Index: trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/CombineWayAction.java
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--- trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/CombineWayAction.java	(revision 3408)
+++ trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/actions/CombineWayAction.java	(revision 3409)
@@ -35,4 +35,5 @@
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.osm.TagCollection;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.osm.Way;
+import org.openstreetmap.josm.data.preferences.BooleanProperty;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.ExtendedDialog;
 import org.openstreetmap.josm.gui.conflict.tags.CombinePrimitiveResolverDialog;
@@ -45,4 +46,6 @@
  */
 public class CombineWayAction extends JosmAction {
+
+    private static final BooleanProperty PROP_REVERSE_WAY = new BooleanProperty("tag-correction.reverse-way", true);
 
     public CombineWayAction() {
@@ -154,5 +157,5 @@
             }
             // if there are still reversed ways with direction-dependent tags, reverse their tags
-            if (!reversedWays.isEmpty() && Main.pref.getBoolean("tag-correction.reverse-way", true)) {
+            if (!reversedWays.isEmpty() && PROP_REVERSE_WAY.get()) {
                 List<Way> unreversedTagWays = new ArrayList<Way>(ways);
                 unreversedTagWays.removeAll(reversedWays);