No. It's not 'only in Germany'. It's in every community / society that understands that their community / society won't survive if they refuse to cooperate with each other.
@@MaxMax-wc2ms Now, if only there was some way to know to whom you refer when you say "they". Perhaps your comment would make sense, but I doubt it. JOOI - how can one 'live' if one can't 'survive'?!
Nur ich habe noch nie so eine schöne in Deutschland gesehen bin selbst sehr erstaunt und gleichzeitig auch stolz auf diese Autofahrer die das so schön hinbekommen haben
Sind ja auch nur paar Meter zu sehen... Ich muss aber sagen, in den letzten jahren ist es deutlich besser geworden. Allerdings hat die Anzahl der hirnlosen (rückwärts zur letzten Ausfahrt, drehen und als Geisterfahrer zurück fahren, durch die Rettungsgasse noch vorn fahren um schneller zu sein) ebenfalls zugenommen. Und das 2. Problem bekommt man auch nicht weg... Ausländische Lkw Fahrer die links stehen und damit oft eine Rettungsgasse dicht machen.
@@Geextahbln wenn etwas selbstverständlich ist und einfach hingenommen wird stumpfen manche Mitmenschen ab. Aber einfach ein Lob aussprechen streichelt die Seele und ist mit einer positiven Emotion verbunden. Dadurch gibt es im Normalfall einen Lerneffekt und man tut es wieder. Und das Beste ist doch - ein Lob kostet nichts (es sollte nur ehrlich gemeint sein)
@@peteroz7332 I didn’t know there was much to perfect about pulling off the road to your left or right?! 😂 bro anyone who lives in a city does this almost daily. Germany is special for military tech and has some of the most beautiful automobiles on the planet…but I think we’re all on equal terms when it comes to making space for emergency personnel lmao.
@@Yakob135 oohhh.. you didn't know.. 🤔 right.. I've heard a saying - "we learn whole life and despite that we die stupid.." 🤷♂️ there are many things that you don't know.. I'll take your remark as sarcastic..👍😉 because ppl (on average) are quite dumb - I can bet that you've seen many examples ot such stupidity in your life... so you can't honestly say that "there's not much to perfect about pulling off the road"...🤔 -> there is.. and it is in many countries... and IF such problem arises in germany -> in 99.99% cases it's caused by foreigners -> who might, like you, think the corridor is nothing special or difficult .. have a great day and be happy that a corridor is a trivial thing for you to do 👍💪💥
In Germany if you're not so 'well mannered' you can be charged for couple hundred EUR and spend couple of month without driver license. So... not making Rettungsgasse or driving on it are concerned as serious violation.
@OtaBengaBabalanga remind Mr, who block traffic during weddings, unnecessarily honk their horns if the country they're not even living in anymore wins during football WC, and step out of the car to intimidate others over minor MISTAKES? 🤔
@@sweetsunnyvibesI lived in both countries, did you? İ can tell you from my own experience that Turks are more polite and helpful. Try to join the queue in Germany... no chance. They all use their ellbows. Especially during Corona they fought even over toilet paper in Germany! 😮
@c.s.4273 if Turkey is such a great and polite country, then A) do they fight each other if they vote different? B) all mass-migrare to Germany? C) is the Turkish Lira worth 5 cents (euro) as we speak?
@@Stolz_statt_Scholzof course they (acctually we) do :) it's common thing. I've always admired german discipline and work ethic, but this case is not unique.
Sure most people are aware of needing to pull over for an emergency vehicle. But the large number of vehicles in this video, who complied with this rule is what's very impressive.👍
@@marttiereeds3494 cough cough In Uk emergency services use hardshoulder and emergency pass was first introduced in 2011. I’ve seen similar but waaaay far from how it’s done in Germany. The difference is, in Germany you get fined for not building an emergency pass, second they are thought at driving schools from the very beginning. I’ve done my driving license in UK in 2012 it was never even once mentioned and was never in the highway code
Its not only about moving out the way. Its like a driving rule in germany that if traffic is backed up. Vehicle need to move to the side of the road to create space in the centre for if there are emergencies.. most of these drivers in the vid didnt know the ambulance was coming. They were already at the sides
Mittlerweile läuft es echt immer besser. Selten so gut wie im Video, aber ich bin immer wieder begeistert wieviel sich verändert hat! Macht uns die Arbeit viel leichter und die Patienten dankens Euch auch! Das sah vor ein paar Jahren noch ganz anders aus!
Es war ein langer Prozess und mittlerweile hat es sich auch bei Unfallschwerpunkten ,so z.B A2 Dortmund -Hannover eingespielt.Zwar noch nicht 100prozentig ,aber wir sind auf einem guten Weg.
