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[@Kaatevanderkolm]

How to be very American : just get rid of the sidewalk 😂

[@pooky3672]

Your first reaction was very interesting: "Pedestrians and cars compete for space? Why don't they just get rid of the sidewalk?" In Germany, walking is more than just a leisure activity. Most people walk in order to get to places. Considering how much time and effort it costs for a pedestrian to make a detour of more than a mile compared to a car I would ask the question the other way round :)

[@Dante1282]

His point is that the pedestrian way isn't safe to begin with. So just remove it.

[@il0vewikipedia]

@@Dante1282 Sure. Or you make the tunnel one lane only, safe for pedestrians. This way pedestrians would not have a 20 mins detour and cars would make a 3 mins detour in one direction.

[@BrokenCurtain]

​@@Dante1282 You could also just remove the cars, or make it a one-way street for cars The point was that automatically leaning towards the option of removing the sidewalk without even considering the alternatives is a very American attitude.

[@TheMissileHappy]

​@@Dante1282 why not remove the thing that makes it unsafe instead?

[@ionarn1532]

Adding traffic lights several meters before and after the tunnel could work as well. So for maybe 2-3 minutes people could pass the tunnel without a problem in one direction, then the traffic light switches and the traffic in the other direction could pass it. Traffic through the tunnel overall would take longer, but it would be safer and people could still go through in both directions.

[@LunaBianca1805]

The subtitles definitely need a mood marker because as extra 3 is a satirical TV show, most of what the "storyteller" says just oozes sarcasm and has real ironic undertones ^^

[@Max_G4]

Google auto-subtitles sadly don't really detect tone.

[@LunaBianca1805]

@@Max_G4 Nor does it a good bunch of words, even in English sometimes, which I always thought would be the one language this works best on ^^'

[@drecksigelvondamm1360]

3:39 They are sending children through the tunnel because it's their way to school. But because they are worried about how narrow the tunnel is, the woman said that they'll start sending their children the long route around it.

[@flighttrain71]

Google messed up...

[@michaelburggraf2822]

However we managed to cope with similar situations when they started converting towns to become more car friendly in the 1960ies.

[@bertholdb9037]

And the probability of the children actually taking that long detour is basically zero. There is no way to explain to a child that it is not supposed to take that direct route that is right there, and that it has instead to walk a kilometer all the way around to get to the other side which is right there.

[@Caildyn]

@@bertholdb9037 true, but it's also a task for drivers to keep that in mind and drive carefully. In worst case there needs to be some traffic signs to point out who can drive first.

[@eszterjozsa6323]

​@@flighttrain71why should Google recognize the dialects, some German dialects are even for German people too much ...

[@Chrischi3TutorialLPs]

The main issue with the older men is that they were all talking in a pretty heavy northern German dialects. Google Translate is good at working out standard German, but it kinda just gives up on dialects.

[@Anthyrion]

If the google translator has problems with northern german dialects, i think it will explode if it tries to translate some old bavarians^^

[@scofield321]

If he google translated only "zu eng" instead of "zu enger", maybe there would´ve been a proper translation, but google translate seems to be too stupid sometimes.

[@TheAxel65]

@@Anthyrion Anybody remember Georg "Schorsch" Hackl, the german racing luger and olympic gold medalist? He was interviewed back in the 90's by german TV... they had to subtitle him even for the german audience 😂

[@Chrischi3TutorialLPs]

@@Anthyrion Though, surprisingly, bavarian is considered high German where as something like Plattdüütsk is not.

[@Anthyrion]

@@Chrischi3TutorialLPs One of my grandmothers spoke fluently Platt and mostly talked Platt with her mother over the phone. And when my parents divorced, my father had a girlfriend from the Netherlands. Everytime my Grandmother and her met, they could nearly perfectly understand each another if the girlfriend spoke Dutch and my Grandmother Platt^^ And for me: I can understand mostly deep Bavarian better then Platt

[@geektesse]

This tunnel is right where I live, I go through it everyday as a pedestrian and actually pushed a stroller through it today as well 🙈 The funniest part is that it’s also quite low, so that every other month a truck gets stuck under there and the whole street is closed anyway.

[@lyaneris]

The height is probably not even marked, is it?

[@karllagerbier4688]

​@@lyaneris It is. There's a max height sign on the red/white stripes.

