On 9 April 2011 08:49, Steve Doerr <[email protected]> wrote: > On 09/04/2011 08:15, Peter Miller wrote: > > maxspeed:type=GB:dual_carriageway (or GB:motorway, GB:rural, GB:urban) > > > I don't like the urban/rural dichotomy for the UK as it doesn't correspond > to anything in the legislation here - unless you believe that > street-lighting is a specifically urban phenomenon. > > In UK law, the implicit 30 mph speed limit is associated with a 'restricted > road', which is any road having 'a system of street lighting furnished by > means of lamps placed not more than 200 yards apart' (except, presumably, > one where an explicit speed limit or the 'national' speed limit applies).So > maybe GB:restricted_road would be better? >
I assume you didn't mean to shout in the above comment ;) (part of it is in large characters on my computer) For sure, let's finesse the actual text to relate to UK legislation. GB:restricted_road is clearly a better definition that GB:urban. Here is the definition - it mentions England, Wales and Scotland but not Northern Ireland, so GB is correct http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/27/section/82 Can we find the relevant legal definitions of a motorway and a dual carriageway for GB or for UK? Regards, Peter > -- > Steve > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >
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