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[@stjepan4444]

It's not only in Germany, most of europe drivers react that way

[@Koen030NL]

Yup, similar here in the Netherlands.

[@jarluhtraed9725]

I can confirm from italy too

[@nuriabosqued7868]

Same from Spain

[@flehan09]

Why wouldn't you. You have to be some special kind of shi... person to not make space.

[@MasterLeven11]

@@flehan09 But also in many european countries such as a germany you are required by law to form he emergency lane, i believe in USA is no such rule

[@gamingtonight1526]

If a country doesn't care about its fellow countrymen, they don't get out of the way!

[@qgame4941]

I am from Germany and I was once in a big protest demonstration in Berlin. Everyone was screaming and making noise when suddlenly an Ambulance came from the side and wanted to a road two blocks down. My Dad and I started shouted "Rettungsgasse" in the same rhythm as the rest of the protest and then more and more people followed scanding that and we did make a lane for the ambulance to go through. It was honestly beautiful!

[@lozinozz7567]

Respect ❤

[@user-lm1re1sw2e]

@@lozinozz7567 Great improvisation for a rescue lane.

[@lingmoon_1108]

I remember I've seen a similar clip but it's from Hong Kong and it makes always me tear up 😢 it's so glad to see that people still care about the other even they are in a demonstration

[@lollylou22]

That used to be what happened at UK protests, but unfortunately, we've now got a new generation of climate protesters who won't let ambulances and other emergency vehicles through, because seemingly they think that they'll demonstrate the seriousness of their convictions by making themselves stupidly unpopular by causing people in need of emergency services to die or suffer serious consequences that could be avoid with prompt treatment...

[@Alias_Anybody]

Europe is the best place to not die if you have an accident.

[@rcman000]

And free Healthcare

[@florjanbrudar692]

@@rcman000 Not all of Europe has free healthcare.

[@DarkSister.]

We are very organised in the UK and pretty much all of Europe. We have a fairly intense procedure to get our driving licence, and we are taught a hell of a lot. Unfortunately you don't have that in the States, and every time I visit the States and get behind the wheel, it's very apparent what the differences are, your drivers are some scary people

[@jacquilewis8203]

Is it not illegal to block an ambulance in the UK, I thought it was?

[@DarkSister.]

@@jacquilewis8203 yes it is, I think it is in most of Europe

[@Sadlander2]

Same here! I'm from Luxembourg and, unlike in the US where your parents can teach you how to drive, here, you must take theory classes for a minimum of 12 hours, pass a test, then take practical classes with an instructor from a driving school for a minimum of 16 hours (which isn't cheap!!) and then you pass the final test. If you fail, you need to go back and do at least 8 more hours before you can try to pass the test again. It takes a while to get your drivers license and, like I said, it isn't cheap, so you tend to be more respectful of the law because you don't want to lose your license!

[@Javra88]

In Brazil it is also difficult to get a license, but no one gets out of the way when there is an ambulance wanting to pass. That comparison you made is illogical.

[@Javra88]

And look, the Brazilian traffic code is the most complete in the world and Brazilians drive very well, so much so that our driver's license is accepted in many European countries and even in the USA. But when there is an ambulance, no one respects it. Just because someone is a good driver, doesn't mean they have education and common sense!

[@Jonny_No.5]

It's actually quite simple. There is a law in the EU. As soon as traffic comes to a standstill on highways, a "rescue lane" must be formed. All vehicles in the left lane must move to the far left. All other lanes as far to the right as possible. Anyone who does not adhere to this rule will face severe fines (or losing driver license - in extreme cases, even imprisonment).

[@Nils.Minimalist]

The only problem is that there are often a few non-Europeans driving here in Europe who don't know how and when to form an emergency lane 😞

[@paul1979uk2000]

Pretty much this, and in most cases, almost everyone follows the rules, but there are always the odd ones that don't or maybe they panic a little. Tougher laws and regulations, plus fines makes all the difference, but Europeans tend to be more social compared to Americans when it comes to the well-being of others. In any cases, there are no excuses for the US, their roads are so wide, there shouldn't be an issue with emergency service getting to where they need too quickly, even in Manhattan, whereas with India and other developing countries, I can be more forgiving considering they are still developing and got a lot to learn from modern countries.

[@elinmoftedal]

Is that a EU law or a German law?

