This is all good information and it should be in OSM. I'm just saying it 
doesn't need to be in there twice. 

> On Sep 2, 2016, at 3:47 PM, Jack Burke <burke...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Tagging maxspeed is purely for a router.  So are turn restrictions
> As for turn:lanes meant for complex intersections....the examples in the wiki 
> show very simple uses.  I can't see anything in it, or the discussion page, 
> indicating that it is only for complex intersections.  Certainly there is a 
> lot of talk about how to use it with some complex roads, but overall it 
> appears to be intended for exactly this type of situation (namely, indicating 
> lane guidance for exits).
> 
> --jack
> 
> 
>> On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 1:23 PM, Paul Johnson <ba...@ursamundi.org> wrote:
>>> On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 12:18 PM, David Mease <meas...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I thing my reservations about this type of tagging is that this may be 
>>> "tagging for the router".
>> 
>> On some level, all of it is.
>>  
>>> I still view the turn:lanes scheme as a (probably incomplete) way of 
>>> describing complex intersections. Tagging simple intersections with this 
>>> scheme just to get a routing engine to display the correct arrow icon is a 
>>> waste of time.
>> 
>> A sufficiently smart router could potentially use the info to determine 
>> whether or not it's plausible to make Y number of lane changes of X distance 
>> to make a turn and route accordingly.
> 
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