[@BruscoTheBoar]

Juten Tach von Berlin nach Bremen. Bei uns gibts noch mehr Behördenirrsinn....Zum Beispiel 8 Jahre Umsetzungszeit für eine 800m U-Bahn-Verlängerung. Willkommen in Deutschland xD

[@Karl-me4mh]

@@lyaneris 2.5m it says ... trucks in general are about 3.50-4-00 m high. So the drivers that get stuck are plain stupid. I drove trucks for a couple of years and after a while I would know if a tunnel was high enough or not, just by looking at it. But I was alos smart enough not to continue doing a job where you earn maximum responsibility and fines in a highly stressful long hour job by minimal payment and respect. I respect my former coleagues for what they do, and the life they have to live, but there's a lot of idiots driving trucks these days. If you bring bananas you'll catch apes.

[@lyaneris]

@@Karl-me4mh Yeah, we had some trouble with a cable... (of unmarked height). I just wouldn't put it past authorities not to mark smth like this.

[@Akatsukimember6]

The local dialects of the old people aren’t even that strong, but they sometimes mumble a bit or slur their speech so the translator wouldn’t pick it up. I’m Austrian and speak a completely different form of German and could understand it.

[@helloweener2007]

Yes you. It took me over 30 years to discover that falco did not sing "da didel dum" but "drah di ned um"

[@aurixification]

​@@helloweener2007 🤯

[@Akatsukimember6]

@@helloweener2007 it was a popular kid’s song back then. The part with dra di ned um, not the Falco song. I remember playing a game along with the song in kindergarten that was basically duck, duck goose

[@bernhardkrickl3567]

The name of the show "extra 3" is a German-English pun. In German, it reads "extra drei" (3 = drei) and the pronunciation is very close to "extra dry". So, you can just call it "extra dry" instead of "extra three" ;). The 3 refers to the fact that the show comes from one of the regional "third" public broadcasting programs in Germany. We have "Das Erste" = ARD = "The First", which was the first ever televison program. Then we have the ZDF = "Zweites deutsches Fernsehen" = "Second German Television Program". Both of those broadcast nationwide. And then we have a bunch of regional programs like "NDR", "WDR", "mdr", etc. which are the "Third programs". Note, that Germany didn't have private television programs for a long time. That was only introduced in the late 80s iirc. Way after the introduction of the third programs.

[@WolfHagenSdW]

"I thought that was a taxi." You guys have blue silver party taxis with flashing lights? :P

[@vHindenburg]

On which police is written. 😂

[@Chrischi3TutorialLPs]

The cliche of the "Soccer Mom" is a very american one. Since european cities are generally designed to be walkable and cyclable (at least more so than US cities, which to be honest, is not a difficult thing to do, since your entire country is designed around cars), and we also usually have extensive public transport, you don't need to drive your kid everywhere in order for them to be able to have hobbies that require leaving the house. They don't need to be driven, because they can just walk or bike there. And if they can't, they can take a bus most of the way. It's for this reason that you don't generally see soccer moms in Germany.

[@inawinchester]

Omg, I didn't even get why he said "moms and their suv's" 😂 Thanks for that 😅

[@manub.3847]

Even if the dear little ones can cycle alone to training, unfortunately you are the children's chauffeur to the official games :)

[@mennovanlavieren3885]

There are enough people here in Europe that drive cars to big for their own good. And with al the small streets it easily becomes embarrassing. Maybe they are not all moms driving their kids to football, but they fill the same niche in traffic.

[@aurixification]

It just depends on the bubble you live in. Visit a catholic school in a small conservative, rich german city at noon and you will see the suv moms picking up their kids because dinner is already waiting.

[@manub.3847]

@@aurixification It certainly depends on the area you live in (good local transport?) and not on the type of school. Yes, nowadays many more parents bring their children to school by car, mostly. because then they are also on their way to work and everyone is running out of time.

[@littleloupalou]

I am from Bremen. They build 2 lanes but forgot the sidewalk. So they took space from the two lanes and now we have this shit. The really funny thing is, one tunnel is used for a bus route. Imagine a bus and big car would try to pass at the same time. It dose not work. 🤣

[@uliwehner]

wie denn das denn? there is a 2.5 meter sign. any city bus is at least 2.8 meters tall, probably more then 3 meters. that leaves only smaller van based stuff. in which case that would be operator error. dummheit gehoert bestraft.

[@lyaneris]

​@@uliwehner Wouldn't the city be at fault for planning a bus route through it?

[@uliwehner]

@@lyaneris sure. but i doubt they would send a 10 foot bus through a 8 foot hole.

[@uliwehner]

@@lyaneris no city bus is low enough to fit under a 8 foot bridge.

[@buc6644]

​@@uliwehner naja, da wo der bus lang fährt ist der tunnel breiter, höher und tatsächlich auch breit genug für zwei fahrspuren ^^ Der fährt nicht surch diesen kleinen tunnel

[@WatchMysh]

The guy with the Deutz cap says that all of the planning probably was done at the office desk instead of evaluating things on site and talking to experts.

