Comment on When traffic comes to a standstill, drivers instantly shift left and right to create a Rettungsgasse, an emergency corridor right down the middle, so ambulances

lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  In Germany, we have laws for that.

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  • zergtoshi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    …which are enforced?
    Because that’s one major issue with the legal system of the USA.

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    • lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      If you block the ambulance in Germany, you get punished nowadays.

      Whether video evidence of driving through it without blocking an ambulance is enough? I don’t know.

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      • zergtoshi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Even trying to enforce the rules is a win in my book.

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    • Bluewing@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      They are enforced.

      Source: I spent nearly 20 years as a medic and a firefighter. And I have had cops arrest and ticket drivers for driving HUA, (Head Up Ass around emergency vehicles.) It’s an easy ticket.

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      • zergtoshi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Noice!

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  • needanke@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    But it’s still an issue.

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  • FatVegan@leminal.space ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    In america they have guns for that

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• Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We literally have this. We call it the “shoulder”.

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  • lightnsfw@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    And idiots try to drive on it to skip traffic.

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  • Rivalarrival@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Right? Around here, each side of a divided highway has two travel lanes marked. But they also have room for three full lanes and a narrow breakdown/emergency lane.

    The extra space is intended for future construction. By repainting the lines and installing a temporary k-rail median, they can shift a travel lane across the normal median, close a lane, keep two travel lanes in each directions, and still preserve adequate (but narrowed) shoulders for emergency traffic.

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  • needanke@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Using a the shoulder for emergency vehicles is not as good, as they are usually smaller and they are the place where those with damaged vehicles should stop. This means you cannot go as fast on them as you can in the lane shown in the video.

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    • Serinus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’d recommend going exactly the same speed on either, and it’s not particularly fast.

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      • remon@ani.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Going fast is kind of essential for emergency response vehicles.

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  • coolie4@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Exactly. They have to split the red sea like this in countries like Germany because there is no shoulder. Even in the video you can see if they go off to the side they’re ending up in a ditch.

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    • VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Most Autobahnen have a Seitenstreifen, which is essentially a shoulder, but in German. Maybe look things up before stating them?

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• Bluewing@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Even drivers in the US are good about it 99.9% of the time if there is anywhere to go, they do get out of the way and stay out of the way. There are heavy fines. And if the Amp-a-Lamps driver can get your plate number, the cops WILL go look for you.

  Source: I spent nearly 20 years in Amber-Lamps and fire trucks.

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