On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 6:20 PM Graeme Fitzpatrick <graemefi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Sat, 8 Sep 2018 at 08:26, Dave Swarthout <daveswarth...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I'm still looking for a simple solution that allows me to tag >> slow_vehicle_turnout lanes in such a way that makes them visible to drivers >> using a GPS as they motor along behind a sluggish truck or bus: "Turnout >> lane ahead in 1000 meters". Simple logic and unambiguous tagging will make >> that easier than figuring out that a short multi-lane segment of a given >> highway actually contains a lane dedicated for vehicles to use so they can >> be passed. >> > > I'm also quite definitely not an expert Dave :-), but personally, I think > that your highway=service + service=turnout concept may be the easiest, > least messy or complicated way of doing it? > > It will render as a road & will show up differently to the highway you're > following, which achieves the aim. It may not be a perfect match for what > is on the ground or the best theoretical solution, but, as an old military > adage put's it "If it's a stupid idea & it works, then it's not a stupid > idea"! :-) > > Too specific a situation, think a little more generally here. I'm thinking, perhaps, a new access tag value: smv (slow moving vehicle). Then you could (using my previous I 82 through the Cabbage Patch climb) do something like smv:lanes:access=no|yes|designated.
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