[@d.m.5084]

@@elinmoftedal Every country has its own rules. There are no regulations on this in Spain, the Netherlands, France and Italy.

[@elinmoftedal]

@@d.m.5084 yes, thats what I thought ….thanks 🌻

[@BergenDev]

Imagen paying $$$ to get a ambulance to go to the hospital and you get stuck in traffic 🤣

[@Jonny_No.5]

Hopefully it's not like a cab and the costs are not based on the journey time

[@draculakickyourass]

@@Jonny_No.5 the cost is equivalent of crossing America in a cab......twice.

[@elinmoftedal]

We dont pay for the ambulance- they are a part of healthcare

[@otherwood]

@@Jonny_No.5assuming by the way the us healthcare system is designed to be as expensive as possible to get more money from the insurance, they costs are highly likely based on time

[@conan7422]

In the usa, surely you get a discount if you don't make it to the hospital alive?

[@geetee4459]

The guy who wouldn't get out of the way in Germany was probably an Indian or American tourist in a hire-car lol

[@lhuras.]

Or italian 😅

[@bepinkfloyd814]

​@@lhuras. We get out of the way when there is An ambulance here in italy too, usually we just keep the right and let them pass, Or on highway they go on the emergency lane. But there are some italians that drive like shit i must say that 😂😂

[@JanGaarni]

Seemed more like stress or minor panic, to be fair. 😊

[@ciberzombiegaming8207]

@@JanGaarni yea, its moved to one then other side undeciding

[@m0n044]

​​@@lhuras. Why? Italians are just like other europeans when it comes to emegency, in fact, you can get arrested if you block or obstruct the ambulance. But you are probably german, and i know you just don't like italians😁

[@jasoncallow860]

With their huge, wide roads most the USA have no excuse not to move out of the way. I've never seen an emergency vehicle blocked in the UK, everyone tries to move out of the way asap.

[@onnasenshi7739]

Nobody in India, China or the USA seems to be interested in one more or less.

[@nolajoy7759]

Same in indonesia generally, I found..

[@stevieinselby]

To be fair to the USA, most of them didn't really have any option!

[@draculakickyourass]

@@stevieinselby They would,just like they did in Poland or Germany,splitting to the left and right all the lanes,they could make a corridor to pass 3 ambulances at once,if they would be taught in a driving school,like in Europe instead of learning to drive from their parents,with all the bad driving habits and lack of knowledge.

[@derjudoon5248]

​@@stevieinselby I dont think so. Especially in the first video in my opinion it was possible for most of the drivers to drive far more to the side of the lane and let the Ambulance pass throu. In the second video they all had the chance to rise the space between the cars when they hear the siren behind them and the traffic moves a bit. At the end i agree that they were all too close to each other. But maybe most wanted to be the first in the jam, had no thaughts about the konsequences and never learned how to handle that situation. And there are always and anyware in the world idiots in traffic jams. Greetings from Upper Bavaria (And sorry if my English is a bit strange)

[@mrs7195]

Yeah, don't even bother with the ambulance in these countries because you're gonna die regardless. 😬😬😬

[@Kapanol97]

Europe is just built different :-D

[@merjakotisaari9046]

In Finland, all traffic lights turn red for everyone else, so alert vehicles can get through.

[@thamertanner5448]

We have this in the US as well thought it's not everywhere yet. as far as I know it's only Firetrucks and Ambulances that can change the lights to get through, some places it's done by calling ahead to a controller and some places it works by a sensor system.

[@musiceol7]

Similar reaction in Ireland, the streets are are narrower so cars often need to go up on Footpath to allow ambulance through

[@TeBeYT]

People in Ireland simply shouldn't hold their license in most of examples. I've seen a jam between exit 9 and exit 7 southbound on M1 next to Drogheda due to some road accident, they haven't even tought about using the emergency lane to make a corridor of life for the emergency vehicles... I didn't want to participate in this so I left through the exit 9 just 10 meters before the jam started... ridicculous. Same(or even worse) shit in the Northern Ireland.

