I was thinking specifically of NL, where "bikes" (including their "payloads") more than 75cm in width do not HAVE to follow compulsory cycle tracks, i.e. they are ALLOWED to use the main carriageway. This would include most tricycles and many bike trailers for windsurfers etc. However they are still bicycles in all other respects. If there is an explicit sign to forbid cycling on the main road, then I don't know what would take precedence...
Should we introduce "maxwidth:advised=0.75" on the cycle tracks? Then we will need something like "minwidth:bicycle=0.75" on the roads as well. //colin On 2015-10-08 14:44, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > sent from a phone > >> Am 08.10.2015 um 12:07 schrieb Colin Smale <colin.sm...@xs4all.nl>: >> >> Don't forget that even simple things like "what is a bicycle" vary from >> country to country. Is a tricycle a bike? Is an electric bike still a bike? >> Is a bike pulling a 3-metre trailer still a bike? > > There are 2 possibilities here: > the jurisdiction has specific laws for tricycles, or other specific vehicles > we don't have a vehicle class for, then we should add these vehicle classes > in our tagging system, > > or these vehicles are set to be treated like another vehicle, e.g. to a > tricycle apply the same rules than to a bicycle, in this case the user will > have to select the corresponding vehicle class in his application. > > There can be a problem when doing international routing, crossing borders > where the relevant rules change, but a dedicated tricycle router will likely > be able to compile her maps in a suitable way (using osm country boundaries > and external data (e.g. osm wiki) to what a tricycle equates in these > countries or which defaults to choose for missing data). > > cheers > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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