many of the tags don't seem to adequately cover the permitted use
Here in the US, public lands mangers deal with motorcycles, atv, 4WD etc with a single term
Off Highway Vehicle or OHV
There are OHV parks run by the US State of California, BLM, Forest Service, private property owners, and other government agencies
These vehicles are generally not permitted on general purpose roads though not always, connections are sometimes allowed, they are not subject to certain vehicle registration, insurance, equipment, and operator requirements
here 4WD doesn't cover it as some OHVs are 2WD and perfectly capable of proceeding, some are only passable by motorcycle or highly modified jeeps etc
Seems like an OHV tag would be useful.
another designation under access would be helpful too
Many times while a certain use is permitted it is not recommended
access=not_recommended would better cover certain situations
Discussion
Comment from Will Allender on 17 February 2009 at 21:19
I would also like to see OHV as a standardized tag. Here in Colorado, many of our multi-use trails are open to OHV. I would envision something like:
highway=path
bicycle=designated
ohv=designated
horse=designated
See here for the wiki example:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dpath
What I don't understand is why the US would use:
bicycle=designated
and the UK would use:
bicycle=yes
Shouldn't there be one and only one standard?