Then it could be easy for them to tailor those requirements to ignore restrictions into the routing software.
- Svavar Kjarrval On 15/10/12 18:45, Colin Smale wrote: > Not in the UK or the Netherlands at least. They can do whatever they > see fit in the course of duty, especially with lights and sirens. Of > course they can be called to account if anything goes wrong. But a > policeman chasing a criminal who turns the wrong way up a one way > street is going to follow them and is not going to take a longer route > just because of a little no-entry sign. Maxspeed, turn restrictions, > oneways, waiting/stopping/parking restrictions, traffic signals - you > name it, they can (and do) ignore it when required (sometimes only > under certain circumstances such as life-and-death). > > Having said that there are certain restrictions which they would do > well to follow, such as maxheight and maxwidth. If it don't fit, it > don't fit, with or without blue lights! > > Colin > > On 15/10/2012 20:26, Svavar Kjarrval wrote: >> I think most laws require that even emergency vehicles observe >> restrictions like oneway streets. If there are any restrictions which >> can be broken in case of emergency vehicles, I think they'd program >> their routing software to them. >> >> - Svavar Kjarrval >> >> On 15/10/12 18:16, Eckhart Wörner wrote: >>> Hi Colin, >>> >>> Am Montag, 15. Oktober 2012, 20:08:01 schrieb Colin Smale: >>>> I don't understand why emergency vehicles are so important in this >>>> discussion. In the first place they have wide-ranging exemptions from >>>> traffic rules, which (let's be honest) we are never going to tag in OSM. >>>> Secondly they are never going to be relying on OSM data (or indeed any >>>> normal sat-nav) for lane-precise routing. They are trained to use their >>>> eyes and brains to make split-second decisions on what is safe and an >>>> acceptable risk under the circumstances of that moment. Thirdly, they >>>> will be about 0.0000000001% of the potential users of OSM data - why >>>> should we compromise "service" to the vast majority of real users for >>>> the hypothetical benefit of the very few. >>> I fully agree with you; if we were going to map for emergency vehicles, >>> we'd probably have to add >>> oneway:conditional = no @ emergency >>> for almost all oneway roads first. >>> >>> Eckhart >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Tagging mailing list >>> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >>> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Tagging mailing list >> Tagging@openstreetmap.org >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature
_______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