@@davethebrave2459 In Berlin und Brandenburg hat sich noch nichts geändert, alles beim alten. Erst wenn die Sirene kommt wird Platz gemacht. Es gibt noch leider zu wenige die es vormachen um andere Autofahrer zu animieren mitzumachen, aber leider zwecklos.
Im Ruhrgebiet auch kaum Rettungsgassen! Stand vor 3Jahren mal 1min hinter einem Cabrio in dem die Mutti Andrea Berg auf 200dB hatte! Da fällt einem nichts zu ein.
It's not only respect, it's just the law, and you'll get a hefty fine if you break it. If somebody dies because you blocked emergency vehicles, you could risk prison.
@@thikim2554as long as traffic is still flowing - even if it's only walking speed - other drivers are obligated to let you into the lane. But I admit, in a really crappy situation, you might not make it.
@thikim2554 true, that's why in Germany the law mandates that you have to move to the side as soon as the traffic starts congesting - not only when an emergency vehicle arrives. This way you get what you see in the video immediately.
@@kasper2970 I am living in Vancouver B.C Canada. At rush hours, if I take long space,people is behind me isn’t happy because they will wait fewer more traffic lights to pass one intersection. And other car will get into that space. And I will stay in the same position.
Der Anblick tut gut. Ich habe bemerkt, dass die Rettungsgasse immer häufiger korrekt ausgeführt wird. Danke ,liebe Verkehrsteilnehmer/innen. Und vor allem großen Dank an unsere Freunde und Helfer 👍
Only in Germany....... "/innen" Teilnehmer schließt Frauen überall auf der Welt ein nur in Deutschland muss man es extra dabei schreiben das auch Frau gemeint sind
@@HarryPuzzi meine Güte, Debro. Das ist doch nur Höflichkeit in schriftlicher Form. Hat mir beim schreiben nicht weh getan. Des weiteren hoffte ich so,keine überflüssigen Reaktionen zu triggern. Da hab ich mich wohl getäuscht .
Jupp, immer mehr machen schon Platz. Geht aber noch viel besser. Immer wenns ins stocken gerät platz machen und Abstand halten damit auch die idioten sich nicht festfahren.
In Romania, if you do not give priority to special vehicles on duty (ambulance, fire brigade, police) you will have your license suspended for 30 days and a fine. But everyone takes more into account the moral factor and it's only a matter of time until they have to come to help you. PS: The emergency number is also 112!
Im canadian and in the city I live in, we will get in the ditch just to have this good feeling of "I helped someone today", also to feel part of something bigger and get this unusual spice in my day.
you must have never lived in germany then. illegal migrants raping and stabbing kids, people are literally shaking what comes to their mailbox every day. restrictions, totalitarian laws regarding free speech and expression, fines for every nonsense. it is a hellhole.
It's so fine it's called Germanistan today. Not a single european left in this waste. Like France, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, UK. Switzerland is a zoo and waste too.
Boatches think their the main charchter, while they have nothing special in their soul, when their absolutely same as any other side boatch in street corner, that got same arrogant personality and attitude.
We don't go to the side for the fire brigade. As soon as a traffic jam forms, everyone actually arranges like that. That a rescue lane is formed with foresight.
Why are you acting like it’s not working? Even if there is one guy who is too damn stupid (as always 🤣) to cooperate, it takes way less time to fix it than if hundreds are blocking
Actually it not just in Germany, we are the same in Britain. As soon as we hear a blue vehicle siren, everyone immediately pulls to side and wait patiently until the emergency services go past. We get it taught during out driving lessons and it is also part of the theory question.
In Germany you have to open the corridor as soon as traffic starts backing up, not only when an emergency vehicle arrives. It doesn't always work, but with fines increasing and public messaging of the importance of the life corridor it is getting better.
It is pretty pathetic in the UK. The emergency vehicle can barely get going without needing to wait for yet another driver to wake up and move out of the way. 🤦🏼♂️
The Netherlands actually has a much better method: vluchtstroken (emergency lanes). No need for this unreliable method. Firetrucks, ambulances etc. just pass traffic over the shoulders to the right.
Yes yes, i've been in NL for a while and i saw few times their reaction when emergency veichle goes on signals (they literally have no idea what to do and they stay moveless instead of opening the life-saving corridor) 😂 i was shocked and embarrassed at once because i was the only one who actually went at the side off road 😂
@@PrzeszczepiX Did you even read our comments? You know why those Dutch drivers didn't move? It's because the Netherlands actually planned their roads well: the emergency lanes on the right are wide enough for emergency traffic to pass through. We do NOT use rettungsgassen. They are not needed here. Rettungsgassen are only necessary in countries that were inefficient (stupid) enough to not make their emergency lanes wide enough.