[@sissi007bm]

5:19 The man says: “I don‘t know. They do way to much [planning / “calculating”] on the desk. Instead of talking to the people on how it SHOULD be done.”

[@robfriedrich2822]

2:30 He says "The tunnel is way too narrow, the cars could kiss each other"

[@angelikajaeschke764]

Well, in Switzerland we have tunnels and bridges like that, too, often old ones, built a long time ago. Where it is possible, we try to make them wider but if that is not possible, they are regulated either by "right of way"-signs, meaning one direction has the right of way before the other, or, if there is not a godd visibility, by traffic lights. I think these tunnel would need a traffic light asap.

[@mennovanlavieren3885]

That's understandable, but to build those deliberately is just insanity.

[@moover123]

we also have a few modern ones that aren't too narrow but they aren't hgh enough and regularly trap vans

[@BlackXIV]

Extra 3 is a german satire TV show brodcasting 1 episode each week. It´s about everything from politics to big companies, clima, war and all that stuff. And "Realer Irrsinn" (real insanity) is a part of that show. In short they collect all the strange stuff you normally won´t believe really happen somewhere and show one of them every week during the show. There is also a soecial show once a year where they choose the "winner" for the year.. and the winner gets a lawn gnome with that arrow as shown in the trailer at the beginning every time.. it´s like a "award" for beeing the town/company or whatever that was sooo crazy this year that they best everyone else. (Needless to say.. no town ever really wants to get that award^^) And the NDR is the TV channel producing and showing the show Extra 3.

[@Steuerelch]

it was an honor to connect you with this show a few weeks ago. your reactions and extra 3 just fit like (attention german proverb incomming) ass on bucket

[@CabinFever52]

That was you? Dankeschön.

[@spoonetti]

I really can recommend this TV show, expecially the part "Realer Irrsinn" (Engl.: "Real Madness"... about German bureaucracy and German engineering). After watching some episodes of this show you will definitely have another perspective on our perfectionism, bureaucracy and engeneering.😂

[@Mikalon90]

My dude, if you need someone to translate something in real time for you, just ask :) I bet a lot of germans would love to hop in, me included.

[@piiinkDeluxe]

Me too

[@KarinLamprecht]

I agree!!! Ryan, I love your attempts at understanding/reading/speaking German, but - sorry to say - you really do need a lot of help! And yes, I'm sure there are oodles of native speakers (like myself) who would be very happy to help!

[@LZP123]

I think him guessing what the hell is going on adds to the humor!

[@jancleve9635]

6:48 If you are drunk and rowdy enough they become taxis... with the single destination Ausnüchterungszelle(a night in jail to sober up)!

[@tinu951]

For anyone interested: -The guy at 2:30 is saying that its way to narrow. So narrow in fact that two cars passing each other almost kiss. The women at 3:39 explains that she has kids who should go to school through there but now she has to send on a detour.( like 6 and up year old kids) And the one at 5:90 in the tractor basicly states that too much is just made behind your desk while planing and not at the actual place.

[@robfriedrich2822]

The only way to save the situation, that they install traffic lights an let the cars pass, 2 minutes one direction, 2 minutes the other one. So they prevent car accidents, so the sidewalk isn't dangerous. It's better than to leave it as something, nobody uses.

[@McGhinch]

1:35 The guy with the Volvo does not know how wide his car is. Slowing down is much cheaper than ruining the tyres.

[@Psi-Storm]

The sidewalk is in the perfect height to kill tires. Not too low, so people could use it without damage, but also not high enough to stop people from trying. They could have made the sidewalk 30 cm smaller, but added a railing. It would have been safer and the cars had a little bit more air.

[@notbob3590]

@@Psi-Storm it has to have a minimum of 1,8 meters, so that people can pass each other.

[@user-or4zp9us4v]

I live there in Bremen, 200 meters away, the tunnel has been widened to 2 lanes, and a bike and walkway has been built over the tunnel. That's Germany ^^

[@Azurios]

"zu eng" means "too tight". The "er" at the end of of "eng" is just another version of the word (Komparativ). Since the video is all about a tunnel that is too narrow, I would classify that as an important description.

[@JonGunnarssonDotA]

In this case "enger" isn't the comparative of "eng," just the masculine form. But yes, it means too narrow or too tight.

[@orcaflotta7867]

"Zu eng" = Just imagine a virgin vulva and compare it to the tunnel. :o

[@scofield321]

@@orcaflotta7867 there is always a guy who has to make everything sexual

[@orcaflotta7867]

@@scofield321 Yeppers! Unfortunately me's not a guy but a lady.

