There's quite a few bridges that are *definitely* access=no, emergency=no in my area, but are *not* disused. Might not be physically possible to get a motor vehicle onto the span and definitely not legal to use the span at all, but, not all people care about rules.
On Sat, Mar 2, 2019 at 3:43 AM Mateusz Konieczny <matkoni...@tutanota.com> wrote: > > > > Mar 2, 2019, 10:12 AM by colin.sm...@xs4all.nl: > > Boys, this will vary by legal jurisdiction. These comments are valueless > unless placed in context. > Here in NL and as far as I know also in the UK, blue lights and sirens in > your mirror are also no excuse for your own driving by the way, so you must > not break any rules or otherwise drive dangerously to facilitate the > emergency vehicle. Is that the same where you are? > In NL police have a blanket exemption for all traffic rules in the > execution of their duty. In the UK there is a fixed list of exemptions, and > driving the wrong way down a one way street is not one of them, for > example. > > In Poland it is accepted to (carefully) break traffic laws to make space > for the emergency vehicle. > Not sure what is the legal situation, though not making space for > ambulance would be treated > as a criminal stupidity - even if it requires doing something inconvenient > or breaking traffic law. > > Examples that I encountered (and did) include temporary moving to and > parking on edge > of road, crossing red light (without moving across crossing), making > otherwise forbidden > right turn or U-turn, blocking road for nonemergency vehicles due to > stopping at green light, > ignoring markings that forbid changing lanes etc. > > All of it done with extra care and certainly without driving dangerously. > > AFAIK emergency vehicles are exempt from limitations of traffic law > (including oneway roads, > forbidden access roads, speed limits, red lights, forbidden turns) > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > Tagging@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging >
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