[@slbpourtoujours]

I lived in France, and now I live in Portugal. The whole of Europe works like this, when an emergency vehicle shows up we have to let it pass

[@michaelap8563]

In Czechia there's even a law. Once the traffic starts slowing down and it might stop, the cars have to create "the lane of life" even when there's no ambulance (yet) so it can pass quickly if needed

[@chrismacaber4531]

It surely happens by nature....or probably training. Sunday I drove back from Germany to Belgium. And on two occasions we had to slow down. So there wasn't even traffic jam, only slowly rolling along the highway. But just by that, everyone moved out of the way....in case an emergency vehicle might pass. #itsnormal ;)

[@FukaLata]

In Europe, basically, you can not enter the crossroad when you have no chance to get the way out of it. It works in Germany, in Poland (my country) and anywhere else.

[@tsurutom]

I think it mostly comes down to training and enforcement, hardly the personalities of the people involved. In Germany, unnecessarily obstructing an ambulance (for example by not forming a rescue lane in a traffic jam) has roughly the same consequences as resisting a law enforcement officer, and we know it. You risk losing your license for at least a few months, plus a heavy fine.

[@MoshooDesign]

I never moved out of the way of an ambulance because of fear of a fine. My motivation is trying to safe a fellow human in pain. I do believe training helps to bring awareness to drivers, so people know what they should do when they hear and see an ambulance.

[@Flirkann]

​@@MoshooDesignwhich is part of why the good response countries are like that - minor infractions performed with due diligence in order to make way for an active first responder are generally let slide, or can be appealed.

[@MoshooDesign]

Just imagine your loved one is in that ambulance and arriving 10 minutes later to the hospital can be the difference between life and death.

[@lottie2525]

Yeah, it's so hard to understand people in countries who don't get out of the way immediately why they don't think about what if it was their family member in the ambulance.

[@hughtube5154]

Or even worse, imagine that ambulance is delayed by 10minutes before it even reaches your family member. An extra 10 minutes without medical assistance, oxygen, life support etc.

[@drsnova7313]

But it's not YOUR loved one, so why care - is what far too many people think.

[@100100freak]

@@drsnova7313 until it is..

[@LUKICKK]

8:20 well in europe i dont think ( at least i dont know ) there are any school buses, we walk or take public transport to the school

[@alexia2189]

They are. I have seen them in Romania and Germany

[@paul1979uk2000]

It's mostly public buses for most but I have seen school buses in Europe, but they are quite rare, most kids are able to use the public bus to get to school.

[@user-dx5wl3qb8l]

where I live public bus services run school bus routes before and after school for children, but it's still public transport.

[@draculakickyourass]

@@alexia2189 Also Spain have school buses.

[@GercaAG]

In Latvia there are in a lot of cities. But as a driver in Riga I have not seen one.

[@conan7422]

I am happy for our friendly neighboring country, poland. Greetings from Germany to our Polish friends.

[@BlueFlash215]

In the Manhatten video the streets were broad enough to easily form four lanes. Same with the next one. Just form another lane.

[@peterjanssen2105]

top video, here in the Netherlands, if you see a blue light you move as hell out of the way, next time you might find yourself in the ambulance

[@martinhuhn7813]

Always amazing to see the reactions on that topic. When I, as a German (and a European, the rules and behaviours are pretty much the same) see those clips frrom Germany, I am usually pretty disapointed, because so many people mess it up ( to different degrees). And I think, the reason, why many of those clips were published in the first place, was to raise awareness for situations, in which it did not work as intended. It can be tricky to get out of the way in a city, but as soon as there are is more then one lane on the Autobahn and there is a traffic jam, the rules are cristal clear. Everybody has to form an emergency lane, everybody has to do that immediately and not only as a response to an approaching ambulance and everybody has to form that lane specifically in between the left lane and the one next to it (and not just somewhere). That allows an ambulance to pass at full speed, which can make the difference between life and death.

[@davidcousins5493]

The guy in the German clip was probably a foreign driver not used to the system. As for the USA, the added thing there is that someone is paying a fortune for that ambulance ride.

[@freebozkurt9277]

Foreign driver from where? It is the same system all over Europe.

[@jamesl6639]

Thank heaven, where I live in rural America, the ambulance is never more than 15 minutes away. Peace!

[@draculakickyourass]

Here in Spain,rural area,the child of my friend fall in the pool,almost drowned.the worst part was it happened in December,so he also got thermic shock. We call the ambulance. In less then 5 minutes 2 ambulances and an ambulance helicopter appeared.