[@3VILTW1N]

@@scofield321 Own goal 🤣

[@Pendragon667]

Currently still being at work but i'll try and gonna translate what the folks on the street said when i'm back home tonight. Basically they were making quips and ironic remarks regarding the tunnel and the project as a whole.

[@allegro6104]

2:33 what the gentleman is sayig is: "it's way too narrow, what are we supposed duck and pull up our ass (a german saying for trying to make yourself smaller/less noticable) since the cars are already kissing in there? yes yes? the heights also not quite right" and the lady said: "since the street has been built we've been guessing 'is this one-way or is this two-way?' and when we looked at the plan it turned out to be two lanes" also a simple solution so this could be to just put up a traffic light on each end that only ever let's cars from one side pass at a time. would lead to a bit more congestion but still it'd be safer imo

[@kaffeebohne6231]

I am from Bremen and this tunnel is always worth a visit 😂

[@chubbymoth5810]

The sidewalk is probably why they made a tunnel. To reduce the walking time. I think the cars would better be reduced to one direction traffic or just turn it into a bike path. This is rather dangerous to all current traffic. Obviously making the tunnels a bit wider would have been better, but now it's there.

[@timkrummenacher]

For information: *Hummers are not allowed on German roads because they are too wide.* Thank you for this great video.

[@gabrielegermaine2337]

That is strange, since I saw one a few years Back. In Baden Württemberg.

[@sigourneyburton3387]

my neighbor has a hummer (in Berlin)

[@Blutwind]

Yeah Bremen has some odd ideas when it involves streets (there is another episode involving a bridge and "creative" ways to limit the weight on it). That said as a Bremer i still love this city and would encourage you to check out somme videos about it cause as most german regions/citys we do have some odditys and traditions of our own.

[@lyaneris]

Also, Bremen is a pain to navigate by car if you're not local.

[@buc6644]

​@@lyaneris understandable

[@buc6644]

Odd ideas ja Aber bei dem tunnel ist es num wirklich nicht tragisch wenn man sich die bedingungen dazu anschaut ^^

[@ItsNadine71335]

The natural conclusion is to set up traffic lights at both ends. In Switzerland, we have several of these narrow underpasses (not false planning, simply times change) and even busses pass through below.

[@Lillyluri]

Agreeing with the others: Walking is too important a means of transport to cut it off. My only idea to improve this would be to add traffic lights and only allow one direction for cars to pass, actually.

[@schuechen]

Just to clarify: NDR is a TV channel, Extra 3 is a show on that channel and "Der reale Irrsinn" is a segment on that show

[@Wildcard71]

NDR stands for "Norddeutscher Rundfunk", which translates to _North German Broadcasting Service._

[@alex269]

"I thought that was a taxi." WHAT?!😂

[@0marcus]

you really perfected that entrance from the side. i gotta laugh every time

[@eastfrisianguy]

The old men really have a very strong northern German dialect, but I am from the region and translate: 2:33 "It [the tunnel] is much too narrow! What they're saying for nonsense, cars have accidents there [...] that's not right either." 2:46 "Since the road was finished, we've always wondered, is it now one lane? And then we kept looking at the documents and it is two lanes after all!" 3:34 "Our children, they're going to have to go through here starting this summer because they're going to school. We're very worried that it's going to work out, they're going to have to take a big detour on the outside." 5:16 "Yes, I don't know, so there is probably too much done (work) at the desk instead of talking to the people, as it should be right, no? Unfortunately."

[@MikadoRC]

The first man is saying that the height is also not quite right at the end

[@MausTheGerman]

He‘s talking Brem Snak (Bremen Dialect) 😆

[@tahaak]

Danke für die Übersetzung, jetzt habe ich es endlich auch verstanden, was der Herr uns da sagen wollte 😂

[@Delibro]

@@tahaak Well, I understood it even being southern German. If you don't try, of cause you don't understand.

[@k.schmidt2740]

One of the older men who could not be translated (the second one) said that this is what happens, when bureaucrats design things like this from their desks. The comment below from a citizen of Bremen stating that they actually planned no sidewalk whatsoever and then had to subtract its width from the car lanes during construction sounds believable to me. The curse of the "desk culprits".

[@conepictures]

They will have to add a railing to the sidewalk. Then make it one way with one direction being the preferred one. If there isn’t too much traffic that’s fine. We’ve got a few canal bridges which are one way and it works fine.

