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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

lyrial@anarchist.nexus ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

People might not like me pointing this out, and, admittedly I’ve never been to Germany, but doing such a thing does not matter in the US since there seems to be no real shoulder to this road. Anywhere in the US, whatever emergency vehicles that need to get to places don’t require this at all - they will drive by on the shoulder of the road at break neck speeds even if no car has moved on that road in the last 10 minutes.

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umfk@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
In the picture the right most cars have switched to the shoulder to make the Rettungsgasse big. I forgot the exact reasons but the shoulder is not used for emergency vehicles on purpose.

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- technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  I forgot the exact reasons but the shoulder is not used for emergency vehicles on purpose.
  
  The shoulder has no shoulder. Probably not safe.
  
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  - Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    It’s bcs it’s used for emergency stops (including ppl going for a piss), emergency vehicles (ambulances, etc) have a safer & more predictable way down the middle of the road away from the edges of the road.
    
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    ManInTheBox@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    It’s not just the stopped cars that might be on the shoulder / emergency lane, but it’s also that there might be more loose stones there and in winter snow and ice. The middle of the road is then safer.
    
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    rDrDr@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Do Germans regularly piss by the side of the road? In America it’s a great way of ending up on a sex offenders registry.
    
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