[@lanabmc3519]

That’s a lot. I’m in rural Scotland. If an ambulance is fifteen mins away in a genuine emergency somethings gone wrong.

[@Wartija]

@@lanabmc3519 He probably meant the hospital is one km away, but because nobody gives way it takes 15 minutes to get there :D

[@EtheRenard]

I recently landed in Montréal, they have a special lane for priority transport, like fast buses, police or ambulance

[@eliciabonnie]

Yeah in Europe, but I thought everyone reacted like that for sirens... Ambulances, police, firefighters... You just move away even if there's no room. Super stressful at times because you're like Where the heck can I go 😳

[@Witchaven]

Kudos to that guy in the second American clip, that got out of his car. The people in front of him were utterly clueless.

[@Heart_of_Heathers145]

In Argentina is also like that o well.. Almost, the drivers had to move a bit out of the way or give some huge space while still driving when the ambulance is driving with the siren and lights on (when they are not, we don't have to), not mostly because it is obligation but we mostly do it out of respect and empathy and because they need to save the people quickly.

[@depressed_firefly]

In Russia it's pretty much like what Poland's clip shows - ambulance can drive on the red light, on the opposite lane, outrun other vehicles, drive over those patches of the road that aren't supposed to be driven over etc etc etc. And other drivers always do their best to let an ambulance through - when it's signal is on and it makes sound, of course, letting people know they drive towards emergency or to the hospital with a patient.

[@stevieinselby]

In the UK, emergency service drivers are taught to turn their sirens _off_ in a lot of cases if traffic is gridlocked and can't move, especially if there is a red light, because the sirens can cause drivers to make desperate and dangerous moves to get out of the way (but probably won't actually achieve anything), so better to avoid panicking drivers until the light turns green and there's actually somewhere they can safely and legally go to move out of the way. Talking to a Ukrainian who was in the UK, he said he was very impressed at how well drivers in the UK reacted to emergency vehicles, whereas back home he felt like drivers were less likely to make an effort to get out of their way and let them past.

[@oyetify]

In Germany, it’s part of driving school lesson on how to react with this kind of emergency and you’re in front of the traffic lights. There’s an exemption of the rule, if it’s red light and you’re in front and you hear a siren, you need to check around first. If it came from your back and traffic jam is there, you have to carefully move forward and find a safe place to be aside in order for others at your back to give space too to move at the side.. at the crossing, whichever side you are, you must observe and give priority to the siren 🚨 it is necessary for them to turn on the siren especially if they know it’s quite busy street

[@inescosta2671]

I am portuguese and i am currently taking my Driver's license. If an ambulance has the sirens on, you must give them passage, although there are a few situations in which you don't: the ones i can name atm are when they are going to enter a roundabout or a highway, but i think those are the only two exceptions. People in our country actually are pretty civilised when this happens and do everything, and i mean *everything* to let the ambulance with the sirens on pass. In my town we have about 3 hospitals plus one being built atm, imo i think it is too much for our population density and they should build more around the villages but hey i am just someone who was born and raised here WHAT DO I KNOW. Anyways, last year i was in traffic with my mother and we here in a two way road with two lanes per way, we started to hear an ambulance behind us, so my mother got as close to the sides of the road as she could and so did the other drivers, in order to make a middle lane for the ambulance to go through. Here, people do it all the time when an ambulance in emergency mission is in our way, which i find rly neat. If the ambulance is not with the sirens on, then it is not considered a priority vehicle and thus you can go about your driving normally. All of this also goes for police cars!

[@miriam7779]

Europe: ,,The road is yours, stay strong!" Rest of the world: ,,Empathy is overrated."

[@bobscratchett5346]

Perfect 🤩

[@enemde3025]

UK Highway Code . Rule 219 states: " You should look and listen for ambulances, fire engines, police doctors or any other emergency vehicles using flashing blue, red or green lights and sirens or flashing headlights, and take safe and decisive action to get out of their way ".

[@watermelon7998]

I'm in the UK. It was in the suburbs of a city, not far from a hospital, when I heard the ambulance. As someone described below, my training did not kick in, I froze from the panic. I looked around and EVERY car driver was waving to me and showing what to do, where to go. So that's one thing you might not see in these videos: if someone freezes, others will communicate to them. I don't think I was more than 1.5 seconds late in reacting.

