On 25.06.2013 20:43, martinq wrote: >>> There is no (common) restriction that limits the actual weight of >>> truck+trailer, thus it makes no sense to define maxweight as limit for >>> the complete train. >> ... >> this one is for gross weight of vehicles _including_ trailers: >> http://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zeichen_253.svg > > Yes, see second part of my posting you responded to. > > But the example does not support your original idea of defining > maxweight (=*actual weight* restriction) for complete trains instead of > vehicles. It only supports it for gross_weight, but this was already > pointed out by me. > > > To focus back on the original topic: > > What is your conclusion regarding the proposal and the tagging of these > restrictions? > > The crucial part is to keep tagging simple. We cannot expect that > everyone knows the subtle legal differences (I didn't know them until I > have done my own investigation). A trade-off between pure road-sign > tagging (which makes interpretation difficult) and the meaning (which is > complex due to vehicle, trailers, weight types, etc) is required.
At least in Europe every person with a driving licence should know about gross_weight as this is one of the important number regarding your licence. _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
