On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 10:49 +1000, Stephen Hope wrote: > Why? Just because you happen to live in a state where that happens to > be the case, doesn't mean I do. If I tagged a footpath, I would expect > bikes ARE allowed by default, because they are here. Setting defaults > for this is going to be instinctively wrong for a lot of mappers, most > of whom won't ever see this page. > > So far, I've been told that Vic and NSW don't allow riding on unsigned > footpaths by adults, ACT and QLD do. Anybody know the rules for the > other states?
Im fairly sure ACT law doesnt allow riding on footpaths, only designated bicycle paths. A quick google, shows SA[0] and WA[1] have the same rules. It appears that the QLD rules are different to the rest of the country, so if we adopted a national standard, only QLD mappers would be affected by their states differing laws. > > By the way, what's the current difference between bicycle=designated > and bicycle=yes? I thought I knew, but skimming through all the posts > in the various lists for the last few days has left me confused again. >From a quick skim of the wiki, it seems that 'bicycle=yes' means that bicycles are allowed on the way, where 'bicycle=designated' means the bike has right of way. Bikes have right of way on designated cycle paths, but while theyre allowed on (most) roads, they dont have right of way. David [0] http://www.sa.gov.au/upload/franchise/Transport,%20travel%20and% 20motoring/Cycling/Cycling%20&%20the%20Law%20Booklet.pdf (p16) [1] http://rac.com.au/about-us/community/road-safety/safe-roads.aspx _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list Talk-au@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au