Anthony wrote: >On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Nathan Edgars II <neroute2 at gmail.com>wrote: >> When you cycle, how do *you* handle a (left) turn? In Florida you have >> two options - move over to the left like any other driver, or stop on >> the right and cross the entire roadway. The router will tell you to >> turn left, and you'll choose how to do that. >> >It seems to me that the latter isn't always available, at least not safely >and legally. Granted, I don't know of any roads (in Florida or otherwise) >where bicycles are permitted, but they are only permitted to use the >shoulder, so I can't think of an example off the top of my head. But what >if there's something like this: >http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&hq=&ll=28.058596,-82.503741&spn=0.00152,0.001778&t=k&z=19 > >If bicycles are only permitted to use the shoulder, that means they can't >use the left turning lane, and instead have to go to the next traffic light >and make a U-turn. If bicycles are allowed to use the roadway, then they >can get in the left turning lane and make the turn directly.
With respect to only riding on the shoulder, we're talking about freeways, where ramps are almost always on the right side (left in some countries). I am curious what happens at the rare left-side (right) exits and entrances. If bikes are required to stay on the right (left) shoulder, these ramps should be tagged bicycle=no. Does anyone know of any relevant cases? _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
