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In this video I react to German fire fighters responding to an emergency situation in Germany. This fire truck responds in a quick manner and German drives show great respect and discipline for the fire truck.
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Those are volunteers. They don't stay at the firestation all the time. By law, they are allowed to leave their regular job as soon as they receive an alert and then rush to the firestation.
very good short version to describe it! This is mostly the case in the countryside.
Here too (rural Bavaria). I was a volunteer for some years when I was younger. Moved away then to the big cities for better jobs and opportunities. Now I've been back for a while but didn't rejoin. They have a lot of new equipment I would have to learn how to handle, and physical fitness is another thing. Wish that more young people would volunteer, they are needed.
Exactly but i dont unterstand why they arent allowed to use blue light on their private car for the ride to the station. Or at least a yellow one. Either should be provided to them without paying them. Sometimes i have a honking car behind me with hazardlights on, but if you cant immediately see the Firefighter-Sticker in the windshield its pretty confusing. For some people just annoying because they dont know there's an emergency.
@@DizeJugz Totally agree. Volunteer fire fighters should be allowed much more. I suggested that they should be handed out a red light for their car, and it should be in the law that only firefighters may use it, so people recognize you immediately and give way.
@@eisikater1584Yes you're hitting the point. Red is difficult but Blue and Yellow should'nt be a problem over here.
4:41 Over 20 years ago, my driving instucteur told me: If you were injured and traped in a crashed car, how fast do you want professional help?
I thought about it for a sec. and decided he had a really good point there. Rettungsgasse saves lives.
Firefighters in germany are divided into Berufsfeuerwehr (firefighting as their main paid job, usually only in Citys) and Freiwillige Feuerwehr (FFW, voluntairy organized firefighers, which do this while still working normal jobs, usually 5-6 small towns got one they handle together).
the video shows a FFW on a small town right next to the Autobahn and you see everyone arriving to the station by their own car
also: whenever there is a roadblock or similar on the autobahn, it is mandatory leave space between the leftmost and middle road for emergency vehicles. the minimum fine for noncompliance is 200€ and 2 points in the drivers register (9 points and you loose your drivers-licence)
In the Simpsons episode 'Crook and Ladder' (S18 E19) Homer, Moe and Apu are 'volunteer firefighters'. They come with their own cars to the fire station too.
In some parts of bavaria almost every small village has their own small FFW. Though they essentially work together. Each village essentially has different specialized equipment and when something big happens like a burning building, almost all in the vicinity show up. I've seen that once over 15 years ago in the night when a neigbors house / garage caught on fire. It started in the trashcan next to the garage, took over onto the car that was in between the garage and the house and even melted the door of the house.
Overall the firefighters are well organised and usually show up within minutes. Since the volunteers are spread across all the villages, you always have some people around. They usually have some basic equipment at home so they can even join directly. Time is key.
Drivers licenses are damn expensive in germany, the education part is taken seriously, you don't just learn to operate a vehicle, but how to act as a driver with responsibility.
in this case, the Rettungsgasse worked pretty well, but all the cars that left the Autobahn were driving there illegally, as could be seen by the sign at 3:23 : that narrow road is an emergency access road, only allowed for Autobahn service and emergency service vehicles.
3:52 Yes. This is called a "Rettungsgasse" /emergency lane. It is law to form one during a traffic jam for the emergency vehicles.
Right, that has nothing to do with forward thinking. By law, you have to form this emergency lane as soon as a traffic jam starts to appear.
It is even said, where to create that lane - in a 2 lane per direction, it is in the middle of the two. With 3 lanes per direction, the lane has to be made between the left and middle lane.
Unfortunatly, a lot of people still do not stick to that law, but dashcams in ambulances and fire cars can help to remind them (with a fine)
Mert, I grew up in Scotland back in the mid-1950s to the late 1970s, so I'm probably about 30-odd years older than you. I've been living in Germany since 1979 but visiting since 1971. The majority of German fire brigades in smaller towns are voluntary. Professional fire brigades are only to be found in large towns.
Back in the 1960s in Scotland the fire brigades were mostly composed of volunteers. I remember the fire sirens going off in the 1960s and our local school janitor running down to the fire station in our village of 2500 pop.
