Those descriptions I mentioned are in reference to driving. Yes, you can pass a house but when you legally pass (or overtake) a car on a highway in the U.S. you always pass on the left. I used those examples to justify my reluctance to redefine passing_place to describe these special sections of highway, turnouts or pullouts, that move slow traffic off to the right so other vehicles can pass them on their left.
In fact, that's also another reason I resist using the lanes structure suggested by others: how does one determine that those lanes are turnouts. IMO, in either scheme, the word "turnout" must be used. Why not make it simple (using the famous K.I.S.S. rationale), and just draw that extra lane as a separate way, a service=turnout or, better but bulkier, as a service=slow_vehicle_turnout ? That's the direction I'm leaning toward at the moment. Dave On Wed, Sep 5, 2018 at 3:42 PM Warin <61sundow...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 05/09/18 18:00, Martin Koppenhoefer wrote: > > > > > > > I understand the word as you can pull out (on the right), so that others > can pass you (on the left) but also: two vehicles can pass each other on an > otherwise too narrow road. > > "Pull out" as an expression can mean to be removed from the mainstream, > the normal flow. > Of course it has other meanings too. > > > You can also “pass” an obstacle that stands still in English, > > Close .. you may go past a house/school/shop. Not 'pass' a house/etc. > > > or am I misguided? > > English is not a very well behaved language ... like OSM tags :) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging > -- Dave Swarthout Homer, Alaska Chiang Mai, Thailand Travel Blog at http://dswarthout.blogspot.com
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