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

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• glimse@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  That is the law in the US as well. TWICE I’ve seen someone ignore it and both times other citizens (in cars as well as pedestrians) bully the driver into following it.

  Driver: I didn’t have anywhere to go!

  Bike messenger: Turn into the fuckin alley or I’m breaking all your lights

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  • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Just the other day I watched some luxury SUV sitting dumbfounded in a left turn lane with an ambulance flashing lights and blaring the horn behind it. Oh yeah, the left turn lane was the one that led to the emergency room parking lot. I wish that bike messenger was around then

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    • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Bike messenger are the real police. They’ll give a homeless guy a sandwich a then turn around and beat the shit out of a pickpocket.

      You do not fuck with bike messengers, they’re pissed off at the world and right to be. Plus they know all the escape routes.

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      • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        i’m just trying to think of the synchronicity of this. i did the running sports in school because i got good legs. i did the kicking martial arts thing because i got good legs. i am doing the leg exercise midlife crisis thing because blah blah. i’m wondering if i should get some mall ninja throwing stars to go with my new angry midlife crisis this sounds fun

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• HereIAm@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  And most time not until the blue lights are right up someone’s ass

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