> > Hi all > http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_reg/rsrr2017208/s250.html > ROAD SAFETY ROAD RULES 2017 - REG 250 > says "Footpath is defined in the dictionary" but it doesn't say which > dictionary.
"The dictionary" is the dictionary in schedule 5 pf the Road Safety Road Rules -- http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_reg/rsrr2017208/sch5.html The definition there is fairly broad: ""footpath", except in rule 13(1) <http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_reg/rsrr2017208/s13.html>, means an area <http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_reg/rsrr2017208/s350.html#area> open to the public that is designated for, or has as one of its main uses, use by pedestrians" Not particularly helpful. On Sun, 19 Sept 2021 at 21:44, <[email protected]> wrote: > > In regards to your changeset comment: "I doubt that means that all > > paths are footpaths unless otherwise signed." > > Generally speaking, yes, they are. In the absence of one of these signs > > Hi all > http://classic.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/vic/consol_reg/rsrr2017208/s250.html > ROAD SAFETY ROAD RULES 2017 - REG 250 > says "Footpath is defined in the dictionary" but it doesn't say which > dictionary. > > Apparently the word "footpath" is used differently in different > countries. In Australia it means a US "sidewalk". > "A sidewalk (North American English), pavement (British English), > footpath (Oceanian English), or footway, is a path along the side of a > road." > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidewalk > > This is what my understanding of the footpath rule is in Victoria > Australia, don't ride on the path that runs between the property line > and the kerb. > > That's not we are talking about here > ways 157071087 and 304507133 intersection > > https://www.mapillary.com/app/?lat=-37.923613888889015&lng=145.32910000000004&z=17&pKey=941113219764485&focus=photo > > So I disagree with the suggestion that all paths are, for legal > purposes, footpaths unless otherwise signed. > > Tony > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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