If the [in-car] OSM based routing systems worked off [near-]live data then the police could utilise this by marking closed roads (due to accidents or whatever) as such - resulting in having less traffic to 'manually' divert from those accidents.
This may involve a bit of work, but it would surely be worth it.

Regarding your father in law, I think the word you are looking for is "cartographer" ;-)
I'm looking forward to seeing the map of Costa Rica get better!

Not wanting to sound harsh, but...
do we need some type of gibberish to english translator to find out what you're complaining out?

it was :(

for phone number, just tag it as phone=+1414.....

osm.wiki/Key:phone

there are more ideas at osm.wiki/Talk:Buses

Sorry but I can't help myself: Gort is actually in county Galway - and there's no 'i' in the english name for an Clár. I hope you enjoyed your time over here!