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technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨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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  - Im_old@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
    In Europe usually you get a fine at most. Imagine being on a road trip with a 3yo in the back, if they say they have to pee it’s not like "I hope this queue moves in the next 30 minutes, it’s RIGHT NOW! So off on the shoulder they go.
    
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