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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 20 points 15 hours ago (6 children)

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 12 points 10 hours ago

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

[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 2 points 6 hours 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.

[–] matlag@sh.itjust.works 8 points 11 hours 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?

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago

Our culture is narcissism

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 15 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Leg@sh.itjust.works 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

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 4 points 10 hours ago

It's also severly punished

[–] homura1650@lemmy.world 8 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

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 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours 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! 👍👍👍👍