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The voluntary fire brigade people in Germany are professionally trained. They not only take their voluntary service seriously but they take professional pride in what they are doing.
Especially in rural areas, there are so-called volunteer fire departments in Germany. These are people who are trained as firefighters but work in normal jobs. They are notified by beeper when they are requested and then drive to the fire station to go into action as firefighters. Professional fire departments are mostly found in urban areas
I remember that the emergency lane didn't work so well for a while. A major media campaign (radio, TV) urgently reminded people to follow the rules. Stickers on cars and banners next to the highway etc. make it impossible to forget this. Many celebrities also promoted it. I have the impression that this is working very well now.
Yes, I remember that as well. You can still see these sticker and banners everywhere. Very good and life saving campaign 👍
Also, the media coverage when they finally put fines into the law made a huge difference as far as I could see. It a the tipping point from "some people do it" to "some people don't do it".
I think it depends on the particular Autobahn. If there is constant congestion on a 5 lane stretch, there will be problems. But jyes, i noticed an Overall difference. :)
How can this not be common sense. If you're stuck in a burning car you surely don't want the fire truck being held up by an idiot who stands in the way.
It doesn't matter to most people when it's not one of their relatives or friends. Those that cry the loudest for help when they themselves are affected are usually also the ones that don't give a ... about helping others.
as some countries design their roads different and have e.g. a shoulder which is wide enough for emergency vehicles
@@srccde When you're stuck on a highway in a jam, you want to make it disappear as quick as it can. Giving way to any quick response cars (firefighters, ambulance, rescue truck) is in your best interest if you want to get out from there as quick as possible.
And yet, you often see some of selfsame idiots driving through the gap to get ahead and then desperately try to squeeze their car in somewhere when they see the police in their rear view mirror. You could even see some of them here who still were kind of in the way, with the firefighters having to drive around them.
@@Eva-mp7xg Yes, that is what every sane and halfway-smart person realises, sooner or later. However, one needs neither of those attributes to get a license and operate a vehicle.
This "passage"on the autobahn is called "Rettungsgasse" (rescue lane). As soon as a traffic jam happens, all drivers HAVE TO open this space for emergency vehicles, even if you cant know if an accident actually happened, so we do this all the time just in case. Rule is, one line of cars to the far left, everyone else to the right. So if you have a street with three lanes, one line of cars go as far to the left as they can, the other two lines to the far right.
And any exit or entry to the highway has to stay clear for emergency vehicles as well. So they can enter the rescue lane.
this small road was no normal entry/exit road, but (as could be seen on the traffic sign at 3:23) is an emergency access road, reserved for Autobahn service vehicles and emergency vehicles. thus all drivers on that road were driving there illegally to leave the traffic jam on the Autobahn. direct order by police could have allowed this redirection, but i didn't see any police there.
@@Anson_AKB I meant the entries and exits on the highway themselves ;) The gaps on the side, not the roads leading to the highway.
@@flauschiger_keks_(my comment was not to contradict you, but in general, and in contrast to people praising ALL drivers)_
yes, ALL of them, gaps at normal entries/exits as well as gaps at emergency access roads, and gaps on the Autobahn as well as not using the access roads that are prohibited for all vehicles. such access roads might not be obvious enough to give penalties for not leaving a gap and on slow traffic it probably would be unreasonable to leave gaps of 100+ meters at normal entries/exits, but people easily can (and should) keep larger security distances so that they can react and create a gap when emergency vehicles need it.
And i would welcome harsher penalties for using these prohibited streets that are clearly marked and thus should be treated like not doing the emergency lane itself (instead of only 50€ for cars and 100€ for trucks, and no points at all)
5:15 Yes it is a main highway, it is the Autobahn 9, wich connects Munich and Berlin over a distance of 530 kilometres.
Every driving student learns this behavior; In the event of an accident (and also in traffic jams, if an ambulance might be needed at some point): 1) switch on the hazard warning lights so that following drivers are warned early... 2) reduce speed and make room: the drivers on the fast lane (far left) have to moove to the left, those in the middle lane and right lane have to navigate to the right side of the autobahn (also on mormal streets you have to make room for ambulances, the police and of course firefighters - here you have to moove to the right side). .. 3) stay in the car and don't run around wildly on the road. Violations can result in very high fines and the driver's license can be confiscated for some time...
This is in a village/small town in Bavaria. The guys have quite the accent! (which is why subtitles just don't work here).
I find it quite funny how the guy who posted this video put on a bavarian Rock Band
If you are in a traffic jam, you are required by law to form this "Rettungsgasse" - the lane for emergency vehicles. Funny thing: there are again and again people who ignore it, have forgotten how to respond or behave just plain stupid.
The guys really know what they're doing! Firemen stationed near motorways are trained for this sort of thing.
The driving education in Germany is certainly one of the more thorough ones in the world. You can only learn in dedicated driving schools, the British "L" sign where you are taught by parents does not exist here. There are theoretical sessions in the evenings and practical lessons. Not cheap! But afterwards you are trained properly. And it doesn't get easier: I just had to learn the normal rules. These days they even test you on environmentally friendly driving (low revs, high gears and a bit more) and other things that I did not learn. However, I am lucky do be allowed to drive small trucks (up to 7.5t), for which people all over Europe need an extra course, these days.
What is the name of the rockband?
@@TheUlli1964 the guy who uploaeded it IS the singer of that rockband and part of the fire station
Many of my friends are in the volounteers firebrigade (FFW) . They can get called off from wherever they are in the moment of an alert. Like job, university ... They get the alarm and if they are in the area they jump in their cars and run to the station.
cars dont explode, thats a film thing. but tires and airbags can burst
4:00 In germany, it is mandatory - by law and with fines - that drivers have to create the so called "Rettungsgasse" (rescue alley) between the outmost left lane and the next right lane as soon as traffic speeds slow down to a crawl or walking pace.
So you never need to expect a rescue vehicle in the first place but make way _IF_ ever there comes any.
It is the "Rettungsgasse" (rescue lane) for the fire fighters and also for the ambulance .
the driver's jacket says: Feuerwehr Stammham. a few kilometers north of Munich directly at the A9, pop. ~4200
btw they use an access-road to the highway because the village doesn't have an exit. the cars on that road aren't actually allowed to escape the traffic jam that way
yes, as can be clearly seen on the traffic sign at 3:23 : _"no vehicles, except for Autobahn service and emergency services"_
traffic law in germany states, when there is a traffic jam, you have to leave the emergency lane open. Emergency lane is built always 1 lane from the left most lane in any given direction. If you fail to do so you can and will be charged for obstructing emergency response which is one of the most expensive traffic sins and might cause you to loose your license temporarily.
Since I'm used to doing this on the autobahn, I did this when I was stuck in a traffic jam in the UK and some bloke honked at me.
In Germany you can be charged a fee of up to €200 if you encumber a rescue vehicle that has warning lights and sirens in use. So it's not just the citizen's forward thinking and common sense. It's mandatory according to German law, to leave a "rescue corridor" open, which would usually be the side strip on a highway. Germans are taught to do this when they get their driver's licence.
0:47 You can see that the truck is standing inside a hall. Left and right are pillars and on the left side there is a green light. The fire station is just a bit hidden.
7:06 It happens, mostly because the driver is insecure or nervous... but occasionally you will see some asshole speeding down the emergency lane. I really don´t think all those guys were doctors rushing to help...
But if the police catches you doing that ... don´t expect any mercy.
They and later a state attorney will crucify you.
If you have no real excuse like a medical emergency in your car, the trial will be very expensiv.
If someone died because you blocked the ambulance they will charge you with manslaughter...
In Germany it's very common that firefighters are volunteers. It's not a payed job. So people still have their normal life and jobs and are only called in when emergencies happen by a beeper they always carry with them. That's how it is in smaller towns, in the big cities it is different I think.
There are two reasons why all the drivers have made room for the fire briagde. a) There are some other fire engines already at the site of the accident, or b) because of the accident, there is a huge traffic jam. And when there is such a traffic jam, the cars cannot get out of the way when it is needed, so they already get into that position when they see a traffic jam developing. On top of that, the drivers might all have been following the radio news and know that there is an accient ahead of them, and, in anticipation of the arriving fire brigade and/or police, they make room for them.