In Belgium, it's been the law for a couple of years that you have to make that "life corridor" when there are traffic jams, but people unfortunately still haven't learnt to put that into practice. :'(
Make sure you are that one person that drives aside when stuck in traffic. Usually people will remember when they see someone else do it and follow. Stickers on the back of cars also work because people always look at the back of the car in front of them when stuck. And if none of those work... Consider getting in an accident and suing the government when they arrive too late?
Here in the us in most, if not all states, it's compulsory to give the right of way to emergency vehicles. Most people comply with this.... But because we have tons more traffic than Germany, There can be gridlock.. in densely populated urban areas like LA or NYC. This sometimes makes it difficult to get out of the. way.
@@tony16074 and what country would that be smart guy? Your response proves that you have no respect, but that's ok because I know that your mouth would never be so big if we were face to face.
@@tony16074 you're a moron. This has nothing to do with blind compliance. When there is an emergency vehicle out to save your life, you would cry like little bitch if morons blocked traffic.
I have a great deal of respect for Germany. I had a German girlfriend here in England and going to her parents in Bad Lauterberg was very pleasant they were very welcoming to me and even let "the Brit" make a snowman in their front garden . one Christmas visit.
I care…. That’s wholesome to hear his experience. And telling the world that he respects Germany and probably many other countries. Why do you not care is the question.?
That's why the Autobahns have no speed limits on certain stretches. And no drinking in public offenses. Discipline. Here in Australia, the one or two percent (I'm being unrealistic here) would be enough to ruin it for the rest...
I have lived for decades in the Netherlands... Sirenes have free way: ambulance, fire fighters, police cars. Not only in Germany. For organ transports (arriving at the airport, ambulance escorted by police cars and motorcycles to the hospital) the entire route is freed from traffic/ all roads blocked, regardless if its rush hour, day or night.
@@pauloli4341 si, aquí en España es lo mismo.. Pero siempre hay unos cuantos que lo arruinan. Es la organización y efectividad de Alemania lo que impresiona.
There's also the zipper movement... When a dual lane is merging into one everyone applies the zipper system... Cars file in left right left right... That keeps the traffic moving instead of people trying to force go through..
I think it's special to Germany and some other countries, that we make rescue corridor even before we hear the sirens. When it comes to a standstill on the highway, we drive to the sides to form a rescue corridor.
@@randallsmerna384 As a Dutch guy i can tell you they actaully do that in Germany. I am alwasys full of respect when i enter a file/stau in Germany, everyone (except some tourists) pulls to the outer left and outer right to create an emergency lane, with every file/stau. always
Unser Deutschland das Beste. Danke an Alle, die hier so mit gemacht haben. Wieder ein Einsatz, die schnell stattfinden konnte. Nicht die Strafe, die uns droht ermöglicht dieses, sondern das Wissen, dass wir selber auch betroffen sein könnten, die diesen Einsatz dringend benötigen. Bitte weiter so... Hoffentlich ist dort nichts ernstes passiert.
No, its about discipline and high punishment for not doing that. And as a german, I can say, that those emergency lines are not always works so good....
@@bmc9504 Glad to read that, as i feel pride over this german example already. Are there any differences? Looking forward to meet you in the finals again this august ;)
It is not only in Germany. This rule works in other countries as well. Also It has been a part of a road etiquette and a custom in Poland and now it is a legal obligation there.
I found out in 1972 when running my '54 MB 180 D downhill and tried to but couldn't quite pass a car when going up. Shazam, I'm getting flashed by a Beemer. Not at all like my '67 GTO in '68 on the flatlands of northern Illinois.
i must be the only one thinking about the traffic-accident victims that might die because my fat ass would be delaying rescue. glad you have your priorities sorted teufel
I always tell people I have never felt safer driving anywhere than I have in Germany and Austria. I wish people in the US had the same training and we had stiffer violations.
I am happy to say, not only in Germany. Canada is the same, and I have seen only a few times when a single car ignore this standard here, I assume someone new to this standard, and other drivers are happy to set them straight on how we respect the importance of emergency vehicles over someone's personal schedule.
Point of emergency corridor is creating it in the moment traffic is slowing down close to stop. Not when you hear emergency vehicle behind you, that's late.
You must live in the middle of no where. people don’t give a fuckkk about emergency vehicle near me. And if they finally let an emergency vehicle by, people will then drive behind the emergency vehicle and cut every body off. It’s pathetic
Yup same in my US state, we were taught to move or give space for emergency vehicles but depends if its one way or two way lanes, etc. But we always give them right of way or space to pass through.
