I live in Denmark and some years ago some guy in a smart ass car had begun parking in the driveway to an inner city fire station, they left a note in his windscreen saying: "Our fire truck weighs 12.8 tons, has 675 horsepower and takes 9 seconds to leave the station, regardless of whether your car is illegally parked in front of our gate" :D ...If you do not respect the fire department, they will teach you :)
Seems like that's typically Nordic firemen :p There was a house fire just down the road and some Tesla douche had parked his car in the middle of the street. They just powered up and musceled the car into the bushes. Sayonara bad parking.
@@OriginalPuro Just have to be certain that there isn't anyone in that parked car, could be a child or a dog left while the driver left for 2 minutes. I don't say that it is the correct way, just that it can be dangerous to just smash into a parked car.
At around 6:35 you see a red X in the roof of the tunnel. This is pretty common in Scandinavia - lanes can be marked red or green (or even with adaptive speed limits) on the fly by the traffic control centre. So the reason they've cleared the left lane is because it's been red-flagged.
Fun fact, Sweden (and by sheer proximity, Norway) have more 1950's American cars than the USA does. And a huge amount of 60's 70's and 80's American iron as well. So many in fact that the worlds largest classic American car meet "Power Big Meet" is held in Sweden with over 35 000 (!!!) classic cars in attendance every year.
Yup, old American cars are a big thing in Scandinavia. The American car club of Norway called "AmCar" is now one of the largest automotive organizations in Norway.
Per capita though. Not by total volume... There wouldn't be a single tree, Volvo or Saab left, if all of that American iron was all to be stacked in Sweden. But yes - definitely a lot of them.
First tunnel is Vålerenga tunnelen and next you see in the end is Ekeberg tunnelen, it is always crazy traffic during rush hour through these, i used to live like 4 minutes away from these so was driving through them every day
@@Innerspace100 It's a breeze now compared to when they were building out/expanding the bottom intersection just outside Ekebergtunnellen ... Luckily it didn't last forever - but the queues did Would be faster biking, or even hiking over the hill LOL
@@lowrangemaniac5326 Vorweg entschuldige ich mich für die kleine Textwand die folgt. keineswegs kam mir Ihre Antwort als besonders Harsch, wo kämen wir denn dahin wenn jeder sich jeder von uns Kommentatoren an den Spitzfindigkeiten in geschriebenen Gedanken Anderer stören würde. Freilich gibt es jene die meinen jedes geschrieben wort auf die Feingoldwaage legen zu müssen, aber zu denen zähle ich mich nicht Ich selbst versuche eigentlich immer möglichst neutral zu schreiben, gelingt nicht immer, aber dieses werden Sie wohl auch kennen. First of all, I apologize for the small wall of text that follows. In no way did I find your answer particularly harsh, where would we be if each and every one of us commentators were bothered by the subtleties in the written thoughts of others. Of course there are those who think they have to put every written word on the fine gold scales, but I don't count myself among them I always try to write as neutrally as possible, but I don't always succeed, but you probably know this too.
@@HrLBolle yes ofcourse I do understand... I was just a bit afraid that my enthusiasm could be misunderstood... It's nice to talk civilly with someone like you. Have a good trip on the road🙏
Turned out it was not a serious accident. A car crashed into the tunnel wall but could drive out by it's own power escorted by the two police vehicles you see in the end of the video.
The beautiful black bus is a Neoplan Skyliner. Fabulous things. They have a massive upper windshield that makes it feel like you're driving a spaceship
As you can see, once you enter the tunnel, there is an electronic sign with an amber arrow pointing from the left lane to the right lane, and later a red X over the left lane. This indicates to drivers that they should move over to the right lane - to allow for an open space for emergency responders.
On European emergency vehicles, the siren cadence change is wired into the standard horn button….so when the siren tone is changed by the driver, you’ll often here the vehicle’s own o.e.m. horn honk
Definitely the case in the UK. 2 short honks in quick succession turns the siren on or off when the blues are activated. 1 short honk cycles the cadence (normally 4 different ones, slow wail fast yelp, phaser and 2 tone) Holding the horn on some newer ones triggers the bullhorn!
The green registration plates are for light commercial vehicles = a lot less taxes if it ain’t electric. In the old days, you could remove the back seat out of any station wagon over a certain weight, and register it as such, but later restrictions amended included fitting a box with minimum measurements into the cargo area too.
5:45 Vehicles with a maximum of three seats and a separated area for cargo are exempt from the registration tax in Norway. These vehicles get a green plate with black letters instead of a white plate with black letters and are called "Varebil" in Norwegian.
The cargo floor area must be able to hold a regular pallet. 'Green-plates' viechles have reduced tax, the back side of the deal is that they can be confiscated by the military in a time of war.
In a tax sense, the "green plates" is Norway's equivalent of SUV. But the intention of the law as not been subverted as much as the SUV tax breaks in the US has.
@@jarls5890 No, SUV. SUV classification has to do with taxes... There is a tax break for SUV's due to the use of SUV as work vehicles ... There is a tax break on 'green plates' vehicles due to the use of those viechles as work vehicles.... The two tax classes serve the same purpose, but results in diffrent type of vehicles.. The tax reduction works differ. While SUV have tax credit, the 'green signed' vehicles have a reduction in the taxes added to the sale price.
As a Norwegian, who's dad is a retired firefighter... I think my dad is glad we're in a smaller town, they mostly avoided traffic like that. And you guessed correctly on the green plates, it's for cargo vans, basically cars with a large enough space to fit a crate of some set measurements, and some other rules, and it's not only for company stuff, you can have your car registered as a cargo van and they can be cheaper to own then, there's been a lot of instances of people who bought a car with green plates, and wanted to install a second row of seats, and to do that it costs a decent lump of money.
Unless they changed the rules, to re-register on white plates you have to pay the registration fee plus the tax difference less a percentage which increases each year until at ten years old it becomes zero. So if you have the back seat and other necessary bits and pieces it's quite cheap to do. Some come built like this from the factory though, in which case you have to add the price of the rear seat, seat belts etc.
