Exact same situation in Michigan where "end speed limit" signs are frequently used when leaving a small town. Our 55 mph limit applies to all secondary roads as well as state roads. Rarely do you see a speed limit sign on these secondary roads and speed limit signs on state roads are widely spaced.
Kerry Irons -----Original Message----- From: Richard Welty [mailto:rwe...@averillpark.net] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 1:38 PM To: talk-us@openstreetmap.org Subject: Re: [Talk-us] key source:maxspeed On 3/21/13 1:30 PM, Toby Murray wrote: > Here in the U.S. such implicit speed limits are fairly rare except > within cities where most residential roads are assumed to be 30 mph. > All highways here are explicitly signed with the applicable speed > limit so the established use of the source:maxspeed tag doesn't really > make sense to most Americans. again, not safe to generalize. per NYS law, all roads not otherwise posted are 55mph. virtually all local governments then set speed limits one way or another, either by posting at the admin boundary, by "area speed limit" signs, or just by putting speed limit signs on all the roads. not 1/2 mile from my house, there's a county road with a sign saying "End 35 MPH", which in NYS law means start a 55 mph limit. these are not uncommon in this state, although there is a trend away from the usage. richard _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us _______________________________________________ Talk-us mailing list Talk-us@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-us