[@michaelburggraf2822]

German municipal planning administrations seem to be completely immune to learning. It's probably around 30-40 years in the past when they managed to build an aquaeduct in Karlsruhe in which public transport busses got stuck due to a tricky combination of street curvature and height of the aquaeduct. They've solved that by a height limit controls and traffic lights 😅

[@BerndTheBrick]

Typical german bureaucracy reaction: If we don't get it right, correct it with a "forbidden" sign. This way round it's not a bug it's a feature. 😅 German bureaucracy is always right. Even when it's seems otherwise.😉

[@DeLambada]

NDR is the channel, extra3 is the show and "realer Irrsinn" is a segment within the show.

[@ACEsParkJunheeWreckedMeHard]

Wenn you asked for two "American cars" going through I thought of that one narrow street in my city here in Germany in which I just recently saw a RAM trying to pass a Land Rover and they barly got it 😂

[@Ikller-xh7qq]

Omfg, an American watching Extra3 O.o It is a show that shows the idiocy in bureocrazy etc in a satirical way^^ You will love it^^ Btw: NDR is the TV channel, Extra3 one of the shows^^

[@Gnoccy]

The solution is not to remove the sidewalk but to remove a car lane. Maybe set up some traffic lights to alternate the direction.

[@tomokig2655]

The tile of the show is a pun. "Extra 3" has a double meaning - the first is that the "3" indicates that this is a regional program - in the past there were mostly only three broadcasts available - "Das Erste" (meaning the first broadcast), "Das Zweite" as an abbreviation for "Das Zweite Deutsche Fernsehen" (the second German television broadcast) and the regional broadcasts combined under the label "Die Dritten" (the thirds). The pun is the pronounciation of "Extra 3" which sounds like "Extra dry" indicating that it is a satiric news show. They are well known in Germany for very sharp journalism which sticks their finger into the wound. Usually everything they cover is true but their comments are over-the-top and very satirical in nature. They are also known for bending the boundaries but still being extremely honest about politicians and famous people.

[@Ph34rNoB33r]

1:10 Do you know the 11foot8 bridge? Trains right above, pipes right below. Narrow in the vertical.

[@blondkatze3547]

That`s really real madness when the police had to dodge in the tunnel when two cars are driving next to each other.😉

[@angela_tarantulas]

In Switzerland, we have loads of roads and tunnels like these 😂 but they were built decades, even 100+ years ago. A new tunnel like seen in that video should be able to take 2 big cars.

[@elipa3]

Diese Tunnel sind vermutlich vor 30, 40 Jahren geplant und gebaut worden. Da sind solche Fehler unterlaufen. Ausserdem waren damals die Autos kleiner und schmaler.

[@felixklusener5530]

8:30 Extra 3 is a satire show produced by NDR which is the public broadcasting network for the states of Lower Saxony, Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The show broadcasts on the TV channel NDR Fernsehen.

[@raven_bird]

I'm currently at the hospital, since I had a surgery and your videos really save me from boredom and it's also quite interesting seeing someone who's never been to Germany learn about Germany

[@EvilNightwolf]

There is a similar tunnel where i live (also in germany) and they came up with the solution to simply blocking the second lane. Now there is no other option than to wait for the other cars to clear the path.

[@GordonBender]

6:50 Sometimes, when you are too drunken, it could be a taxi for you :D

[@DieGurke_]

As a German, I have a very simple solution to this problem, which also costs hardly any money. Just set up two traffic lights in front of the tunnel that turn green alternately. This way, two vehicles never meet in the narrow tunnel. This also works with roadworks

[@Al69BfR]

8:13 I don‘t know if there is a similar nickname for SUVs in the US, but in Germany some people are calling them „Hausfrauenpanzer“ (wife‘s tank). 😉

[@Retlom]

I am from Germany, and I have to say the subtitle isn’t always perfectly correct😂

[@christianhumer3084]

"Google translate isnt even attempting to translate what he is saying" People in the background: *laughter*

[@MsSpike2005]

I thought it was a Taxi 🤣 A Taxi to jail 🤣

[@ub681904]

We've just a similar tunnel in my town. But it's one way with traffic lights on both sides.

[@Stufe2]

i love this show too and watching every episode

[@DasMilC]

thing about the 4.50m width is, that the maximum allowed car width in germany is 2.25m so we're dealing with the technicality that it's allowed to be 2 lanes.

[@olli1068]

A German soccer trainer once said :"There are more than 80 million traffic experts in Germany, except during the soccer Worldcup, then there are more then 80 million soccer experts." I am among the minority of Germans, who see themselfs as none of both, but things may be a bit more complicated as the friendly farmer thinks. There is obviously a junction right where the street through the tunnel reaches ground level, so there there may be very little space for the ramp down, unless you make the ramp very steep which causes other problems. With the short ramp you can't go very deep, so the clearance height is low and the room for the part that takes the load of the rails and the trains is also quite limited. The very flat construction of the supporting structure limits its length which is the width if the tunnel. It looks like there are a few restrictions here and they had to make some compromises and the result is not satisfying. But "they should have made it wider and higher and they only wanted to save some money" is a bit weak. And yes: those police guys should not ride on the walk way. Instead, they should collect the licenses from everybody who does! Then people would perhaps notice that although it is generally ALLOWED to pass the oncoming traffic there, it is not always POSSIBLE.

