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When traffic comes to a standstill, German drivers instantly shift left and right to create a Rettungsgasse, an emergency corridor so ambulances and firefighters can fly through at full speed (cdn.imgchest.com)

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[–] notsosure@sh.itjust.works 54 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

That’s the plan. In real life, only few ambulances manage “to fly through”, there are always some jerks ignoring this rule.

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Prisoners dilemma always wins.

[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

Prisoners dilemma doesn't work when people are thinking of tomorrow. Once you take into consideration how your actions affect the decisions other people make in the future, it is always better to cooperate. That's a big assumption from people, but if they don't, they are not acting rationally in their own interest like in the dilemma.
I'm pretty sure this comment is not complaining about people driving through the gap, it's about people who are too absent minded to create a gap in the first place. In that case that's not prisoners dilemma at all, they don't get anything from not moving to the side.

[–] chickenf622@sh.itjust.works 25 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Probably still massively speeds up response times though. I imagine it wouldn't be that hard to squeeze 2 cars in that given space allowing the emergency vehicle to get past the person not following the rules.

[–] claimsou@lemmy.world 18 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

The photo example is extreme. It’s usually narrower.

[–] curbstickle@anarchist.nexus 7 points 8 hours ago

Still though, Ive seen traffic in NYC keep an ambulance for two lights.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 4 points 9 hours ago

Well, it's a high-speed 3-lane road that would fit 5 parked cars curb to curb so Rettungsgasse is where the space goes. Most other roads can barely yield 1 lane but emergency drivers are skilled and European fire trucks are not 1.5 lanes wide; still better to use a narrow free lane between 2 stationary ones rather than one of 2 crawling ones