This is in Oslo from entering E6 from Helsfyr (area in Oslo) going south through Vålerenga tunnel coming out in the opening just before Ekeberg tunnel. Video is from middle of summer when everything is green on the trees, but this road stretch area is definitely not a very beautiful part of Oslo. It's just a very busy road being E6 (main highways through Oslo, north- south, together with E18 east-west). 👍
Emergency fire appliance driver from UK, believe me, it is quite stressful. You have to make a split decision on your route on roads like this full of traffic
not that stressful tbh ... you might stress yourself if you make yourself aware that its stressful, otherwise you can stay rather relaxed during an emergency response
In most major cities in nordic countries there is smart highway that pseudo automatically clear the road for first responders. There is a dude in a controll center that is managing it, but he pretty much just need to press one button. The issue is, that system is only on the major roads, so you have to get to the system to benefit from it. But its generally expanded bit for bit
@@Liggliluff At least where i live its still reserved to big cities only that have a internal network of motorways. Cities that just have one, generaly don´t have systems like that
@@runeingebretsen8378 well in larger cities there is a command central that can prioritity route emegancy vehicles so they can block the traffic quite far ahead. I don't know exactly how it works but they have shown the system in stoclkholn on TV a few times.
Very nice and thoughtfull reaction, I appreciate your final words at 7:27 making aware of the situation and making this video more of an informational video, than just pure entertainment.
Norwegian drivers are excellent at being aware of emergency vehicles and do their best to get out of their way. _However_ since we are a small country, 3 line roads are very rare, I think the Oslo area is the only place with 3 lanes. So in my experience the people in the middle lane can often be a bit confused as to where to move to, and if some move left and some move right, you end up making very little room to pass in between. If everyone in the middle lane moved to the same side it would make it much easier to pass.
That is the reason why a "Rettungsgasse" has to be establish as soon as the traffic is slowing down to indicate that a traffic jam is potentially happening. If it does not turn into a traffic jam = no harm done If it comes to a traffic jam = emergency vehicles can pass without a problem. So, when driving in foreign countries, I educate myself on the local rules and customs. Just a little german experience.
that's a traffic law only in a few countries in Europe. That law doesn't exist in Norway. Wouldn't make much sense due to the small network of highways. The entire country's highway network is shorter than Germany's Interstate HIghway 9 from Munich to Berlin What people have to do is follow basic traffic laws. The left lane was shut down and they still kept driving there. THAT'S the problem right there
It's almost like Germans have a propensity for... "Ordnung"... Personally, I like to not educate myself too much on local rules; plausible deniability.
@@BrimirMe Tbh I find it quite egotistic and even reckless to live by such and rule when the security or health of others is affected. Nothing to brag about. And when in Germany, keep in mind that there is a saying: "Unwissenheit schützt vor Strafe nicht / Ignorance is no excuse." There is only the little effect of objective and subjectiv facts of the case, but you are still liable. So, hopefully you will never experience such a situation.
@@EnjoyFirefighting That´s what I meant: no matter how the rules or customs are, every driver should obey to them and act as if a free path for emergency vehicles is needed. As a lot of people only learn the lesson when beeing charged with a high fee, I am all for a change of law so dashcam footage from police cars and emergency vehicles can be used to issue tickets.
@@EnjoyFirefighting It's not about the highway system. "Rettungssgasse" has to be respected on any street in Germany. It costs 200€ to obstruct the way of emergency vehicles.
Yeah, this was a old video, so apparently just 13 EVs here (according to another comment on here), if this had been now there would probably have been a lot more...)
@@leifgunnartoth8070It usually is, yes, but that's because of the exchange rate being artificially kept high due to oil companies being paid in dollars but paying their taxes and wages in NOK, causing a huge demand for the NOK. All the inflation recently has actually made Norway cheaper then surrounding countries though and while Norwegians usually shop in Sweden to save money they're actually coming to Norway to shop now. Our government is spending huge sums to support Ukraine, and due to good long term deals for things like food our stores have been able to buy those without being too exposed to high prices. Honestly, right now is probably among the best times possible to come and visit us, as for once it's *relatively* cheap.
@@johnnorthtribe Yeah, come over here to shop for a bit. ;-) Things will probably return to normal eventually and we'll come over to Sweden to shop again, but right now you can save money here. :-)
I feel the pressure of the drivers of the cars in the way, you never wanna be the person to hold up an emergency vehicle so a lot of the anxiety i think you feel comes from that as well.
Norway waives import fees and taxes on Electric Vehicles, hence their popularity. Oh, and the reason for the government doing that? Norwegian pop band A-ha. They bought an old Fiat Panda running on batteries and run it around Norway's capital Oslo, ignoring any fines they picked up for going through road tolls without paying. When the car got confiscated, it was put up for auction, and they bought it back and just kept doing it. Because they were hugely pouplar, they got the media attention, ands the government responded.
In terms of EVs, in this video I noticed: 1 Renault Zoe 3 Tesla Model S 1 VW e-Golf (could be more, but e-Golfs and regular Golfs are difficult to tell apart) 7 Nissan Leaf 1 BMW i3.
Hi I’m born in Norway and it’s not normal to see so many cars around here and yes everyone in this video is trying to help their best to get the fire crew to there destination (fun fact Norway is a land that help’s everything that struggle’s most of the time)
The tunnel has light signals sending everyone into the lane that the officials needs us to be in. Both so they can move forward, but also so we avoid hitting anything that might be stranded (all tunnels are under constant surveilance). The area the truck drove from is where I spent the most hours sitting in traffic, and it was always nervewrecking when you saw the blue lights
In Norway, plates are white for regular vehicles; Green for businesses, and Yellow for military. Gvt (such as police and fire) use regular white. And yes, all our emergency services only use blue lights. Sometimes "blue-lights" are a slang for cops!
I'll fill you in, light blue with yellow text are embassy plates, black with yellow text is stricktly worksite, small red plates with white text are dealreship plates and finally red sticker plates with black text and dates as well are "test plates" when you have to drive a non registered/non complient vehicle whithin 24 hours:-) Bonus: Two letter and only four digits whites are motorcycles and trailer plates. Plus a correction; green plates does not have to be business, but rather a vehicle with only front seats, i.e. van/utility. I have one and it's not for business.
very, very poor reaction by many drivers on the highway Lots of EVs ... well more than 90% of all new registered cars in Norway are all electric, not even counting the hybrid electric ones Green plates: cargo vehicles with only one row of seats and seperated cargo space. Many Pickups, even with a double cab, are sold only with the front seats to be able to register it as cargo vehicle for a lower tax rate
It doesn't really matter their reaction is poor or not? Just as long people move out of the way. It's people need to understand that it's during rush hour, so there lot of cars they also have to watch out. Are you saying that all drivers should not care about the rules and just crash into guard rails, knock down signs instead?
I'm not quite sure what you're saying, but neither I nor the OP have suggested any of those things. What we said was that many of the drivers didn't respond the correct way and ended up obstructing the way instead.
