/me edits the wikipedia article to direct the course of dicussion. *sits back with popcorn*
~Cameron 2008/12/12 Liz <ed...@billiau.net> > On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, Darrin Smith wrote: > > You are still equating mini_roundabouts and roundabouts as exactly the > > same thing. Minis were defined as a very specific subset of roundabout > > which all the pages YOU provided say are small roundabouts that can be > > completely driven over. I notice you have failed to address this very > > specific argument completely. > > I'm obviously not reading the same as you > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roundabout#Mini_roundabouts > > "Mini-roundabouts can be a painted circle, a low dome, or often are small > garden beds. Painted roundabouts and low domes can easily be driven over by > most vehicles, which many motorists will do when there is no other traffic, > but the practice is dangerous if other cars are present." > > "Whilst it may be physically possible, it is illegal for vehicles like > cars, > which can turn around the mini-roundabout, to go over the painted island, > or > around the wrong way- vehicles should treat it like a solid island and > proceed around it. (In practice, few motorists obey these rules). " > > When I read this I see that motorists may be found driving over these > things, > but it's illegal; it's dangerous > > and it's not a *core* descriptor - it is a result of the design parameter > of > low height coupled with motorist expediency > please note that the text does not suggest that motorists are in the habit > of > driving over the garden bed variety of min_roundabout > > further on there are examples of other mini_roundabouts which merge with > the > small_roundabout > > "A slightly larger version of a mini-roundabout, sometimes called a "small > roundabout", is designed with a raised centre surrounded by a sloped > "overrun > area" of a different colour from the roadway and up to a meter in thickness > called a "truck apron" or a "mountable apron"." > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-au mailing list > Talk-au@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au >
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