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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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[-] KatherinaReichelt@feddit.org 28 points 3 months ago

As a german I'm always flabbergasted when people from other countries are amazed by that. It makes sense to do that - help get's faster to the accident and therefore the road will be cleared much faster than if the emergency services are stuck somewhere in the traffic jam. Do you have this strange behavior in other parts of your daily life, too?

[-] BackgrndNoize@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

This would require people capable of thinking and having empathy for others

[-] Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Well that's what we teach children here ๐Ÿคท

[-] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Here in America you'd get people peeling through the middle

[-] Leg@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago

That's what's amazing to me. Every single driver resisting the urge to cut the line when the opportunity is right there? Couldn't be America.

[-] nooch@lemmy.vg 7 points 3 months ago

It's also severly punished

[-] matlag@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago

In the US? You mean other than keeping the shittiest health care system in the world just to be sure no money would go to someone who can't pay?

[-] homura1650@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Around here, emergency vehicles just drive in the shoulder when this happens.

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 3 months ago

We Brits got rid of a lot of them (and laughably called them "smart" motorways), so now we just sit there and watch people burn.

[-] crapwittyname@feddit.uk 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Yes, but you're ignoring the advantages of smart motorways. By removing the hard shoulder, that ensures people who break down can block an entire lane and endanger themselves and others in the process! Smart! Bonus! Win! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

[-] Formfiller@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Our culture is narcissism

[-] Avicenna@programming.dev 2 points 3 months ago

I know atleast one country where half the people there would try to use that corridor. So yea it requires some couple levels in civilization.

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