Except nobody ever sees or hears. The standard of driving in the US is piss-poor. The UK kills 1700/yr, the US 35,000, ie 20x worse, but the US only has 5 x ppl, 7 x # of vehicles and 10 x miles/car/yr driven in an enormous country where its hard to fins a car to hit!
It's not discipline, it's the realisation that one or more other people are in distress and that, when you would be in their place, you'd wish everyone made for a smooth lane for emergency services too. It's just being aware that you live in a society and everyone around you is just like you. So you help each other.
Same in the UK, you can get points on your license but it almost never ever happens and I've never heard of anybody getting it. There are red light cameras in the UK in very few places, you can actually block an emergency vehicle. Because you can't be expected to commit a criminal offence (go over red light) to avoid committing an offence of blocking an emergency vehicle.
Das ist auch bei uns in der Schweiz so. Kann eine Busse geben wenn du dies nicht machst. Ist auch richtig so, kostet nichts und alle gewinnen. Geht schneller
well we in slovenia also do this its mostly in European union that people are obligated to do this if you don't you can go to jail in extreme cases but mostly you get fined
Here in America 😂, this is how this identical situation plays out. The ones far ahead see the sirens in the rearview at a distance and try to accelerate to stay ahead. Once the ambulance is close enough, they “slow” down. Once the ambulance is in front, it’s a mad dash to literally chase the ambulance to benefit from the Moses effect (splitting of traffic) the ambulance/fire truck causes. We’re so immature 😂
You didn’t mention the part where drivers in most states are required by law to move over or risk getting rammed without repercussions, maybe that’s not a law in California or New York or whatever shit hole you crawled out from
Norway is also like this. You see blue lights in your rear mirror, you give space. Its all about respect and understanding that the next ambulance/police car may be coming for your aid and that you probly would like them to come as quick as posbl.
It's not quite like that in Germany though: The law in Germany mandates that you must open the corridor (Rettungsgasse) already when traffic is congesting, regardless of whether there's an emergency vehicle behind you or not. This way, if an emergency vehicle does come it will already have a full lane to itself, instead of having to fight is way through traffic with everyone trying to squeeze to the side.
the reason why this works better in germany than in scotland: the left lane moves to the center and the right line to the shoulder. try this in scotland...
Emergency vehicles must have unobstructed free way because accident could occur in any given moment but if the road could have been separated unlike that is shown here in, those emergency vehicles would have reached at the accidents scene in no time, as you know there can be car collide in several places in the same route resulting capturing of all lanes for overturning and slided vehicles
As a paramedic in Canada I wish more people KNOW what an emergency corridor is. I can’t count how many times we were stuck on the two lane highway because people don’t know what to do in this situation. You have cars that will pull to the side and leave an emergency corridor, AND THEN you have cars that just stops RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE when they heard the siren, it’s like they’re freaked out and don’t know what to do… like dude… how tf do you think we’re gonna get through, it’s obvious the only way is for you to pull to either left or right (depends on which lane you’re in)….
The German ambulances’ Martinshorn is also soo loud. It’s mechanically blown with air and not this small electronic sound as American ambulances have. You’ll move in Germany if it’s only for this sound that’s loud as a container ship horn.
Canada is facing these issues and getting ruined due to it's immigration system, Trudeau is allowing 3 world illiterate barbaric savage citizens to enter the country who don't give two penny for discipline let alone way to the paramedics
You’re right same rules in DK but on the high way it ain’t always pretty to see how people are reacting when we come with the 🚒’s. It is better with 🚑’s as they are smaller but we in DK have still some to learn from our southern friends, traffic culture wise.
Die Rettungsgasse ist einfach super wichtig, zum Glück hat das Thema in den letzten Jahren mehr Aufmerksamkeit bekommen. Man muss immer daran denken dass es da um Sekunden gehen kann, um Leben zu retten.
Because all you yanks think you're above everyone else and don't give a damn about anyone else , no wonder your country is In the state its in !! You'd probably shoot the fire engine driver claiming he was running you off the road
As an american, i can promise you that nobody does this. We forcethe emergency drivers to drive on the shoulder of the road where it's bumpy, full of debree and dangerous. Kind of ashamed honestly of our country.
@@davethebrave2459 ich fahre täglich auf der A7, Mühlkreis Autobahn durch Linz, täglich eine Katastrophe, zum fremdschämen 😫 WENN MAL einige brav Rettungsgasse fahren, gibt's leider immer wieder welche, die das ignorieren, und zwischendrin vorbei donnern...egal ob PKW oder LKW
As a German I can say that it is really is not rare at all, it is rare anything blocks that central lane made for them and if they do, they are moved long before the emergency vehicle needs them to, in fact it is rare the lane is not there even in traffic build up when no emergency vehicle is even coming. Stop speaking rubbish!
