[Tagging] Why the difference between railway=crossing and level_crossing?

[Nathan Edgars II]

The only difference between these tags is whether the crossing is for 
pedestrians or also vehicles. But that can be determined from the way 
that crosses the railway at the node. So why are these tags separate?

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