[@globetrotter197]

I can't anymore. This is so funny🤣🤣🤣.

[@Butt9N]

You really need to visit us here in Germany one day. Would love to show you around.

[@rileyxxxx]

The show should add subtitles just for you! :D they didn't even translate the old guy for us into actual German.

[@Nekomancer1983]

The auto translator just couldn't cope with the local dialect. And i can hardly fault it, it was a somewhat harder dialect. Easy to understand if you're german, but still far off from the bog standard Hochdeutsch.

[@Ano-Nymos]

@@Nekomancer1983 He doesn't actually speak any dialect, he just talks very slurred: Male pedestrian: Well, I think that with all the money that was spent and the effort to build it and anchor it and so on and so forth, to build it 50cm too narrow and 50cm too low, I really think it's a bit of a red herring. Tractor driver: I don't know, so that's probably been done too much at the desk then. When I'm doing some... "babble"... And talking to people, as it should be. Unfortunately.

[@vomm]

Wen juckt was die labern ist doch eh immer das selbe Geschwafel von "Schildbürgerstreich" und nur Füller um die sendung zu strecken

[@ddshiranui]

I feel like German public broadcasters should offer English subtitles for all their shows by default. They have a lot of gems to share with the wider world -- see Browserballett for another example. :D

[@Ano-Nymos]

​@@ddshiranui I would find it useful that foreigners see content that positively damages the image of the Federal Republic of Germany. Programs about police violence and murdering police officers who are not punished (although colleagues testify against them). For example, the murder of Hassam Husseini. I have the documentary in which this occurs in its entirety on my hard drive. I also have other documentaries on the subject. Gladly I can upload them for Reacts from abroad. I have uploaded the Hassam Husseini incident (worse than the George Floyd incident) here. Title: "Rassistischer Mord an Hussam Hussein durch Polizisten - Aus 'Exclusiv im Ersten - Staatsgewalt'".

[@stuborn-complaining-german]

Don't worry, a Hummer couldn't even get close to this tunnel, it would already get stuck in some other road long before getting there 😅

[@germankiwi4588]

I live in Bremen and know this tunnel. If you look at my picture you might have an idea what I do. This tunnel scares the hell out of me!

[@elipa3]

In the long term, it may well be, that the road and tunnel are declared to become a one-way-street, and that the pedestrian walk may get broader.

[@CRYOKnox]

That shows name is spoken Extra dry it's really meant that way because it sounds like the German drei which is 3 and means it delivers it's punchlines very dry. The channel is called Nord Deutscher Rundfunk drei (North German Broadcast three) shortened to NDR3 which Extra 3 takes it's 3 from.

[@MichaelW1980randoms]

The TV show is named Extra3, because it is aired on a so called third TV channel. The 3rd TV channels are called like that, because back when, they were the third TV channels, you could watch. Depending on the region, you got a different channel. At the same time, it is a hidden play of words, because if you say the name, Extra 3, it almost sounds like „extra dry“. This matches the very dry humor on display.

[@tomkirkemo5241]

There is like 3 feet between that Volvo and that white VolksWagen!! :D

[@globetrotter197]

This is so funny watching your videos as a German 🤣🤣🤣

[@buc6644]

The thing with the tunnel is just so narrow, because the road that led there before was only so narrow. As mentioned in the video, there are three of these tunnels, which were built to avoid having to stop at the old level crossings. And the fact that some drivers choose to take the sidewalk is still incomprehensible to me to this day. Either stop for a moment or slow down. It really fits. I can attest from my own experience. :)

[@nriamond8010]

My town has a similar tunnel but it is not newly built, it's old and does not have a sidewalk in it. There's a sign on each side that you have to let a car pass that is already in the tunnel, you can't squeeze two cars into the tunnel.

[@TackerTacker]

The guy with the Wegbier on his cane

[@profmaiki8807]

Ryan, dear friend, lemme tell ya something. I absolutely love your vids and your type of humor, your family can consider themselves happy to have you :3 I really hope you come visit germany with your wife and son soon, would be pretty dope :3 aleight but now ima go back to watching the video

[@annabel5937]

Another problem of the tunnel is that it is not high enough for most ambulances. My grandparents lived right there and my grandpa was really sick. He had to be taken to the hospital in an ambulance from time to time and they always had to come a longer way because of this stupid tunnel.