Perhaps not all Germans follow the rule of the Rettungsgasse, but at least 90% do. And many of those were put into place from the others.
In last fall, I stood in a trafic jam on the A3, a bit east of Frankfurt. I came to the halt, toghether with a other BMW driver, with a British license plate. I took down my window and told him, that we had to form a ermergence lane. He got that very quick and went far left...
It should also be noted that the FFW (the volunteers) get professional training and utilize professional gear paid for by the city or town of where they serve.
Finally a good use for the German tendency to blindly follow one person's directions. 😅
Hi meet, nice to Mert you, I'm originally from a big town just 5km shy of the Danish border and an ex-british occupied german federal state.. seems as if someone's got their cause and effect mixed up a bit.. they didn't start the Rettungsgasse, which is a procedures required by law, from the back because they heard the siren, they started it from the front, because they saw the accident happen.. and every car after them, seeing it and the hazard lights, followed their example - meaning that no matter how long the Stau/traffic jam gets, there will always (apart from one or two tourist drivers who f*ed up, but are usually quickly accomodated by the huge gaps in the two rows left for those whose motorway entrance was blocked off too late to divert to an alternative route or novice drivers who panicked hearing the siren.) 🤔
This should be the volunteer fire brigade of Stammham (near Ingolstadt)
Volunteer fire departments (Freiwillige Feuerwehr) provide the majority (97% of all German firefighters); larger cities, typically those with 100,000 inhabitants or more, will operate fire departments staffed entirely by career firefighters. However, they also typically have several volunteer fire departments, who are called upon in case of larger emergencies. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_fire_department
The video starts with the arriving of the alarmed volunteers at the station. Driver and commander talk about organizing the response, e.g. whether a driver for the second truck has already arrived, which contains the equipment for cordoning off the accident site. Most fire brigades in Germany (and Austria) are voluntary ones, only some bigger cities have also professional fire brigades (also do some big industrial complexes and nearly all commercial airfields). Another videos of oncoming voluntary firefighter you could find here: ua-cam.com/video/0sp25hBS1lU/v-deo.html and ua-cam.com/video/MCZA5fq3lqo/v-deo.html
Stammham is a village near Ingolstadt in Upper Bavaria. The Autobahn A9 runs next to the village from Ingolstadt to Nuremberg, so they are often called to Autobahn accidents.
3:30 An emergency exit from the Autobahn. Unless they are directed by the police to leave the Autobahn here, the oncoming traffic is actually violating traffic rules.
3:55 By law you have to clear a "rescue lane" as soon as traffic comes to a full stop at the Autobahn. That rescue lane has to be cleared between the left-most lane and the lane on the right of the left-most lane.
1:15 In the UK you can become a volunteer firefighter too. 1 of the conditions is that you live within 5 minutes away from the fire station.
Rettungsgasse 4 live.
concept of the rescue lane is just simple and I don't understand why it isn't like that everywhere. As soon as you are in a traffic jam, create the lane. Left lane to left, all right lanes to the right.
It is not only useful to save the life of others but (more importantly) to get the problem fixed by police/fire fighters so you can drive on as fast as possible ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Yepp, it's not only a thing of decency and respect, but also in your own best interest to dissolve the traffic jam quickly. So just do it out of self-interest as well.
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because other countries have other road setups, like hard shoulders which are wide enough for emergency vehicles, crossovers on the medians etc
In a setup like this it is quite common to finish dressing in the vehicle. They have their own (usually open) lockers with their stuff hung in such a way that they can step into the trousers and shoes, grab their jacket, shirt and helmet and get to the car asap. You're going to be driving for a couple minutes to the accident site in which you can finish putting everything on and away. The less time they spend dressing, the more time someone in the accident may have when time is running low.
For "professional" firefighters (as much as that distinction makes sense with the German system) you'd dress at the beginning of your shift and get dressed in the pants, boots and shirt, then leave your helmet and jacket in your seat in the truck. When the alarm goes it's just sprint to the truck and off you go.
the thing with the lane in between the lines is, that there is a relativly strong or strict enforced law, which says IF the traffic is coming to a full stop left lane drivers have to get as left as possible, and right lane drivers as right as possible in case of three lane street 1 left 2 right - to create this "emercency lane" or "life-saving-lane" or "rescuing lane" , how ever you want to calll it in english . no matter of an actual emergency or not this lane have to be prepared just in case of a traffic stop. to reduce the wasted time for someone in need... if in need.
correct, except that that lane has to be done already when traffic slows down a lot and comes to a crawl, and not only when cars already have to stop (and thus barely can maneuver any longer)
5:58 while one should not take the harzards of a burning car lightly, the risk of an explosion is very slim. That really only happens in the movies, but not in real life.
we have the regular Firefighers and we have Volunteers in Germany, the regulars stay in the Station but the Volunteers have other jobs or anything else, so yes they came from elsewhere when their personal alarm device goes off.
Also in smaller Towns the Firestation usually only have the Lettering "Feuerwehr" (fire Station) on the building, maybe a bit more maybe only the letters, only the big stations you can easly spot
The roads look small because of the POV of the Camera, its normal size, when there are markings on the road the lane is at least 3metres wide
3:48 the Passageway is the "rettungsgasse" the Emergency lane that forms itself by law when there is a traffic jam.
And you can get heavy Fines for not doing it or obstruct Emergency vehicles.
It is taught in the Driving School
The "main highway" you mentioned is the famous Autobahn, there are numerous small emergency bypasses where the Emergency Vehicles can just roll onto it unobstructed (the ones they took in the video when getting onto that autobahn.
depending on how far away the fire is it sure can take 20min until the firefighers appear, maybe more, but the ambulance here in germany is forced to be at the emergency in 12min depending on where it is
both are regular. Why should volunteers not be regular?
@@EnjoyFirefighting yeah, well my english is not the best maybe it was bad written xd, sorry
we are not 100% angels in germany, so yes, it's happens that people break/ignore rules like the rescue alley, or even abuse it to get faster through a traffic jam.
Driving education is quite extensive (and expensive) in germany, you have to take practical driving lessons (~16x 45 min IIRC) in different surroundings (highway, town/country roads, at night) and have theoretical lessons on the rules, signs etc. You then have to pass a theoretical and a practical test. Costs about 2000-3000 Euros to get a car driving license.
you could see lots of "angels" in this video who did the Rettungsgasse pretty well, but als lots(!) of the opposite : the small side road is blocked (by the sign that you can see at 3:23) for all traffic, except for Autobahn service and emergency services, and thus all those cars evaded the jam by illegally using that narrow emergency access road (i could see no police overwriting this by diect orders)
Usually it can be difficult to hear emergency vehicles on the Autobahn, but the second you notice you move aside. If you see others stop and move aside you follow suit. In this case, the reason why the street was this relatively neatly emptied, is likely due to ppl stopping due to the accident and fire and not being able to pass safely. The smoke can be seen far, thus it was fairly easy for ppl to follow suit and get out of the way while they were waiting for help.
During "regular" car accident, it may take a while before people realise what is going on. The first ppl will be more concerned with providing help and thus others will need time to grasp the situation. Ads this happens, the cars in the back have already started "piling up" and because there are no signs (like a smoke cloud) people will first of all assume there is a traffic jam and construction site. Once they har emergency vehicles though they will scurry to get out of the way. But not everyone is as fast at manoeuvring that situation as ambulances are fast to arrive, thus, the delays.
On Autobahn there is a spare lane noone is supposed to use or stop on, unless they have an accident. To avoid the problem. Big streets with several lanes that are not Autobahn, do not always have that but ppl tend to have enough space to move away. In small town streets, this manoeuvrer is incredibly taxing for everyone involved. ESPECIALLY when ppl are stuck at traffic lights. Because you are in the middle and can not move until your car neighbours move and that comes with a delay.
"but the second you notice you move aside." that would be exactly how not to do it ... you're supposed to already have moved aside and cleared the corridor BEFORE being able to hear or see an approaching emergency vehicle
" it may take a while before people realise what is going on." "will first of all assume there is a traffic jam and construction site. " still means that have to create an emergency corridor anway
Also the Rettungsgasse you see here is an exception. Usually the first emergency vehicle has to fight its way through and later ones have it easier
most of the time it works rather well
I assume the big black smoke was visible from quite far away, so everyone expected the first firefighters to come through.
There are a lot of volunteer fire departments in Germany, which means that the men and women have other jobs as their main occupation. They do firefighting on the side, and these men and women come to work from a party, shopping or work, for example. If they don't have much time, they sometimes have to change in the emergency vehicle. A BIG THANK YOU TO ALL FIREFIGHTERS AND A BIG THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS 👍🫡
State Bavaria, north of Ingolstadt according to the Text.
Yepp, they are wearing independent air supplies. Right in the beginning the driver requested that equipment. They knew from the call that it was a burning vehicle on the second lane of the A9, even at which kilometer of the Autobahn, but without occupants in the vehicle. They even talked about it during their sit-rep in the drive to the location what they would need to do. Especially as this lane is now definitely unusable for some time until repairs are made. So they have to divert traffic around the location. They were a bit miffed that it was on the second lane.
The request for independent air supply was necessary as you don't know what kind of vehicle is burning, and if the smoke from the conflagration is especially toxic.
The volunteer fire brigades train regularly at their station, usually several times a month. Their level of training is quite high.
It is not simply foresight, but the law and part of training at a normal german driving school. We call it Rettungsgasse (emergency lane). People get very angry at bad drivers bloccking that lane or refusing to move aside as it can cost lives. US drivers are some of the least competent for their superficial and basic driving training. The Autobahn can kill you when you‘re an unexperienced driver. Or you accidently kill someone else on the Autobahn.
The "Rettungsgasse" has to be opened for the firefighters and rescue vehicles, but it's not always the way like it's seen here in this video. Last time, I was in a traffic jam on the motorway, I pulled to the side , but maybe 15 or 20 cars needed to overtake me through that lane.
In case of a traffic jam or an accident on a highway (Autobahn) you are obliged to build a rescue lane. The ones i left lane have to divert to the left and the ones middle and right lane have to divert to the rights. Newer cars with drivers assistance are doing it o their own.
It's in Upper Bavaria maybe 80 kilometres north of Munich
No, they didn't hear the siren. It is German law to build a so called Rettungsgasse, a saving lane.
The drivers that do not do that are in freaking trouble. ^^
Those are real volunteers and they have a very good day. Usually those spaces are told when you do your driving license. But this video is ver unusual because the main time idiots block the the road or try to using it for themselfs just not to stand in the traffic jam. These poeple safe lifes and are well trained. Usually you start as a kid in the small towns and get trained. In Trainings you get the rules of fire, how to avoid danger for you and your guys. As far as you go you get trained in special operations as cutting a car to get the poeple out. It depends on the town you live in. The space they make is called „Rettungsgasse“ and you can search for how often it fails because humans make human things. It is a pitty.
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are there no volunteer firestations in the UK?
In Germany and Austria (probably some other places too) you have to pull over and make way for ambulances and fire trucks.
If you hear the siren, you step aside and make room to the best of your ability. Left lane goes further left, center and right lanes go right. And then you wait until the emergency vehicle has passed. Thats one of the lynchpins they drill into your head in driving school.
I think you can be charged with "unterlassene Hilfeleistung" otherwise which sort of translates into "omission of assistance" (in helping those in need by blocking those that can actually help) but there is always the case that you could be the one in need of help and surely you wouldnt want to have some random jackass obstruct the way when the firefighters come to prevent your home from burning out or when the ambulance rushes you to the hospital or when the police is coming to find that burglar that just left your home.
But at this point I have seen several reactions to this video and everyone seemed in awe of this.
Is this a german thing? If so, how do drivers in other countries treat their emergency vehicles?
"If you hear the siren, you step aside and make room to the best of your ability." uhm no, that's exactly how not to do it. You're supposed to already have moved over and cleared the corridor BEFORE being able to see or hear an approaching emergency vehicle.
i would love to explain how this works. Is there any to get in touch with you?
