Everybody just moves to the side in the Netherlands. You also have this app called flitsmeister which warns you about ambulances that need to pass and how far they’re away from you.
Yeah and then theres always at least one idiot in sight who deliberately does not do it ignoring ALL other drivers leaving room and then there is always the occasional “they are leaving room for me, I am driving though there” asshole
For any Motorcyclists who are planning on doing a road trip through Germany please remember that lane filtering is (idiotically) illegal ESPECIALLY through the Rettungsgasse (this emergency lane they form). If you are caught, you will cop a massive fine, they really don’t play around with this.
Source: I am a German Biker.
I still find it weird that this isn’t the case everywhere. It’s so obvious that should do this cause, well .. how the heck should an ambulance get through if you don’t?! And people die if an ambulance doesn’t get through and so on ..
For those unsure how this works on a more tha. 2-lane-highway… the rule of thumb (literally) is to look at your left hand, palm sided towards your face.
The very left lane (thumb) goes as far left as possible. All the other lanes go as far right as possible.
In practice people just continue whatever is started but in theory thats the way to go.
We call it the ‘Rettungsgasse’ (Rescue lane). The fees for illegaly using or hindering this lane are very high as you‘re potentially risking that a person in danger is not recieving the medical attention they need.
One of the main differences is an accident in Germany will have your car sitting still for long periods of time; in USA we keep inching forward hoping to escape.
This is usually done in the UK too, either when a road is totally blocked, or in a sort of zipper motion if it’s just really slow, people pull over to the side to let an emergency vehicle through then zip back into a normal traffic flow when it’s passed
Mandatory in Belgium too but it’s a relatively new rule so it’s not being done at all unfortunately. Then again it’s us Belgians so it’ll probably take about 5y of ignoring it, followed by 10 years of complaining to then eventually finally make it a habit.
Even though it doesn’t always work, it’s very useful for everyone. An extra lane will only increase capacity, not speed. Letting emergency services through will increase speed.
Mind you, all autobahns have an extra unused lane for this purpose next to the road.
How do people in the back know if it’s a normal traffic jam or because of an accident? Do people at the front near the accident start it and it filters backwards? Also if you’re already in the thick of the jam, how is there space for 3 lanes of cars to form into two? Wouldn’t some people have to maybe go backwards?
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Also Poland, but it’s realitevely new law and very few people are doing as they should.
It’s just common sense
Hold up isn’t this the case everywhere, I mean how do the ambulance and/or fire truck get there otherwise?
Sadly many people still don’t care so a “Rettungsgasse” is often interrupted by a few idiots.
Everybody just moves to the side in the Netherlands. You also have this app called flitsmeister which warns you about ambulances that need to pass and how far they’re away from you.
Yeah and then theres always at least one idiot in sight who deliberately does not do it ignoring ALL other drivers leaving room and then there is always the occasional “they are leaving room for me, I am driving though there” asshole
And Czechia
Same in Poland, it’s mandated by law. It’s called „the corridor of life”.
Stau = Rettungsgasse!
You could make this a law in the US and still NOBODY would follow it
In Slovenia too.
It’s in most Western European countries but I’ve only seen it so rigorously observed in Germany. Trucks also must move to the right.
We do it in France too
One of those posts where America learns how behind their country is in almost anything important
For any Motorcyclists who are planning on doing a road trip through Germany please remember that lane filtering is (idiotically) illegal ESPECIALLY through the Rettungsgasse (this emergency lane they form). If you are caught, you will cop a massive fine, they really don’t play around with this.
Source: I am a German Biker.
Belgium also but a lot of people doesn’t know.
Also, if your car has an advanced cruise control, it form the emergency lane on its own.
I mean nice? We just have the hard shoulder in the uk which I’d an entire “lane” just for emergency vehicles. Is this uncommon?
well technically… it is not in the middle.. it has to be to the right of the leftmost lane
I still find it weird that this isn’t the case everywhere. It’s so obvious that should do this cause, well .. how the heck should an ambulance get through if you don’t?! And people die if an ambulance doesn’t get through and so on ..
For those unsure how this works on a more tha. 2-lane-highway… the rule of thumb (literally) is to look at your left hand, palm sided towards your face.
The very left lane (thumb) goes as far left as possible. All the other lanes go as far right as possible.
In practice people just continue whatever is started but in theory thats the way to go.
Yes. I well remember sitting in an Army truck for ages like this, especially on the alligator between Neu-Ulm and Munich.
We call it the ‘Rettungsgasse’ (Rescue lane). The fees for illegaly using or hindering this lane are very high as you‘re potentially risking that a person in danger is not recieving the medical attention they need.
One of the main differences is an accident in Germany will have your car sitting still for long periods of time; in USA we keep inching forward hoping to escape.
i find it baffling it isn’t law everywhere
Rettungsgasse UND Seitenstreifen FTW!
In Italy we have emergency lane in most of the highways, isn’t the same in other parts of Europe?
How is that not a thing everywhere? What are other countries doing, when there is an emergency? Just die?
(Also most European countries)
This is usually done in the UK too, either when a road is totally blocked, or in a sort of zipper motion if it’s just really slow, people pull over to the side to let an emergency vehicle through then zip back into a normal traffic flow when it’s passed
Mandatory in Belgium too but it’s a relatively new rule so it’s not being done at all unfortunately. Then again it’s us Belgians so it’ll probably take about 5y of ignoring it, followed by 10 years of complaining to then eventually finally make it a habit.
Between most left and the lane next to it, bc Trucks have to drive on both most right lanes.
In Denmark we got dedicated emergency lanes on most highways.
Even though it doesn’t always work, it’s very useful for everyone. An extra lane will only increase capacity, not speed. Letting emergency services through will increase speed.
Mind you, all autobahns have an extra unused lane for this purpose next to the road.
This is amazing but I have a few questions.
How do people in the back know if it’s a normal traffic jam or because of an accident? Do people at the front near the accident start it and it filters backwards? Also if you’re already in the thick of the jam, how is there space for 3 lanes of cars to form into two? Wouldn’t some people have to maybe go backwards?
We do it in Italy too..