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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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[–] fizzle@quokk.au 8 points 3 days ago (9 children)

I dont get it.

Here the shoulder is traversable. Like its wide enough to drive down.

We dont do this because emergency services just drive down the shoulder.

[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago (5 children)

What would you prefer? An uninterrupted lane or one where you have to get past broken down cars/merging traffic, ...

In a situation where every second can count, it's easy to see why Germany (among other countries) does this.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

We have an uninterrupted emergency lane.

We give our emergency traffic both the left and the right shoulder to get where they need to go. You give them one lane in the middle; we give them two lanes on the sides.

The left shoulder is an uninterrupted lane. The right shoulder is our breakdown lane. We very rarely enter or exit a divided highway on the left.

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