As a German I cannot confirm that this is how it usually works. On the other hand I'd imagine that people in other countries are smart enough to act similarly.
While stationed in Germany I went to visit with my Great Aunt and Uncle and Cousins in Mannheim and Ludwigshafen am Rhein. When returning to my car after a night of drinking and dancing stopped at a intersection before crossing. There were two couples waiting for the light to change and since there was no traffic my wife and I crossed on the red light, could hear the audible gasps of the two couples as we did so!
Worked in Germany many years ago, loved driving over there, they know how to do it safely and efficiently, with courtesy, a complete opposite of the mind boggling stuff I see on the roads here in NA.
The reason is we have to really learn how to drive and pay thousands of € to get a license. In the US you get the license almost for free and don' t really have to prove you able to drive save.
The difference in Germany though: you have to move to the side already when traffic starts backing up, not only when an emergency vehicle comes from behind.
In the us people dont move until the emergency vehicle is right behind them and then they panic and try to squeeze into already clogged traffic and then continue to tailgate them so they can get through traffic lights
We have a serious dumbing down issue and millions of illegals who actually form their own lanes typical in Chili. I quit my favorite job because driving on I4 is too hazardous. I miss the Florida I grew up in, it was never crowded there were no crime problems, until the mafia cartel drug culture which started with Regan and TV programming.
We also follow emergency vehicles to get ahead of the riffraff that choose to stop and give way to those vehicles. We also have lawyers chasing emergency vehicles to profit off of the victims. That’s OUR culture. 🤦🏻♂️😏
It is not common in Germany, it's the law. In extreme cases you might face some jail-time, but usually it's going to be a rather expensive fine and your license taken away for a couple of weeks.
En España, también cedemos el paso a ambulancias, coches de bomberos y policías. Incluso a cualquier automovil particular que vaya tocando el claxon insistentemente sacando un pañuelo blanco por la ventanilla, porque es la forma de decir que tiene una grave emergencia.
No se en que parte de España viven ustedes. Ja! Y se nota que no han visto esto en directo. La diferencia es que aunque la carretera sea de dos carriles y no venga ningún coche con una emergencia los coches dejan espacio en el medio para que si en el caso tuviera que pasar pase sin problemas. Aquí haces eso y se te mete un coche sin emergencia 😂
@@PeriloMBM Ya me parecía raro que estuvieran todos tan ordenaditos y tan preparados. Eso aquí no se hace, pero sí se abre como una cremallera el atasco cuando viene el vehículo de emergencias. Pero es porque no se enseña a hacer eso. Alguien podría tener la tentación de pasar por el medio sin ser de emergencias, pero se le quitarían las ganas cuando viera que nadie le abre hueco para tomar su salida.
@@PeriloMBM vivo en Valencia. Y no es la primera vez en mi vida, que nos hemos apartado para ceder el paso a ambulancias, bomberos, etc. E incluso hemos ayudado a paralizar el tráfico en la autovía de Barcelona a Valencia, después de pasar delante de nuestras narices un accidente gravisimo, hace 40 años, cuando no existían móviles, y tanto el tráfico de subida como de bajada, nos paramos a auxiliar, señalizar el accidente y llamar desde el teléfono de SOS a emergencias, que cada ciertos kilometros había en la autopista. Hasta que acudieron las emergencias. Y estos primeros auxilios los realizamos personas particulares que viajamos en ese mismo fatídico momento al lado de ese automóvil. Acababa de adelantarnos cuando delante de nuestros ojos le reventó una rueda y el coche salió dando vueltas campana, y saltó por los aires saltando de la medianera de la autopista quedando boca abajo en contradireccion en el lado opuesto. La esposa salió despedida por el parabrisas y quedó en medio del asfalto después de deslizarse muchos metros por él. Y te aseguro que los españoles somos muy solidarios y respondemos normalmente muy bien en casos de esta indole. Un cordial saludo.
The difference is in Germany and some other European nations, drivers are legally required to create a "Rettungsgasse" or emergancy corridor when traffic is moving slowly, even if no emergancy vehicle is coming. Drivers in UK, where I'm from, and other countries generally only do this when they see or hear an emergancy vehicle approaching, and once it has passed they return to the centre of their lane.
@@jayc342009 what you don't get is that: in Germany we it obligatory to form that corridor even if no ambulance is approaching. It used be like that and it never worked when a couple of hundred cars tried to make way.
