On Sat, 2013-06-29 at 20:04 +0000, Kytömaa Lauri wrote: > > > needed e.g. in Finland) or of > >a single vehicle (needed in > >most of the vienna convention > > countries) > > By far the most common sign is - even here - of the "vehicle laden > weight" variant. Only the "max gross weight of a vehicle combination" > sign does not (legally) exist - here, that is. Implying that we're not > following the convention is just... uneducated. > > It would be best of someone living in the UK atm could check of most > of the maxweight tagged ways there are in fact with a traffic sign "no > entry for goods vehicles with gross weight over X tonnes", or the > laden weight limit variant. Regardless of what the wiki example photos > show.
In the UK, the most common weight restriction is '7.5t except for access'. These generally cover an area, 7.5t in the UK being the legal definition of a HGV. These restrictions are to keep trucks to the main roads and away from peoples homes, generally these can be tagged using hgv=destination. In other countries the definition is 3.5t, but again these can be tagged as hgv=destination or hgv=no. The other type of weight restriction, without the except for access sign, is generally tagged with a maxweight={value}. These are usually where there is a weak structure, such as a bridge and a heavy vehicle is prohibited from crossing at all. The lowest number I know of is 2t. I have not seen an axle weight restriction in years. I do think we are getting too complicated with here, surely its simply a hgv tag, or a maxweight tag, simples. Phil (trigpoint) _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging