It depends whether a right of way exists. Things are rather complicated in the UK. Private means private, so no entry by default. If you are visiting an address on a private road, you have presumably been invited, explicitly or implicitly. An unofficial sign "residents only" might not have any force in law. A road in private ownership, with a public right of way, can be used though if it is a "byway open to all traffic". Landowners often object to rights of way across their land and might try to discourage their use with misleading signs.
On 3 August 2014 12:43:50 CEST, Matthijs Melissen <[email protected]> wrote: >On 3 August 2014 11:18, Volker Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Residential roads in the UK often seem to have 'private road' signs, >such >>> as: >>> >>> - 'Private road' >>> - 'Private road no parking' >>> - 'Private road no parking no turning' >>> - 'Residents only no unauthorised parking or turning' >>> >>> How do people tag these roads? For which of these would you use >>> access=private? >>> >> I would tag them all with access=destination, unless there are >additional >> signs that forbid entering. >> A "private road" is privately owned and maintained, but you normally >may use >> it to reach the properties facing it as visitor or for delivery >purposes. > >Most private roads are cul-de-sacs, but in the hypothetical situation >where a private road connects two non-private roads, would there be a >legal reason you couldn't use the private road as shortcut? > >-- Matthijs > >_______________________________________________ >talk mailing list >[email protected] >https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
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