[@mabus4910]

The number 3 in German is pronounced like "dry" in English. The show's name is pronounced "Extra Dry". I always thought it was a pun referring to the deadpan "dry" humour of the show, but I could not find any evidence for that. And you were right. NDR is a public broadcaster. Extra-3 is a show on that channel and "Realer Irrsinn" is a segment in that show.

[@Zerbasst]

so: "Eng" means narrow, so "too small/narrow tunnel in Bremen". But if you need translations for the people, just hmu. I love this show haha. Greatings from germany

[@samsylvester2140]

Extra3 is a show that uncovers all sorts of failures and flaws and comments on them in satirical and quiet ironical way. These "realer irrsinn" stories (could be translated as "real madness") are part of the weekly show and uncover things that went wrong or are just stupid in first place. Often they are things that were build wrong (as in this case) or if a government or other public authorities spend money for unnecessary things etc.

[@StudyEasyGeScHi]

It is so funny to see Americans reacting on my favourite show

[@beckysam3913]

German people grew up with the info-tainment tv show like "der 7. Sinn" (seventh sense) about traffic rules and regulations, new traffic signs, regulations on boarding European countries in comparison, various traffic situation handling, which were aired on national tv station and everybody watched it. the series was aired between 1966 - 2005. I put a link down to an old episode from 1976, there are stuntwomen, stuntmen, child actors portraing how to handle situations according to the newest traffic rules. this particular episode shows that from beginning of 1976 all cars and drivers have to yield to cycylists and pedestrians and be aware ( hence the term seventh sense) about any critical situation that can happen in traffic and that vehicle drivers are responsible to drive alert. The responsibility is always on the one participant with the bigest vehicle since they cause the biggest damage to others. vehicles have to yield to pedestrians, motorcyclists have to yield to cyclists, cyclists have to yield pedestrians, adults have to yield children. That is why closing down the pedestrian sideway is very unlikely. in narrow streets like this, usually traffic lights regulate who can pass first or it will be changed to "one way" street without traffic lights. walkability and child safety will never lead to exclude or ban children from being able to use the streets in Germany and vehicles will have to be restricted eventually. the link about yielding to cyclists and pedestrians: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoethmepiZ12eJo the comedy tv show "extra 3" which you watched, made fun of the tv show "der 7. sinn" and aired this sketch about seniors and seniles driving a car and how they could put "old people stuff" on the back window to warn other participants and that their vast driving experience over decades is giving them actually better driving skill. there is an ongoing debate if seniors up from certain age should be allowed to drive bc there were some incidences where senior driver had heart attack while driving or mixing up gas and brake and senior drivers drove into people. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZDOf4qAmbaNpM0 this one episode is about the responsibility to train the children to obey traffic rules and that car drivers have to yield to children playing outside. there are stunt child actors in this episode! drivers are responsible for murder if a pedestrian or child on the street dies. its from 1981. children were not imprisoned to homes till they were 16, they are participating of life outside the parental house. and when they become adult and driver, they will know from their own experience as children, how to drive carefully while driving through cities. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e33HZmWCm7x1d9E this episode shows how wet streets take longer time to slow down a vehicle and stand still and make driver alert to drive carefull. there are motorcycle stunts too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/nInKaaBmp7OFa9k

[@sandi8804]

Said: ohh police officer did you were ill at drive geometry? 3:33.

[@elipa3]

In case, you didnt know: every child gets traffic education in Germany, and training too. Cycle training too. Children are schooled to walk to their schools, not at the very first day, but later. They go alone to their schools or in groups. We have school busses for children, who live farer away, and they use the normal busses too, without having to pay. The state sponsors their tickets. The children get schooled, because they have to learn to handle their way to school alone. My son even drove by bus to his kindergarden alone, when he was six years old, and was very proud, that he could do this.

[@MultiSunny83]

There are several of these tunnels that keep causing issues, where I live we have one that is too low, so at least 4 or 5 times a year a truck will get stuck and it causes traffic issues and massive train delays...

[@legent23]

@Ryan Wass The current video isn´t avaliable, it´s privat! Love and greetings :)

[@else8]

We have lots of tunnels with trains over it..but never so small...

[@pkorobase]

reminds me that most german parking slots, especially in park houses, are way too small for current cars. i think it must be a norm back to when the beetle was built, to only get 2,25m width. my car is a VW Up by the way, one of the smallest currently on sale, but bigger i think. 😆

[@capitainespace6504]

Not as dangerous but in a town close to me, they recently finished a swimming pool, after nearly 10 years of building. This swimming pool was supposed to be also used for swimming competitions and so needed an Olympic swimming pool. Happened what had to happen: they miscalculated. The didn't take into account the width of the tiles and the concrete (or what's used to make them stick). So basically they are missing 2cm (0,79 inches).. Millions of Euros down the trash

[@gaker19sc]

"Zu enger Tunnel" doesn't just mean "a tunnel", it means "too tight tunnel".

