On 2013-10-16 at 10:10:50 +0200, Georg Feddern wrote: > Am 16.10.2013 09:23, schrieb Volker Schmidt: > >(this thread is so long now, that I don't remember if I have > >inserted "my" problem with bicycle=no/dismount) > > > >Here in Italy we have heaps of pedestrian-only crossings, which > >are part of dedicated combined foot-cycle paths or even pure > >cycle paths. The legal requirements is that cyclists dismount to > >use them (which no cyclist does, but that's a different story). > > Where did you get this "legal requirement" from? > As a tourist I wouldn't interprete the sign as "forced to dismount", > just as "there is no combined footway/cycleway" anymore.
It comes from the traffic law: regular crossings are bu default for pedestrians only, so if you are on a bicicles you have to dismount and "turn yourself into a pedestrian". There are special crossings that allow both bicicles and pedestrians where you can cross without dismounting, but they are quite rare (in my town I can remember only one). -- Elena ``of Valhalla'' _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
