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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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[–] SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

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

[–] crapwittyname@feddit.uk 6 points 17 hours ago (2 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.

[–] saimen@feddit.org 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

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

https://youtu.be/7kPT7VHVTb8

I guess 10 minutes?

[–] crapwittyname@feddit.uk 1 points 2 hours 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.

[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 hours ago

Yeah same in France

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

Same way as in statesia. It wouldn't