[@josefineseyfarth6236]

2 possible solutions here: 1) remove the sidewalk: but that way pedestrians aren't able to cross over to the other side anymore. 2) install traffic lights at each side of the tunnel, so traffic goes only one way at a time. Much better and that way it's held in most German cities I know

[@gaker19sc]

5:20 What I understood (I'm a German native) was something with desk, I think he said that the traffic people sat at their desks for too long and didn't actually talk to the people

[@gaker19sc]

Ahhh he said that there is too much stuff happening at the desk.

[@foamheart]

Fun fact: "Extra 3" is also a word play because it is pronounced "extra dry" (like some sort of sparkling wine). The dryness being the dry humor.

[@wilderbernd6221]

i dont think that the creators think about that. Because its a german show and this is an english pun. Thats just coincidence

[@m.h.6470]

The show - and the name - was created in 1976. A time, where English was absolutely not part of daily live. So yeah, it is pure coincidence.

[@orcaflotta7867]

@@wilderbernd6221 It's just a play on words. Also Extra3 is broadcasted by local Federal State ARD station NDR, which traditionally is the 3rd program. 1 = ARD, 2 = ZDF, 3 = ARD local stations. NDR (Schleswig Holstein, Hamburg, Niedersachsen), RB (Radio Bremen), WDR (Ruhr Area), SWR (South-West), HR (Hessen), BR (Bayern) and so forth.

[@foamheart]

@@m.h.6470 Don't underestimate the creatives and their audience. Even in the 70s you could buy Sekt labeled "extra dry / extra trocken" at the local supermarket. :-)

[@wilderbernd6221]

@@orcaflotta7867 i know im german but this has nothing to do with an english pun. i know its hard to believe that not everything in the world is about the english people.

[@FD-ov1uk]

That old Farmer on the traktor said:" the people at the desk didn't do that much instead of asking people what needs to be done."

[@HenryLoenwind]

But to be fair, 2.25m is a normal lane width for residential streets. The issue here is that there's a wall on one side and a rim-eating kerb on the other, both pushing people into the centre of the street. Also, the road looks wide open, tricking people into driving faster than on a same-width residential street. And faster cars need more space.

[@tobiasgobke3720]

Hey Dude, i'm German native and know the show very well. The purpose of the program is to draw attention to the failure of authorities. In the short interviews, it often becomes clear how those responsible talk their way out and invent bizarre explanations for their failure.

[@tramper42]

2;33 slightly regional accent - man says: „this (tunnel) is way too narrow.. the cars are kissing each (getting close and actually contact) other cars“. Woman then says: „we were guessing if this in one way only“ ( very small lane, one way sign, missing middle line to separate lanes)

[@gordongriesmann2720]

extra-3 is a comedy-show(sarcastic), and we have a simple traffic rule here: 1,5 meter distance minimum at passing anything in traffic. People, bikes, cars, etc.

[@elipa3]

Our street is even smaller. On one side, there are parking spots. The car, which meets a car from the other side, has to go between the parking spots, and to wait. We have pedestrian walks on both sides, where the children walk. Germany is more oriented to pedestrians and bikers. In our street is a school too. When someone wants to go faster by car, he has to make a detour. I live in an area, where a lot of elder people live, most in social housing, some streets are closed to public traffic, but people can walk, and the children can play on the streets and lawns, which are around the houses. There are no fences. So children have a big playground. The only ones allowed to drive everywhere is police, ambulances and fire brigades. These areas are quite common here. Car drivers are allowed to drive with 30 km/h or less. We want living areas, not driving areas.

[@Junkpilepunk]

Hey there, greetings from germany! I enjoy watching your videos and see how the weird stuff we do over here looks to someone from america. Extra3 is a satire show from ndr which is a the public tv for north germany. The "realer Irrsin" is a part of the show where they present some cases where politicians messed up ridiculously If you need any help translating some german stuff feel free to ask.

[@HATECELL]

Just did some googling and the Hummer H2 is 2062mm wide, the H1 even 2191mm. Given the road (without sidewalk) is 4500mm this gets really tight. And whilst Hummers are known as these freakishly huge beasts many modern SUVs aren't much smaller than the H2. Even in Europe cars like the Bentley Bentayga or some generations of the VW Transporter are slightly over 2m wide