[@johnavery3941]

In Britain if an Ambulance / Fire Engine or Police Car comes up behind you with their sirens on and lights flashing everyone dives to the left on a normal road or left or right as you saw in the German video if it is Motorway or Dual Carriageway, then once it has passed everyone goes about their business....

[@paul1979uk2000]

From what I understand of it, I think they can go on the footpath if it's a narrow road, I've seen that around 3 times in my life in the UK and it's probably the same around Europe, being that many roads are quite tight and it can be difficult to get out of the way.

[@sushiinmotion]

In Poland, and most of Europe, drivers create 'emergency corridor' for ambulance to pass. Our school bus is not yellow and in it you have a driver and another person that lets the kids in and out. They wouldn't let the kids go if ambulance was comming.

[@AnaReginaNica]

Here in Brazil, we basically drive off the road to let ambulances (or any emergency vehicle, actually) pass. I once saw someone almost falling into a river (Tietê, one of the most important rivers crossing Sao Paulo) to give space to one. Except for some odd drivers (and these are appropriately disciplined by the other drivers, be it by honking until they're deaf or breaking their mirrors), everyone here seems to think trapped ambulances are an absolutely agonizing sight to witness and do this, even during rush hours. I honestly thought it was default behavior for everyone...

[@agostinabaraldi2872]

It is the same thing here in Argentina, i always thought it was like this in the whole world. After all is the right thing to do.

[@AnaReginaNica]

@@agostinabaraldi2872 we seriously are hermanos even in driving manners, Argentina and Brazil are amazing! 🥰🥰

[@Kathy9586]

10:00 he or she had one job.. 😅

[@draculakickyourass]

Foreigner ,for sure.

[@AFVEH]

I think the entirety of Europe is like the German video, in Spain it's the same, although a little less organized, but everyone gets out of the way.

[@Spacegamer45334]

In Australia most of us (not all of us, but most) if there is an ambulance behind us we switch to the other lane, but if there is traffic and the opposite side of the road is empty the ambulance will drive on the wrong side of the road.

[@eddog6666]

Believe or not but Poland has the best safety record for any country because of their extreme safety measures. Just the railroad crossing are insane! Blue light 2 hours away. Green light 1 hour away yellow light 45 minutes orange 30 flashing orange 20 one red one orange 10 minutes red 5 flashing red 1 minute gates shut 3 minutes before train arrival and stays shut for 3

[@meggert2360]

Have a cousin who was EMT in NYC - driving on the sidewalk to get through was an everyday thing.

[@stiglarsson8405]

At first I have to aplaude my Polish and German neighours, that seems to know how to do! Another thing is that blue light is only for emergency viechels, the other ones use amber lights, like towing trucks or road authorityes that want to park there truck to make a safety zone, for those emergency people! And there is more about it.. one need to be18 years old to get a driver licens for cars.. and it cost a lot, only 3K-5K dollar if one is an easy learner! And one supose to be used to use a stickshift. otherwise one can get a disable driving licens, only driving automatics! 80% of cars in europe is manuals, 100% of Harley-Davidson is manuals.. go figure out why H-D struggle?

[@Vengir]

Automatic-only driving license is available for everyone, not just disabled people. But most people will prefer to have an unrestricted license, for obvious reasons. HD struggles, because they are for the most part stuck in the past. Young people either want the speed of a Japanese superbike, or something that doesn't cost too much to run. Not a gas-guzzling, overpriced monsters that their grandpa used to ride.

[@stiglarsson8405]

@@Vengir Yes you are right, I only tryed to make a joke about USA! Its rather this in my country (Sweden) that rich people tend to buy expensive cars, with automatics, often Volvo. My old friends that still drive motorcykels, tend to buy expensive H-D!

[@lyaneris]

@@stiglarsson8405 In Germany rich people buy Mercedes or BMW - the cost is in the maintenance :)

[@Pointillax]

We also have our share of geniuses who try to follow behind the ambulance to get pass traffic, and a handfull of panicked drivers not knowing how to react and freezing in front of ambulances.

[@marieparker3822]

I once saw an unmarked police car - blue lights flashing - get round traffic by driving along the pavement. This was in Knightsbridge, London and I was upstairs on a 74 bus at the time. They couldn't do that nowadays because of the anti-terrorist bollards.

[@toddlerj102]

Watch "the blue light run" was a life saving run blues an twos to save someone's life in the UK. Gives an insight to ambulance driving.

