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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 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

loads of commenters in this thread are saying that when cars part it doesn't form "an uninterrupted lane" because inevitably there are obstacles, like people who don't do it, or don't leave enough room, or what have you.

shoulders aren't really littered with broken down cars.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Shoulders are still for emergency stops even when the traffic is standing & ppl might leave their vehicles.

The middle of the road is more traveled & is on average cleaner of debris that could eg damage a tyre. Also less chances of ppl walking there.

It's just that someone improved on a working shoulder system with what is statistically a bit better one (that works even in cases where there is no shoulder). And it didn't cost much (basically just marketing to get ppl to understand it).

[–] fizzle@quokk.au 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because, those thread is full of people saying that in practice it never looks like this.

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I always see this tho, and I'm not even from Germany.

It might not be that perfectly straight, but I can clearly see it as a better practice that the 10+ years ago (afaik the data shows that too).

This isn't just for standing traffic, it's for rush hours too.

(If someone wants to maliciously stop emergency vehicles they can do that on shoulders too.)