3:22 Not everyone does the right thing in this video. This is an illegal exit from the autobahn that should only be used by maintenance or emergency services. Sometimes the police let's drivers use it to leave the autobahn if there is an accident. But since there is no police to secure the scene of the accident, I doubt it.
yes, as clearly indicated by the traffic sign at 3:23 !!!
As the past has shown very clearly, it makes sense not to go along with every bit of crap that comes from the Führer's headquarter... Let them get of for Christ's sake...
@@melchiorvonsternberg844 let them go? And then block emergency vehicles which want to enter the highway? What a great idea ...
@@EnjoyFirefighting Ähm... Didn't we see that that wasn't a problem? And besides, only people who live there drive down there anyway, right? The idiots who blocked the access to the motorway were a much bigger problem, weren't they? And to clarify this a little more... I was already volunteering in disaster relief when I was 14 years old. At 16, I was already a squad leader in a radiation defense group. So you don't need to explain anything to me. And one more thing: As the past has clearly proven, it doesn't make sense to go along with every bullshit from the Führer's headquarters...
@@melchiorvonsternberg844 yeah right ... only reason was that they went off the pavement and the Engine was running at the very edge. Absolutely no need for that kind of behaviour.
"only people who live there drive down there anyway, right?" definetly not. There are lots of people doing that idiot move, especially after one guy does it, others will follow, no matter if they're locals or not. Even saw foreign truckers making hairpin turns on the highway to get on a service access path in order to exit the highway and avoid the shut-down northbound lanes.
Would be nice if service access paths and on-ramps are kept clear and with a gap for EVs to cross over into the emergency corridor, but there's no traffic code mandating to do so, and some of them are kind of hidden or don't stand out for whatever reason. Can't really blame them for that
"at this age I was this, and that age I was that" ... sounds like got to boast with that irrelevant information to back up your statement? It's as if stating that I started baking at the age of 6 would be an aspect of quality which shall proof that my cake is better than yours. But it's not. It's absolutely not relevant.
And what the heck is your bs with the idiot's HQ? Come on, can't you stick somewhat to the topic and handle with arguments instead of such statement?
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if you are blocking the rescue lane in germany you get 2 points (of 8 in total - then you loose your driver license) and you need to pay 280 € and you get 1 month driving ban. it is not always humanity - more the fear to loose your license :)
So long as the result is the same and ppl get saved, I'd say we can live with some of the ppl "just doing it out of fear for their money"
Cars don't explode in reallife
Sadly this rescue-alley rarely works good. Even in this video it is obvious, that the fire truck is not the first vehicle to respond to the incident. The first one almost always has to clear the way with much pacience for the hundreds of morons who set their comfort before the well-being of the victims.
yes, and you can add all those drivers who illegally use that narrow emergency access road to escape the jam : the traffic sign at 3:23 clearly says _"no vehicles, except for maintenance and emergency services"_
most of the time rather well, sometimes perfectly, rarely not at all
Most people respect the Rettungsgasse law, but I have seen it that stupid polish lorry drivers just use the Rettundsgasse so the dont have to wait in the cue. Its especially apalling if they hinder ambulances and that. In this case now its really not much to rescue anymore - the car is toast anyway. All they may achieve is to prevent damage to the road surface. And yes, this is the famous german Autobahn.
To be honest, I think we had a good head start and really a higher standard. Maybe our standard is still higher than the mean, but it's shrinking. You mustn't forget that we had a "hard reset" in terms of civilization because we started from scratch and built up a bombed-out country.
I think this guilt about the Second World War and the restart afterwards has given the majority of people humility and respect for life. In addition, our democracy has been more or less overhauled and is less susceptible to influence, so we have generally achieved a high standard of acceptance and cooperation between state and society. But as I said, this lead is shrinking the longer the Federal Republic exists.
At the latest since Corona, there has also been a social disintegration here and even the most stupid idiots are raising their voices and something like decency and behavior, consideration and respect is declining dramatically, especially towards the state, but also within society.
Here ( de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_deutschen_St%C3%A4dte_mit_einer_Berufsfeuerwehr ) is a list of all the cities in Germany that have professional firefighters. All smaller cities, towns and rural areas have volunteer firefighters.
4:05 in situations like a traffic jam it is mandatory in Germany, to open such a passage way for responding emergency vehicles