? > > Most don't drive trucks so they pay no attention to them. > > There are maximum weights and dimensions that vehicle have to comply with. > Major roads have bridges that withstand those maximums so they have no > signs for that. It is only on lesser roads where a bridge cannot carry that > maximum load that you should find these signs. I would think short bridges > may well carry axle limits. > > > is this sign using short ton or long ton or normal tonnes (=1000 kg) as an > unit? > > We are a metric country now. So 1tonne = 1000kg. > > ----- > > According to sources that I also encountered design like US signs, like > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:MUTCD_R12-1.svg > is at least sometimes used in Australia. > > Is it correct? (my sources were quite dubious so...) > > > Unfortunately the road signs are under Australian Standard, AS 1743:2018. > Australian Standards are copyright ... most will say that is ridiculous! > But there we are. So finding examples of signs can be difficult. I can go > and look at the AS, but I cannot copy it (I did have the capability at > work, but had to declare it - special licence) ... I can photo signs beside > the road ... There are some examples in learn to drive booklets, but I have > not found any with the truck weight limits as yet. > > Some older signs may still be found but they will be replace with AS > 1743:2018 signs. > See > https://www.mainroads.wa.gov.au/BuildingRoads/StandardsTechnical/RoadandTrafficEngineering/TrafficManagement/AustralianStandardSigns/Pages/home.aspx > for some old examples. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au > -- Warm Regards Ewen Hill Internet Development Australia
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