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When traffic comes to a standstill, German drivers instantly shift left and right to create a Rettungsgasse, an emergency corridor so ambulances and firefighters can fly through at full speed (cdn.imgchest.com)
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[–] 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, in the US there's zero chance that opening isn't filled by drivers who think they're more important than everyone else.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Well yeah.... Because it doesn't look like people are making room for an emergency vehicle lol

    Without context I wouldn't know what was going on here. US law tells you to pull over to the same side so my first thought wasn't emergency vehicles. I couldn't blame a US driver for not knowing German road law

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    This isn't pulling over because there's an emergency vehicle actively there. They're pulling over because traffic is blocked up, for the possibility that an emergency vehicle may need through. It doesn't decrease throughput bit it does let emergency vehicles through. If people abuse it then throughput stays the same and they lose the extra benefit.

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