[@tsuki7838]

in my country (Czech republic, Europe), whenever there is a traffic jam ob the highway, we automaticall make a lane in the middle, even if we dont know why we are stuck, just to ensure that if there is an accident ahead that the firefighters or ambulance can pass through. You have no idea how it pisses us off when we see people from othe countries disrespecting this and using the created middle lane as a means to cut in line and then get pissed off when noone want to let them into the existing lines. We create the middle lane for a reason, not for fun so you can drive in an empty lane. Last time I saw that happen, everyone in the cars that were in the proper line cussed those people off, even my mother, and those who cussed them off were not only people from my country, also many other people of diferent nations that knew what we were doing were pissed.

[@kohlenstoffeinheit5298]

In Germany you're always allowed to pass any bus when it's blinking to the side, but only at walking speed when it has the warning hazard lights on, what school busses mostly do. The problem here is rather that the bus drivers exploit this situation and drive off without caring. As you are going so slow they literally push you away, because you didn't pass fast enough for them. That's really annoying and stupid, because while the bus driver can see that I could go faster, I can't. I can only react to what he signals me. So if I react the wrong way, it's just because of the stupid signals he gives me. And when I'm already besides the bus, I can't even see whether he changed the signal, so I only can go at walking speed, even if he already expects me to pass faster. But somehow bus drivers just don't get it, that waiting for someone goes in both directions! No patience, these folks 😵‍💫

[@Findalfen]

It's also based on the design of the roads/lanes. In Europe lanes are both wider and cars shorter which allows getting out of way much more easily. In big cities, there is often a dedicated lane for buses/taxis and bikes which emergency vehicles can also use. That also helps.

[@OldieBugger]

Polish traffic is a chaos, but a polite chaos. I actually learned to respect Polish traffic mentality when driving there.

[@JayKughan]

School busses in Malaysia are also yellow.

[@decakjeisaozasuncem8843]

unfortunately there is a high chance i wont be leaving free space for ambulance for few seconds because its always 80's music volume max in my mazda

[@thesarcasticcatfish5215]

Here in central Canada, people will ram you out of the way if you don’t clear space for an ambulance. Seen it happen multiple times.

[@tylersdog]

Note: in Canada, it's exactly like Germany: everyone immediately moves to the side of the road.

[@elisabethforsberg9027]

Some places in gothenburg we have the ambulance have its on line😊

[@ingmo9]

From Sweden and it is the same as in Germany. When you here any bluelight vehicles, you are supposed to slow down and get out of the way.

[@peterfhere9461]

In the UK there is no law requiring vehicles to make room for emergency vehicles, in contrast to other countries. However, most UK drivers are pretty courteous and will give way and allow a corridor to form even if they aren't required to. One driver was prosecuted recently for driving in a bus lane to let an ambulance go past, but it turned out he drove along the bus lane long after the ambulance had passed....

[@draculakickyourass]

Rule 219 : You should look and listen for ambulances, fire engines, police doctors or any other emergency vehicles using flashing blue, red or green lights and sirens or flashing headlights, and take safe and decisive action to get out of their way . Btw,i'm romanian😄 with romanian driver license... but you,sir ,should know this better than me....

[@Salige150]

In austria we use a helicopter when it's a matter of life or death.No traffic jams in the air.😂😢

[@debbielough7754]

I thought the UK would be about average. But turns out, we're very good at this. I've been in three lanes of gridlocked traffic on a motorway, behind an accident, with no hard shoulder, and a way has been cleared for the ambulance to get through. In a vehicle or on foot, as soon as you hear a siren, you get out of the way.

[@elliefrew3429]

I'm a brit, and we react like German drivers - as soon as you hear a siren, get out the way! When I moved to Japan, it would make me so angry when I saw drivers being so slow to move for ambulances.

[@stevekenilworth]

uk one thing to think of, if sitting at red light you cannot cross the red light line . if you go on red and camera you get fine and 3 points or if you get a jobs worth police they can also issue you tickets pints and fine. if you move left or right to make space do so if not sit wait for lights to change and be ready to move. why you see well not all them bad training but many turn off siren not to pressure people through a red

[@andyhorvath6630]

I don't know if you've seen them already, but there are quite a few nice video's out there of Dutch police escorts of high emergency ambulance rides ...

