2009/11/4 Andrew Errington <[email protected]>

> On Wed, November 4, 2009 10:25, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
> > On Tuesday 03 Nov 2009 8:12:55 pm Peter Childs wrote:
> >
> >> Participially if the trees overhang the road, and may get in the way of
> >>  Busses (that often have to brush past them) and other high sided
> >> vehicles. Perhaps there should be a way to mark if this may be a problem
> >> for such vehicles.
> >>
> >
> > very useful - trees and pavements have been driving me crazy --
>
> Probably this should be handled with a height restriction:
>
> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:maxheight
>
> Generally, if it's a main thoroughfare the local authority will trim the
> trees to allow all traffic to pass (including buses and lorries).
>
>
True, but always nice to know what causes the height restriction, and where
the trees are that might need trimming, or may cause high sided vehicles to
run closer to the centre of the road to avoid the trees. (partically if a
bus lane is present but can't be used due to said trees)

Peter.
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