By not implicitly signed I mean there is no number on a NSL sign, the limit
changes between 60/70 when roads change between single and dual carriageways
and there is no explicit 70 sign on motorways.
Phil (trigpoint)
On 30 April 2018 20:31:11 BST, Adam Snape <adam.c.sn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>I'm not sure I'd call any of the national speed limits implicit. All
>are
>explicit in that they are (or should be) physically signed at least
>where
>the limit changes, so they are verifiable rather than merely implied.
>The
>only practical difference is whether small repeater signs are required
>to
>remind drivers of the speed limit and (as Phil says) in these days
>zonal
>20mph limits can sometimes be implemented without repeater signs.
>
>Adam
>
>On 30 April 2018 at 20:05, Philip Barnes <p...@trigpoint.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> For practical purposes the only non-implicitly signed speed limits
>are
>> national speed limits, (start indicated by black diagonal on white)
>and
>> motorways indicated by the international chop sticks sign.
>>
>> Phil (trigpoint)
>>
>> On 30 April 2018 19:54:37 BST, Tobias Zwick <o...@westnordost.de>
>wrote:
>>
>>> I apologize for the misunderstanding, this is about implicit speed
>>> limits when there is *no sign* that ordains another speed limit, of
>course.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Tobias
>>>
>>> On 30/04/2018 20:50, Brian Prangle wrote:
>>>
>>>> You can't make that assumption of an implicit 30mph limit. Major
>roads
>>>> in in built up areas can be 40 mph and increasingly speed limits
>are
>>>> being reduced to 20mph in built up areas
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Brian
>>>>
>>>> On 30 April 2018 at 18:41, Tobias Zwick <o...@westnordost.de
>>>> <mailto:o...@westnordost.de>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi there
>>>>
>>>> On tagging implicit speed limits in the United Kingdom, the
>wiki lists
>>>> the following values [1] for "maxspeed:type":
>>>>
>>>> GB:nsl_single (=60 mph), GB:nsl_dual (=70 mph) and GB:motorway
>(=70 mph)
>>>>
>>>> I understand that the current legislation defines a road with
>>>> road-lighting as a built-up area in which a lower implicit
>speed limit
>>>> of 30 mph applies. There is no mention of it in the wiki, no
>GB:urban,
>>>> GB:lit, GB:zone30 or anything like that, so something should
>be defined
>>>> and documented by (you,) the British OSM community.
>>>>
>>>> My question:
>>>> How to tag roads in which such an implicit speed limit for
>built-up
>>>> areas applies?
>>>>
>>>> The question is motivated by an issue report for
>StreetComplete [2]
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Tobias
>>>>
>>>> [1]
>>>>
>https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Speed_limits#Country_code.2Fcategory_conversion_table
>>>>
><https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Speed_limits#Country_code.2Fcategory_conversion_table>
>>>>
>>>> [2] https://github.com/westnordost/StreetComplete/issues/1037
>>>> <https://github.com/westnordost/StreetComplete/issues/1037>
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