[@meikusje]

Most highways in the Netherlands have an extra lane on the side of the road for emergency vehicles to use, or for regular people, in case of an emergency. However, these days those lanes are often opened up for regular traffic as well during busy hours, so they've lost some of their usefulness in emergency situations, so you'd still need to move aside and make space if that lane is in use by regular traffic. But the idea is good and works well.

[@lyaneris]

We have them in Germany as well, they are usually for break downs. One disadvantage is crossing all the entries and exits, the other possible debris from a car that did break down

[@Seleramis]

5:05 I think jaywalking here is perfectly fine. None of the cars are moving and probably won't be moving for quite a while.

[@thamertanner5448]

It's so confusing in the US cuz every state has different laws on how to react to emergency vehicles, in my state you are to pull off the road to the right hand side and give the emergency vehicles the left most lane (the fast lane). In other states they are taught to either not pull over at all or to pull over to the left cuz in other states emergency vehicles are supposed to drive on the right hand shoulder or break down lane. I will never forget being on vacation in Delaware and we were in traffic on a 4 lane highway with an ambulance coming up behind and not a single person even tried to get out of the way. We were completely gridlocked and couldn't move. I had never seen such disregard for an ambulance in my life, it was incredibly shocking for all of us. America needs to get it's shit together.

[@tobiasmuth2372]

I think the section about Germany (end of video) comes from an earlier time. Of course, things still look very chaotic on the “emergency lane” today. I've never seen one like this before... But that seems to come from a different “time”. Although the regulation for the creation of an emergency lane has existed since the 1970s...

[@elcampestrevoraz]

Well im my country (at last were i live) we do the same as Poland or Germany, but with so much more traffic jam, but we moves when an ambulance or police or firefighter with sirens and tourret are on....😊

[@nickhaas3085]

If things were to work like this in Germany now, as in the video, in China, India... the German national budget would be secured for the next few years. With the rest of the money you could build a 6 lane highway around the Globos 👍🤣😂🤣

[@azileea]

I had no idea there were countries that DON'T make room for emergency vehicles

[@steelpanther9568]

You should also check out 999 response on motorway during a TPAC Exercise, by Chris Martin EMS, This is how it is done in the UK, 🇬🇧😎👍🏼

[@emiliajojo5703]

Nobody in the US even makes an effort, in this video.nobody tries. Might be different in other parts the US is huge

[@DarmiGames]

Europe is the only one who knows how to do it (and it's required to do so by law)

[@corjp]

In Europe is the scghoolbus system not common, ceertain area's may have them for kids who are living outside the town.

[@ThisTrainIsLost]

What's with the randomiser on that Manhattan emergency vehicle's siren??

[@nomaam9077]

If there are no laws to regulate this, there is no need to be surprised if people behave this way.

[@MartinBerggren-ci6kv]

Well of you get taught empathy from young age of all people you do, if you aren’t an idiot

[@richardjalakas5190]

Believe it or not, having human decency and empathy shouldn't be strictly european

[@mr.nobody1081]

@@richardjalakas5190 Dont worry it wont be long til we have so many barbarians we cant maintain common decency.

[@MrTrabauer]

Why isn't the emergency corridor (in german Rettungsgasse) worldwide a rule ??

[@vanesag.9863]

When an ambulance is on duty everybody (including pedestrians) have to let pass it. If the pedestrian crosswalk is green but there is an ambulance nobody can cross.

[@Northerner-Not-A-Doctor]

There are no school busses in Europe. Children travel on public busses.

[@alexia2189]

That is bs. We have school buses both in Romania and Germany. :)))?

[@Northerner-Not-A-Doctor]

@@alexia2189 ok, sorry, then I wrongly widened my Polish experience to cover whole Europe

[@draculakickyourass]

@@Northerner-Not-A-Doctor Spain and Portugal too,all the schools have buses,especially in the rural areas and residential suburbs.

[@ciberzombiegaming8207]

there are school busses (well, small ones) in Lithuania too, since atleast 20 years ago

[@Inks_Inspirations]

I have always wondered what happens in India when an ambulance encounters a cow laying in the road

[@nightowl5395]

I have seen that German clip a couple of times now and it is so impressive, no matter how many times I see it 👍

[@AltCutTV]

In fairness, comparing gridlocked cities to freeways may not be the most representative things of any places. The Manhattan ambulance at least had the siren going for it. "This poor thing is crying and wants to go home, please let it pass.." If it was really urgent though, it could probably go on the sidewalks at pedestrian speed and still get ahead several times faster. Like Nick Cage did in some film.