@@automation7295 it would have been much easier for the Engine from the FD to get through if the other road users just followed some basic traffic laws, like not driving down a lane of highway which is shut down by traffic signs! Doesn't matter if its rush hour or not! The FD would have had an entire lane of their own if people had reacted correctly. In that aspect, it's rather the exact oppoite of "Are you saying that all drivers should not care about the rules "
@@awmperry *"many of the drivers didn't respond the correct way and ended up obstructing the way instead"* I can agree with that, but since it's rush hour, many drivers didn't had enough space to move out of the way, also the left lane was closed in the tunnel as display shows a red X. Since the video was from 2015, there's no point calling out drivers, it could be that many of the drivers had learnt their mistakes or even some of them moved out of Norway. It could also be that some the drivers got arrested or even decided the sell their car and never drive again.
People in the Nordic countries are taught to give way to emergency vehicles as best you can when driving. If you intentionally block a first responder or don’t comply it can cost you your license. Flashing blue lights indicate first responder vehicles. Politi in Danish and Nowegian Polis in Swedish means police.
In Halden they have am car treff, it means American car meeting. Every summer there is people from all around Norway and Sweden where they lined up their beautiful cars ❤️🇳🇴
Not used to see ‘from inside cam’ in fire trucks at all. So fun to watch one from my own country on a channel overseas - I even spotted one car from my hometown😂
The turquoise(green sign as we call it) Vans are in a different tax class than passenger cars. They can have up to three seats, but never a back seat. After all, it is in the word that vans are primarily intended for the transport of goods of various kinds. Such as packages, tools, equipment and the like. Such cars have a lower fee than those with the usual white plates. You can take out the back seat - but you won't get any money back Call it a sort of reverse seat charge if you like. As cars with green plates have lower taxes and fewer seats. You ask if it is particularly Norwegian and yes - it is. Simply because few other countries have taxes on cars at all.
This sequence is from Oslo, E6 southbound at Helsfyr ramp , this area is usually packed during rushhour. This beeing on the east side of city center, the first tunel exit at Kverner. Second tunnel comming up at the end of the clip runs all the way to the west side of the city.
Green plates are work vehicles. They get reduced tax costs, but they need to follow very specific requirements. Max 2 (3 with bench) seats and cargo hold needs to fit at least a cargo of 140x90x105cm Also, in Norway you are required by law to yield for emergency vehicles. If you do not move when you can, you can/will get fined for obstruction of emergency vehicle. Though I've never heard of this happening.
I'm 99% certain that this is a Scania firetruck, the handbrake lever is a dead giveaway for me. Norway is indeed beautiful and their car culture is awesome: You'll find the latest EVs (thanks to government programs) and classic American beauties side-by-side. 10/10, would visit again!
The greenish plates are for vehicles with front seats only, those vehicles aren't allowed to do anything with their seperation wall between front seats and the back area. They can be registered with white plate to allow modification of the seperation wall.
In Norway, there's often bus and taxi lanes that EVs are allowed to use... Mostly to the most right lane... It's however not used by emergency vehicles for some reason..... I've been working as a truck driver for the last 20 years in Norway so I've had my fair share of emergency vehicles passing.... It's a help for the EMS to flash the high beams when they are coming in oncoming traffic because it wakes the half sleeping commuters up and then begin to look in the mirror to find out what the trucks are flashing at......
you should take a look at VintageAmerican car culture in Scandinavia. We have a lot of em cruising around in the summer, its been around since the 70s.😎👌
I am a huge carnut, and love all the American cars roaming around in Norway. However, I really dislike how classic European cars or more exotic cars is frowned upon and generally looked down upon. A sweet 60's Alfa Romeo is just as nice as a 60's Ford Mustang if you ask me.
Most if not all European police/ambulance/firetrucks look similar, sound similar and the names are very easy to understand if you know english or just seen a lot of movies basically.
These are some tunnels you'll drive through if you come from the north, trying to get to Oslo-East. This traffic jam is constant every weekday. Fortunately, there's other roads with less traffic if you know the city well and don't drive a freaking fire truck.
2:40 The cars on the on ramp there should have sped up more in that situation. With the bus stopping on the highway he was clearing a lane for them, as you can see when the firetruck finally get around them they had plenty of space to get out of the way faster.
Yes, and that tunnel is a trap, as it is 60 (before 80) and there is a speed trap right in the middle. The other direction is also insane , if you want to exit where the truck drove in, Zopf drive at 70, then have to hit the brake, to get out at curve which can be tackle at max 30. Another insane entry nearby is at Manglerud, where there is an insanely short speedup lane, and then a tunnel. So you want until there is a gap. Then pedal to metal, to reach 70, and take your spot, before you hit the wall. Quite easy to do it in a Tesla, but my friend always scream when we have to enter there.
We have politicians in Norway that hate roads, so we have far too narrow roads all over the place. that was painful to watch. As for classical American cars I have a dad that walks around in a Cowboy hat and drives American cars :) lots of love for American culture in Norway. My family is probably among the most pro American you will find.
The green licenceplates are for cars with 2 or 3 seats, cargobarrier and room for atleast one pallet in the cargo area, you save some tax when buying it, i bought my jeep wrangler with green licence plates so i got it for ca. $70 000, instead of $100 000..
Lots of EV's yes, Norway is, Im pretty sure, one of if not the country with the most EV's, at least by capita, Tesla is HUGE there.... Also, as some people have already said, old american cars are SUPER popular in the nordics, as an example I can tell you that I live in a tiny little town in Finland, roughly 11k inhabitants 30k in the redion as a whole, and every year we have a car show and cruising here, last summer the car show had 354 vehicles, and 389 participated in the cruising, the absolute majority of both were classic american cars
All newer fire trucks in Norway are Scanias these days since the company that build them got a better offer from Scania than Volvo when the time to negotiate new contracts for delivery of rolling chassis came around
my big bro got coppers up his rear. they were speeding like nuttes dancing with glowing shoes... lights, sirens.... stupid passes. he saw em coming in the mirror, but its a tricky bit of road. even i know it well. he just flored it, did 100-120mph for about a mile, jumped off first chance. coppers pulled up behind him. "what were you doing?" eh. what? i was driving speedlimit. enjoying radio til you... rules are: get out off the way as soon as and as safe as possible. i grew up here. soon wasnt on for a while, so i went for speed you fookin muppets. be glad i dont sue you for a new set off tires... DONT DO PUSH-EXERCISE ON ROADS THAT ARE LOTTERY between alive and pancake... fooking imbicils. i got dashboard cams of my own. lets go to court. and i will explain why i flored it for a mile... no skin of my back. police training will get effin flogged... think i am kidding? i drive this road EVERY DAY. have done for decades. thats my excuse. i know were the fook i am. my rearview dont say kindergarden cops in training, blinking lights just says get off soon and safe...... i tought you were in a hurry. plz make a case of this. i will sue you for a 3y younger car AND new tires, cos this one is not used to autobahn-speed. i dare you!" norway tho. not yankistan. our coppers got a minimum bachelor-degree in being coppers, not a 3 month course...
So? If its american cars you want to see, try: "Power big meet 2022 - Finbilscruising i Lidköping". In Sweden we have them all. 50, 60, 70s and more. Mintcondition. Enjoy!
Funny thing is this video happens like 500 meters from where one of your other Norway videos end. I live about a 1000 meters from that tunnel. Major artery into Oslo.
I'm from Norway, and our trucks are Scandia, and now flouresent Yellow (Some still red).... Cant remember what model, but they have a few depending on what truck it is And my town is small 8k people max, and the whole fire department are volenter's and do it for free. And they are fast, because i live close to a senior center where the alarms atleast goes once a month.... And last time it was Easter night at 01:00 Am, and Sunday, it took them 7 min from alarm sounded, until 3 cars and 9 people decked out where on scene (and all where on home call's) And here we have a road rule, When you hear a Sirene Police/Ambulance/Fire, you shall yield to the left like we saw in this clip Green plates means "2/3 seter that goes as work cars for all big buissnnes" and less Tax. Aslong you just have max 3 seats at the front, everyone can get green plates PS that buss at 02:30 is not a normal town buss, looks like a guide buss from another countries (We get a lot of those) And look up top 10 places to visit in Norway. Trolltunga & Preikestolen is close to where i live
It's been common to use either a volvo or mercedes firetruck in Norway. Amcar (American car) as a hobby is pretty big in Norway. There are regular Amcar cruise-in/car-meetup events from spring to autumn. 1st of may is "national" day to show your car to everyone, the largest parking lot (usually outside a mall) is chosen where people line up to see cars arrive one by one. It's fantastic for the whole family. Too many Corvettes though :D
Lol it’s Oslo our capitol city. There’s hardly any mountains there to speak of if height. And I live there so I know this by heart. Beautiful scenery? It’s just bushes, trees and grass tho🤣🤣🤣
Americian classic cars are very popular in Norway . The Missus and my self will be in Norway in 3 weeks time ,we will be using trains and busses most of the time ,hopefully we dont get caught in an emergency respons whenn we do hire a car
I have driven in Norway daily now for 16 years, and just been stuck in traffic with emergency response coming through one single time (at my drivers test no less). So you should probably be okay!
Scania truck 🤔 I think. Most of our FD use Scania truck. And the bus is a Neoplan. Had the luxury of working as a tour guide on a neoplan for a year. Green plates are for business, tax reduction. Blue plates Yellow text diplomatic, white with black personal, black with white text military, and police van on the right hand side.
Green plates are for three seat cars or trucks, my man. Driver plus two passenges only. Seperated cargo bay. Cheaper registration bracket. Got them on my dually Silverado. Skål from Norway.......
(2:00) Using US terms like "interstate" doesn't make sense in a video of Norway. What states would this road interconnect? "Highway" is also not the technically correct term either, it's "motorway". This isn't a difference of UK and US English, "motorway" is the legal English term for the type of road used in Europe mistakenly called "highway" by uninformed people (Europeans included).
Hah omg at the end. My friend lives there. We usually watch traffic. Usually at 1 am you could hear crazy fast cars, before they set up shit loads of cameras.
Norwegian here wonder if this was some sort of practice. When they first got it all clear it didn't go very fast. And then the video stopped. Get good house insurance Oslo city people.
The traffic jam was created mostly by the police. Only in Norway you need two police cars and a fire truck for a broken vehicle in the tunnel. Plus this car left the tunnel on his own. 😂😂
it's not uncommon for emergency services respond to broken down vehicles or accidents with no injuries if they're located inside a highway tunnel The Elbe Tunnel in Hamburg even has not only one but two tunnel fire stations (one on either side) both equipped with specialized tunnel fire apparatus . one of them being a tow truck to be able to pull broken down cars out of the tunnel in no time. Also one of the longest high tunnel chains in central German has a fire station with some specialized fire apparatus right next to one of the tunnels' entrances. Even in NYC there are emergency vehicles on standby for incidents in the tunnels
Here in Norway you are required by law to yield to emergency vehicles to the best of your ability. if you don't you simply go to jail or get fined a fuckton of money. both of which I find okay. the other vic's you see in the tunnel is Police yes.
I live in Denmark and some years ago some guy in a smart ass car had begun parking in the driveway to an inner city fire station, they left a note in his windscreen saying:
"Our fire truck weighs 12.8 tons, has 675 horsepower and takes 9 seconds to leave the station, regardless of whether your car is illegally parked in front of our gate" :D
...If you do not respect the fire department, they will teach you :)
Seems like that's typically Nordic firemen :p There was a house fire just down the road and some Tesla douche had parked his car in the middle of the street. They just powered up and musceled the car into the bushes. Sayonara bad parking.
@@Inadharion A life or a car.
It's not a choice, it's a given that the car has to yield for the greater good of saving a life.
@@OriginalPuro Just have to be certain that there isn't anyone in that parked car, could be a child or a dog left while the driver left for 2 minutes.
I don't say that it is the correct way, just that it can be dangerous to just smash into a parked car.
😂😂
det har jeg sgu da aldrig hørt om, det må vel vær derovre i københavn?
It's not Norway without a tunnel
Not scientifically possible.
Or a ferry
correction: It's not Norway without atleast one tunnel
@@MegaEssin We don't live in them, but you can't move far before you get to one. And they are multiplying like rabbits. So it won't be long now.....
@@RexRegisPeter There is Norway that there won't be a tunnel there...
At around 6:35 you see a red X in the roof of the tunnel. This is pretty common in Scandinavia - lanes can be marked red or green (or even with adaptive speed limits) on the fly by the traffic control centre. So the reason they've cleared the left lane is because it's been red-flagged.
Same thing in Germany. At least in tunnels here
UK too, although that depends if the village idiots who tend to roam our roads understand it.
We have those in the Netherlands too.
€260 fine for ignoring a red cross.
@@TheMoikero But nobody obeys the red x in germany... they drive till the lane is literally blocked and they cant get further
@@dejanbrice8774 aye, I think the campaign against traffic management is crazily grotesque
Fun fact, Sweden (and by sheer proximity, Norway) have more 1950's American cars than the USA does. And a huge amount of 60's 70's and 80's American iron as well. So many in fact that the worlds largest classic American car meet "Power Big Meet" is held in Sweden with over 35 000 (!!!) classic cars in attendance every year.
And that's just those who have the possibility to attend said year(s).
Yup, old American cars are a big thing in Scandinavia. The American car club of Norway called "AmCar" is now one of the largest automotive organizations in Norway.
Per capita though. Not by total volume... There wouldn't be a single tree, Volvo or Saab left, if all of that American iron was all to be stacked in Sweden. But yes - definitely a lot of them.
More American cars, per capita, very important piece you have left out there.
First tunnel is Vålerenga tunnelen and next you see in the end is Ekeberg tunnelen, it is always crazy traffic during rush hour through these, i used to live like 4 minutes away from these so was driving through them every day
I can concur! It's one of the worst stretches of road in the entire country.
@@Innerspace100 It's a breeze now compared to when they were building out/expanding the bottom intersection just outside Ekebergtunnellen ...
Luckily it didn't last forever - but the queues did
Would be faster biking, or even hiking over the hill LOL
@@Innerspace100 Indeed, bloody nightmare
For context: Both in the Oslo area
Right from the dashboard, more specifically from the park brake lever, it's a Scania fire truck my friend!💪💪💪
so im not stupid.
going from the Handbrake and Mirror-arrangement
@@lowrangemaniac5326 i believe you,
I'm a driver and had the pleasure to drive a Scania Tractor on occasion over here in DE
@@HrLBolle ooh cool then! Uhmmm... I hope I didn't look like I was harsh with my comment, I was a bit enthusiastic 😅
@@lowrangemaniac5326
Vorweg entschuldige ich mich für die kleine Textwand die folgt.
keineswegs kam mir Ihre Antwort als besonders Harsch, wo kämen wir denn dahin wenn jeder sich jeder von uns Kommentatoren an den Spitzfindigkeiten in geschriebenen Gedanken Anderer stören würde. Freilich gibt es jene die meinen jedes geschrieben wort auf die Feingoldwaage legen zu müssen, aber zu denen zähle ich mich nicht
Ich selbst versuche eigentlich immer möglichst neutral zu schreiben, gelingt nicht immer, aber dieses werden Sie wohl auch kennen.
First of all, I apologize for the small wall of text that follows.
In no way did I find your answer particularly harsh, where would we be if each and every one of us commentators were bothered by the subtleties in the written thoughts of others. Of course there are those who think they have to put every written word on the fine gold scales, but I don't count myself among them
I always try to write as neutrally as possible, but I don't always succeed, but you probably know this too.
@@HrLBolle yes ofcourse I do understand... I was just a bit afraid that my enthusiasm could be misunderstood... It's nice to talk civilly with someone like you. Have a good trip on the road🙏
Turned out it was not a serious accident. A car crashed into the tunnel wall but could drive out by it's own power escorted by the two police vehicles you see in the end of the video.
ah i was confused
Cool. That makes sense. Glad it didn't catch fire, that would had been bad, especially in a tunnel, and good to see preemptive dispatch.
The beautiful black bus is a Neoplan Skyliner. Fabulous things. They have a massive upper windshield that makes it feel like you're driving a spaceship
I love Neoplan
As you can see, once you enter the tunnel, there is an electronic sign with an amber arrow pointing from the left lane to the right lane, and later a red X over the left lane. This indicates to drivers that they should move over to the right lane - to allow for an open space for emergency responders.
Continuing in the lane past the cross ❌ sign is effectively the same as driving through a red light, should they find the time to stop you.
@@michaeltempsch5282 Cameras will send you a little fine in the Mail eventually😊
On European emergency vehicles, the siren cadence change is wired into the standard horn button….so when the siren tone is changed by the driver, you’ll often here the vehicle’s own o.e.m. horn honk
only in a few countries! It's not common across Europe at all!
In the Netherlands, hitting the horn causes the cadence to run at double speed - AFAIK, no conventional horn at all.
Definitely the case in the UK.
2 short honks in quick succession turns the siren on or off when the blues are activated.
1 short honk cycles the cadence (normally 4 different ones, slow wail fast yelp, phaser and 2 tone)
Holding the horn on some newer ones triggers the bullhorn!
@@dasy2k1 and by that the UK is one of the extremly few places in Europe where it's done like that
The green registration plates are for light commercial vehicles = a lot less taxes if it ain’t electric.
In the old days, you could remove the back seat out of any station wagon over a certain weight, and register it as such, but later restrictions amended included fitting a box with minimum measurements into the cargo area too.
5:45 Vehicles with a maximum of three seats and a separated area for cargo are exempt from the registration tax in Norway. These vehicles get a green plate with black letters instead of a white plate with black letters and are called "Varebil" in Norwegian.
The cargo floor area must be able to hold a regular pallet.
'Green-plates' viechles have reduced tax, the back side of the deal is that they can be confiscated by the military in a time of war.
In a tax sense, the "green plates" is Norway's equivalent of SUV.
But the intention of the law as not been subverted as much as the SUV tax breaks in the US has.
@@MichaelEricMenk Not SUV. I'd say it is the equivalent of the typical US Pickup truck. Maybe that is what you meant?
@@jarls5890 No, SUV.
SUV classification has to do with taxes...
There is a tax break for SUV's due to the use of SUV as work vehicles ...
There is a tax break on 'green plates' vehicles due to the use of those viechles as work vehicles....
The two tax classes serve the same purpose, but results in diffrent type of vehicles..
The tax reduction works differ. While SUV have tax credit, the 'green signed' vehicles have a reduction in the taxes added to the sale price.
@@MichaelEricMenk Sure, I get that. But is there a tax break in the US for vehicles classified as SUVs (Sports Utility Vehicles)?
I wouldn't expect anything else. Best regards from a citizen of Denmark.
As a Norwegian, who's dad is a retired firefighter... I think my dad is glad we're in a smaller town, they mostly avoided traffic like that.
And you guessed correctly on the green plates, it's for cargo vans, basically cars with a large enough space to fit a crate of some set measurements, and some other rules, and it's not only for company stuff, you can have your car registered as a cargo van and they can be cheaper to own then, there's been a lot of instances of people who bought a car with green plates, and wanted to install a second row of seats, and to do that it costs a decent lump of money.
Yep, I know personally and the end result is never cheap nor uncomplicated.
Unless they changed the rules, to re-register on white plates you have to pay the registration fee plus the tax difference less a percentage which increases each year until at ten years old it becomes zero. So if you have the back seat and other necessary bits and pieces it's quite cheap to do. Some come built like this from the factory though, in which case you have to add the price of the rear seat, seat belts etc.
Had no idea. I just always assumed it had to be a work vehicle.
This is in Oslo from entering E6 from Helsfyr (area in Oslo) going south through Vålerenga tunnel coming out in the opening just before Ekeberg tunnel. Video is from middle of summer when everything is green on the trees, but this road stretch area is definitely not a very beautiful part of Oslo. It's just a very busy road being E6 (main highways through Oslo, north- south, together with E18 east-west). 👍
Emergency fire appliance driver from UK, believe me, it is quite stressful. You have to make a split decision on your route on roads like this full of traffic
not that stressful tbh ... you might stress yourself if you make yourself aware that its stressful, otherwise you can stay rather relaxed during an emergency response
In most major cities in nordic countries there is smart highway that pseudo automatically clear the road for first responders. There is a dude in a controll center that is managing it, but he pretty much just need to press one button.
The issue is, that system is only on the major roads, so you have to get to the system to benefit from it.
But its generally expanded bit for bit
(I've only seen it on motorways, not highways in general)
@@Liggliluff At least where i live its still reserved to big cities only that have a internal network of motorways. Cities that just have one, generaly don´t have systems like that
how about this,2000/3000 meters before the firetruck comes to you,a sign alerts you emergency vehicle approaching from behind.
Most areas in the Benelux are equiped with that system as well. As our nations are so densely populated.
@@runeingebretsen8378 well in larger cities there is a command central that can prioritity route emegancy vehicles so they can block the traffic quite far ahead. I don't know exactly how it works but they have shown the system in stoclkholn on TV a few times.
Very nice and thoughtfull reaction, I appreciate your final words at 7:27 making aware of the situation and making this video more of an informational video, than just pure entertainment.
Norwegian drivers are excellent at being aware of emergency vehicles and do their best to get out of their way. _However_ since we are a small country, 3 line roads are very rare, I think the Oslo area is the only place with 3 lanes. So in my experience the people in the middle lane can often be a bit confused as to where to move to, and if some move left and some move right, you end up making very little room to pass in between. If everyone in the middle lane moved to the same side it would make it much easier to pass.
Norwegian drivers are excellent in general. Perhaps the safest and most proficient drivers in the world.
That is the reason why a "Rettungsgasse" has to be establish as soon as the traffic is slowing down to indicate that a traffic jam is potentially happening.
If it does not turn into a traffic jam = no harm done
If it comes to a traffic jam = emergency vehicles can pass without a problem.
So, when driving in foreign countries, I educate myself on the local rules and customs.
Just a little german experience.
that's a traffic law only in a few countries in Europe. That law doesn't exist in Norway. Wouldn't make much sense due to the small network of highways. The entire country's highway network is shorter than Germany's Interstate HIghway 9 from Munich to Berlin
What people have to do is follow basic traffic laws. The left lane was shut down and they still kept driving there. THAT'S the problem right there
It's almost like Germans have a propensity for... "Ordnung"...
Personally, I like to not educate myself too much on local rules; plausible deniability.
@@BrimirMe Tbh I find it quite egotistic and even reckless to live by such and rule when the security or health of others is affected. Nothing to brag about.
And when in Germany, keep in mind that there is a saying: "Unwissenheit schützt vor Strafe nicht / Ignorance is no excuse." There is only the little effect of objective and subjectiv facts of the case, but you are still liable. So, hopefully you will never experience such a situation.
@@EnjoyFirefighting That´s what I meant: no matter how the rules or customs are, every driver should obey to them and act as if a free path for emergency vehicles is needed.
As a lot of people only learn the lesson when beeing charged with a high fee, I am all for a change of law so dashcam footage from police cars and emergency vehicles can be used to issue tickets.
@@EnjoyFirefighting It's not about the highway system. "Rettungssgasse" has to be respected on any street in Germany. It costs 200€ to obstruct the way of emergency vehicles.
Last year 80% of new cars sold was EVs in norway. Tesla is very very common here
Yeah, this was a old video, so apparently just 13 EVs here (according to another comment on here), if this had been now there would probably have been a lot more...)
Also, it was 80% earlier on, near the end of the year it was closer to 90% then 80%.
Norway is such a beautiful country, you should definitely visit there, but make sure to bring a big wallet, its very expensive
it's not expensive, it's fair because all tax is for the benefit of Norwegian society, so we pay for things like safety, health and quality education
@@ErnaBerntsen It's expensive for most foreigners, as many of them have lower wages.
@@leifgunnartoth8070It usually is, yes, but that's because of the exchange rate being artificially kept high due to oil companies being paid in dollars but paying their taxes and wages in NOK, causing a huge demand for the NOK.
All the inflation recently has actually made Norway cheaper then surrounding countries though and while Norwegians usually shop in Sweden to save money they're actually coming to Norway to shop now.
Our government is spending huge sums to support Ukraine, and due to good long term deals for things like food our stores have been able to buy those without being too exposed to high prices.
Honestly, right now is probably among the best times possible to come and visit us, as for once it's *relatively* cheap.
@@Luredreieryeah prices here in Sweden have sky rocket. Som products up to 50-100%. Eggs and butter are twice the price from last year.
@@johnnorthtribe Yeah, come over here to shop for a bit. ;-)
Things will probably return to normal eventually and we'll come over to Sweden to shop again, but right now you can save money here. :-)
I feel the pressure of the drivers of the cars in the way, you never wanna be the person to hold up an emergency vehicle so a lot of the anxiety i think you feel comes from that as well.
Norway waives import fees and taxes on Electric Vehicles, hence their popularity. Oh, and the reason for the government doing that? Norwegian pop band A-ha. They bought an old Fiat Panda running on batteries and run it around Norway's capital Oslo, ignoring any fines they picked up for going through road tolls without paying. When the car got confiscated, it was put up for auction, and they bought it back and just kept doing it. Because they were hugely pouplar, they got the media attention, ands the government responded.
In terms of EVs, in this video I noticed:
1 Renault Zoe
3 Tesla Model S
1 VW e-Golf (could be more, but e-Golfs and regular Golfs are difficult to tell apart)
7 Nissan Leaf
1 BMW i3.
and that video is 7 years old, if it was recorded today there would probably alot more
I'm a first responder in Sweden, I drive a vw passat that is waaay smaller and sometimes feel like I barely fit that car. Amazing work
Hi I’m born in Norway and it’s not normal to see so many cars around here and yes everyone in this video is trying to help their best to get the fire crew to there destination (fun fact Norway is a land that help’s everything that struggle’s most of the time)
Firedeparments in Norway most commonly uses the Swedish trucks Scania.
The drive with confidence, not fuel. When civilians help out things are just beautiful!
That was Oslo fire department in one of their Scania rescue trucks, looks like the crash was southbound in the "Vålerenga tunnel".
The tunnel has light signals sending everyone into the lane that the officials needs us to be in. Both so they can move forward, but also so we avoid hitting anything that might be stranded (all tunnels are under constant surveilance).
The area the truck drove from is where I spent the most hours sitting in traffic, and it was always nervewrecking when you saw the blue lights
In Norway, plates are white for regular vehicles; Green for businesses, and Yellow for military. Gvt (such as police and fire) use regular white.
And yes, all our emergency services only use blue lights. Sometimes "blue-lights" are a slang for cops!
I'll fill you in, light blue with yellow text are embassy plates, black with yellow text is stricktly worksite, small red plates with white text are dealreship plates and finally red sticker plates with black text and dates as well are "test plates" when you have to drive a non registered/non complient vehicle whithin 24 hours:-) Bonus: Two letter and only four digits whites are motorcycles and trailer plates. Plus a correction; green plates does not have to be business, but rather a vehicle with only front seats, i.e. van/utility. I have one and it's not for business.
very, very poor reaction by many drivers on the highway
Lots of EVs ... well more than 90% of all new registered cars in Norway are all electric, not even counting the hybrid electric ones
Green plates: cargo vehicles with only one row of seats and seperated cargo space. Many Pickups, even with a double cab, are sold only with the front seats to be able to register it as cargo vehicle for a lower tax rate
Yeah, that's some of the worst and most chaotic traffic reactions I've seen from Scandinavian traffic.
It doesn't really matter their reaction is poor or not? Just as long people move out of the way. It's people need to understand that it's during rush hour, so there lot of cars they also have to watch out.
Are you saying that all drivers should not care about the rules and just crash into guard rails, knock down signs instead?
I'm not quite sure what you're saying, but neither I nor the OP have suggested any of those things.
What we said was that many of the drivers didn't respond the correct way and ended up obstructing the way instead.
@@automation7295 it would have been much easier for the Engine from the FD to get through if the other road users just followed some basic traffic laws, like not driving down a lane of highway which is shut down by traffic signs! Doesn't matter if its rush hour or not! The FD would have had an entire lane of their own if people had reacted correctly. In that aspect, it's rather the exact oppoite of "Are you saying that all drivers should not care about the rules "
@@awmperry *"many of the drivers didn't respond the correct way and ended up obstructing the way instead"*
I can agree with that, but since it's rush hour, many drivers didn't had enough space to move out of the way, also the left lane was closed in the tunnel as display shows a red X.
Since the video was from 2015, there's no point calling out drivers, it could be that many of the drivers had learnt their mistakes or even some of them moved out of Norway.
It could also be that some the drivers got arrested or even decided the sell their car and never drive again.
People in the Nordic countries are taught to give way to emergency vehicles as best you can when driving. If you intentionally block a first responder or don’t comply it can cost you your license. Flashing blue lights indicate first responder vehicles. Politi in Danish and Nowegian Polis in Swedish means police.
Norway is the most beautiful place i have ever been. Hi from Denmatk
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In Halden they have am car treff, it means American car meeting. Every summer there is people from all around Norway and Sweden where they lined up their beautiful cars ❤️🇳🇴
Not used to see ‘from inside cam’ in fire trucks at all. So fun to watch one from my own country on a channel overseas - I even spotted one car from my hometown😂
The turquoise(green sign as we call it) Vans are in a different tax class than passenger cars. They can have up to three seats, but never a back seat. After all, it is in the word that vans are primarily intended for the transport of goods of various kinds. Such as packages, tools, equipment and the like. Such cars have a lower fee than those with the usual white plates.
You can take out the back seat - but you won't get any money back
Call it a sort of reverse seat charge if you like. As cars with green plates have lower taxes and fewer seats.
You ask if it is particularly Norwegian and yes - it is. Simply because few other countries have taxes on cars at all.
This sequence is from Oslo, E6 southbound at Helsfyr ramp , this area is usually packed during rushhour. This beeing on the east side of city center, the first tunel exit at Kverner. Second tunnel comming up at the end of the clip runs all the way to the west side of the city.
The police cleared the way in front of the firetruck, and closed traffic ahead. One lane in the tunnel was marked as closed, so drivers knew to move.
Green plates are work vehicles. They get reduced tax costs, but they need to follow very specific requirements. Max 2 (3 with bench) seats and cargo hold needs to fit at least a cargo of 140x90x105cm
Also, in Norway you are required by law to yield for emergency vehicles. If you do not move when you can, you can/will get fined for obstruction of emergency vehicle. Though I've never heard of this happening.
If you haven't seen it already you have to see the "norwegian police chasing jewelry thieves" video.
The fire truck was a Scania P cab, and most of the p cabs fire trucks have mostly 380-450 horsepower
I'm 99% certain that this is a Scania firetruck, the handbrake lever is a dead giveaway for me.
Norway is indeed beautiful and their car culture is awesome: You'll find the latest EVs (thanks to government programs) and classic American beauties side-by-side.
10/10, would visit again!
Traffic on that strech is crazy enough, without the emergency vehicles. Good driving from the FD's side!
The greenish plates are for vehicles with front seats only, those vehicles aren't allowed to do anything with their seperation wall between front seats and the back area. They can be registered with white plate to allow modification of the seperation wall.
The fire truck is a Scania, the coach is a Neoplan Starliner II.
Green registration in Norway are "company car". If you have some kind of business and need a car, you will have green plates.
In Norway, there's often bus and taxi lanes that EVs are allowed to use... Mostly to the most right lane... It's however not used by emergency vehicles for some reason.....
I've been working as a truck driver for the last 20 years in Norway so I've had my fair share of emergency vehicles passing....
It's a help for the EMS to flash the high beams when they are coming in oncoming traffic because it wakes the half sleeping commuters up and then begin to look in the mirror to find out what the trucks are flashing at......
you should take a look at VintageAmerican car culture in Scandinavia.
