Reacting onto Ambulance / Fire / Police with siren:
It happens every day: while emergency services try to respond to their call as fast as possible, there are those idiots out on the road which don't give way but block them. They don't stop, don't pull over or don't react at alltowards lights and sirens. Of course, sometimes it's difficult to pull over, like for that one truck in the construction zone which proceeded in order to pull over as soon as there's sufficient space, but unfortunately it happens too often that crews have to get off the emergency vehicle in order to direct traffic, people not pulling through a red traffic light and carefully into an intersection, blocking fire station exits,pedestrians which just keep on walking or the all-time classic: emergency vehicle passing lanes which are blocked.
Please note that traffic laws differ between countries, and in some countries also between several states. Thus the laws on how and where to pull over are defined differently in different places.
In Germany, from which most scenes in this video compilation are from, there are the following 2 laws on how to move over:
1. As soon as an emergency vehicle makes use of its roght of way by using emergency lights and sirens, other drivers are required toclear the path immediately. Without defining where to pull over, it includes whichever action which is necessary and possible in order toclear the path, depending on the specific situation: thus they might pull to the right or left, mount the curb, proceed through a red traffic light and into an intersection or slowing down without stopping.
2. the 2nd law applies to all highways and other multi-lane roads outside the city limits. On these roads, people are required to create an emergency vehicle passing lane between both driving lanes (or in case between more than 2 lanes: between the far left and the next lane) as soon as they approach and end upin a traffic jam. This law applies to all kinds of traffic jams: it might be a simple traffic jam due to a construction site or hour; in fact it doesn't depend on if there's an emergency scene up ahead, they still have to create the emergency vehicle passing lane. Keep in mind that there might be emergency vehicles which still have to get through, likee.g. ambulances heading to the next city, highway patrol units heading to another highway or an incident in the oncoming direction...
14 янв 2018