[@tioforu7203]

Make space, stop and let pass… very simple and can save a live.

[@czarliw1644]

Greetings from Poland! 😀

[@cantacarallada]

In Japan the ambulance people use a speaker, I guess they tell cars what to do. Luckily foreigners who don't speak Japanese use public transport.

[@AP-RSI]

The ignorance in some countries towards emergency services - which save other people's lives - is simply unbelievable! So much selfishness is unbelievable! Greetings from Germany!

[@darkiee69]

I'd say that the Poles were more impressive than the germans, they did it in city traffic, the germans were on the autobahn.

[@lyaneris]

It looks more impressive on the autobahn for us, in cities it's a lot of the same: move to the side, slow down; if blocking move onto pavement/ into intersection. I find the police escorts of the Dutch the most impressive to watch :)

[@csonttot7819]

checkout budapest theres some nice footage of this topic

[@tristanridley1601]

I was looking for Canada. Our EMS have put out press releases saying "don't get out of the way too enthusiastically and risk causing a second crash." The German scene is not even slightly special to my Canadian mind.

[@therealbluetek]

You learn this in driving school here in Belgium. Don't really know if there's a specific law for it.

[@ryanwilson_canada]

Where i live in canada, you have to really pay attention, so you don't cause an accident, but there is one legal way to run a red light, and thats to get out of the path of an emergency vehilce. Saw someone last week who knew that, ambulance was able to get through with very minimal delay.

[@teri5918]

Same in Germany. You can pass red lights to get out of the way and photos from speed cameras will become nullified in this special case.

[@ryanwilson_canada]

@@teri5918 we dont have speed cameras here, something to do with privacy laws. Not quite sure of the exact details. But either way i wish more people knew of that specific law. If you can safely move out of the way? Do so, and then pull over to let them pass.

[@sachaclulow9288]

I'm shocked at some in the UK we move over and stop right away

[@AllramYT]

In Denmark it is much like germany, if not 100% the same :D I experienced it just this sunday, where everyone pulled to the side and even being able to get out of the car to go pee, because everyone is just parked there at the sides of the road. This was on a highway. Lucky no one was seriously injured even tho mane cars was involved.

[@adder1979]

In the UK it is against the the law to obstruct an ambulance, police, ect if they have their sirens on

[@polishdragon4853]

im pretty sure School busses are a America only thing, we don't got School busses in either my birth coutry (Poland) and where i currectly live (Netherlands) as far as i know, althou we do have special taxi services for kids going to school in the Netherlands but they are a bit different than school busses, most people go by bike to school here anyways so.

[@Junebug1357]

While I'm sure the mentality of drivers has a lot to do with how easily an ambulance can navigate through traffic, I think it's also fair to point out that the examples used for the US vs a few others are entirely different kinds of traffic scenarios. Bumper to bumper traffic in downtown Manhattan is going to have a much harder time physically getting out of the way than what they showed for Warsaw, even if all of the drivers had the best of intentions. (and no, I'm not claiming anyone there had the best of intentions. 🙁 )

[@dedeegal]

I am so happy to live in Germany ... or rather "to be a German". Yes... my driver's license was time-consuming and expensive... even back then over 30 years ago (it was just under 1500 DM back then). My youngest son recently paid four times as much for his driver's license ... but his 3000€ is the [current] normal price. And then you see this maximum incompetence ... driving a vehicle ... in countries outside Europe.... you just don't want to be there. Or at least not have to hope that help will be on site in a finite amount of time. This kind of behavior is bad, ignorant, selfish, stupid and simply despicable! At some point, one of them might need help quickly..... then you have to hope that help gets stuck in a traffic jam. That would be natural selection. Unfortunately, it doesn't work out that way. And that is once again proof that there is no [merciful] God. QED! ... ... ... Just kidding.

[@Gazer75]

Around here half the drivers in the first clips would have lost their drivers license permanently as the cops would have been there pretty fast. Blocking emergency vehicles is a serious offense.

[@Smo1k]

The second US clip looks like the ambu is going to whatever caused the gridlock.