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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)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by to c/videos@lemmy.world
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[–] 13 points 5 months ago (10 children)

wait hold on. i don't see an emergency vehicle. you just do this because traffic is stopped?

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago* (6 children)

    how do you think it would work if they only did it when there was an ambulance?

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

    That's how it works in the UK. You see a blue light in your rearview, then everyone tries to find space and the emergency vehicle proceeds at a clip of 5-10mph, while the affected people ahead burn/bleed etc.

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

    I wonder how much more time they would have needed in this example:

    https://youtu.be/7kPT7VHVTb8

    I guess 10 minutes?

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    I guess so. I think there are a lot of service roads onto the motorway that the public doesn't have access to, which means in theory the emergency services would never have to drive that far through traffic. But I'm guessing.

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