Re: [Tagging] How do you map traffic signals where right or left turns are allowed or not allowed on a red light?

2020-10-12 Thread Martin Koppenhoefer
sent from a phone > On 11. Oct 2020, at 18:15, Joseph Eisenberg > wrote: > > I wonder if "red turn" is a translation from German or another language? there is no straight turn in German, not even a u-turn is a “turn” in German, so if this was invented in Germany it has not to do with trans

Re: [Tagging] How do you map traffic signals where right or left turns are allowed or not allowed on a red light?

2020-10-11 Thread Supaplex
Isn't it sufficient to use this red_turn-tagging at the traffic light (instead of a turn relation), since it restricts to whom the traffic light applies? General turning rules remain unaffected. This tagging obviously comes from the German-speaking area (see also TagInfo map), because there is the

Re: [Tagging] How do you map traffic signals where right or left turns are allowed or not allowed on a red light?

2020-10-11 Thread yo paseopor
Here in Europe that situation starts to be assumed by big cities who love bicycles. It is a new regulation you can find in Paris or Barcelona. Now we can ride our bikes in oneways streets as oneway:bicycle=no and also this possibility of turn in red traffic lights. Also these days we start to find

[Tagging] How do you map traffic signals where right or left turns are allowed or not allowed on a red light?

2020-10-11 Thread Joseph Eisenberg
In North America (since we hate pedestrians) usually it is legal to turn right at a red light (we drive on the right side of the road, so a right turn only involves crossing into one lane). At some intersections where there are many pedestrians, there are signs that say "no turn on red", or someti