We have a lot of em cruising around in the summer, its been around since the 70s.😎👌
I am a huge carnut, and love all the American cars roaming around in Norway. However, I really dislike how classic European cars or more exotic cars is frowned upon and generally looked down upon. A sweet 60's Alfa Romeo is just as nice as a 60's Ford Mustang if you ask me.
Living in Denmark. Centimetre lives matter. In a jam, every out-of-the-way centimetre counts. Better an insurance bender than a DOA on the conscience.
American cars are quite popular in Norway in the summertime, which this clearly is.
i have lived in norway my whole life and it's the rush hour is crazy
Turquoise license plates mean that you only have front seats. No back seats. Cheaper and easier registration.
Here in Norway the blue/green plates are for vehicles with two front seats so their road tax is lower
Most if not all European police/ambulance/firetrucks look similar, sound similar and the names are very easy to understand if you know english or just seen a lot of movies basically.
These are some tunnels you'll drive through if you come from the north, trying to get to Oslo-East. This traffic jam is constant every weekday. Fortunately, there's other roads with less traffic if you know the city well and don't drive a freaking fire truck.
2:40 The cars on the on ramp there should have sped up more in that situation. With the bus stopping on the highway he was clearing a lane for them, as you can see when the firetruck finally get around them they had plenty of space to get out of the way faster.
So you're suggesting that cars on the on ramp should speed up and crash into other cars on the motorway?
@@automation7295 Plenty of room on the accelleration ramp for those cars to move further up.
Yes, and that tunnel is a trap, as it is 60 (before 80) and there is a speed trap right in the middle. The other direction is also insane , if you want to exit where the truck drove in, Zopf drive at 70, then have to hit the brake, to get out at curve which can be tackle at max 30.
Another insane entry nearby is at Manglerud, where there is an insanely short speedup lane, and then a tunnel. So you want until there is a gap. Then pedal to metal, to reach 70, and take your spot, before you hit the wall. Quite easy to do it in a Tesla, but my friend always scream when we have to enter there.
We have politicians in Norway that hate roads, so we have far too narrow roads all over the place. that was painful to watch. As for classical American cars I have a dad that walks around in a Cowboy hat and drives American cars :) lots of love for American culture in Norway. My family is probably among the most pro American you will find.
The green licenceplates are for cars with 2 or 3 seats, cargobarrier and room for atleast one pallet in the cargo area, you save some tax when buying it, i bought my jeep wrangler with green licence plates so i got it for ca. $70 000, instead of $100 000..
Speaking of buses/coaches you should fo a video on the Volvo 9900 Coach and maby the 7900 Electric bus :) Best regards from Volvo Group ;)
2 seats vehicles has green license plates, like work cars etc here in Norway. All responding vehicles has blue lights in Norway.
The green license plate is for cars with maximum of tree seats and most common on small cargo cars
Lots of EV's yes, Norway is, Im pretty sure, one of if not the country with the most EV's, at least by capita, Tesla is HUGE there....
Also, as some people have already said, old american cars are SUPER popular in the nordics, as an example I can tell you that I live in a tiny little town in Finland, roughly 11k inhabitants 30k in the redion as a whole, and every year we have a car show and cruising here, last summer the car show had 354 vehicles, and 389 participated in the cruising, the absolute majority of both were classic american cars
The firetruck is Scania. The firestation is Brynseng in Oslo. They are driving at Helsfyr and direction against center of Oslo thru Vålerenga Tunnel.
All newer fire trucks in Norway are Scanias these days since the company that build them got a better offer from Scania than Volvo when the time to negotiate new contracts for delivery of rolling chassis came around
You should react to the Swedish sports car Koenigsegg best in the world! 🇸🇪
my big bro got coppers up his rear. they were speeding like nuttes dancing with glowing shoes... lights, sirens.... stupid passes. he saw em coming in the mirror, but its a tricky bit of road. even i know it well. he just flored it, did 100-120mph for about a mile, jumped off first chance. coppers pulled up behind him. "what were you doing?" eh. what? i was driving speedlimit. enjoying radio til you... rules are: get out off the way as soon as and as safe as possible. i grew up here. soon wasnt on for a while, so i went for speed you fookin muppets. be glad i dont sue you for a new set off tires... DONT DO PUSH-EXERCISE ON ROADS THAT ARE LOTTERY between alive and pancake... fooking imbicils. i got dashboard cams of my own. lets go to court. and i will explain why i flored it for a mile... no skin of my back. police training will get effin flogged... think i am kidding? i drive this road EVERY DAY. have done for decades. thats my excuse. i know were the fook i am. my rearview dont say kindergarden cops in training, blinking lights just says get off soon and safe...... i tought you were in a hurry. plz make a case of this. i will sue you for a 3y younger car AND new tires, cos this one is not used to autobahn-speed. i dare you!" norway tho. not yankistan. our coppers got a minimum bachelor-degree in being coppers, not a 3 month course...
So? If its american cars you want to see, try: "Power big meet 2022 - Finbilscruising i Lidköping". In Sweden we have them all. 50, 60, 70s and more. Mintcondition. Enjoy!
Green license plates are indeed for cargo vans, with no back seats.
I think they came from Bryn brannstasjon (Bryn firestation) and the truck is a Scania 380hp
One of the least beautiful parts of Oslo is a beautiful area:) Not bad.
The green/turqouise license plates are on vehicles only with a front row of seats, like vans and pickup trucks. Those vehicles have less tax.
Funny thing is this video happens like 500 meters from where one of your other Norway videos end. I live about a 1000 meters from that tunnel. Major artery into Oslo.
It is a Scania, you can see it on the Parking break handle. And that Bus is a Setra
FIRE Engines IN England ARE Equipped with FOG HORNS
Notice how the traffic is much more cooperative than what we see here in North America!
This is a Scania :) You can see on the parkbrake lever and also the blinkersound...
I'm from Norway, and our trucks are Scandia, and now flouresent Yellow (Some still red).... Cant remember what model, but they have a few depending on what truck it is
And my town is small 8k people max, and the whole fire department are volenter's and do it for free. And they are fast, because i live close to a senior center where the alarms atleast goes once a month.... And last time it was Easter night at 01:00 Am, and Sunday, it took them 7 min from alarm sounded, until 3 cars and 9 people decked out where on scene (and all where on home call's)
And here we have a road rule, When you hear a Sirene Police/Ambulance/Fire, you shall yield to the left like we saw in this clip
Green plates means "2/3 seter that goes as work cars for all big buissnnes" and less Tax. Aslong you just have max 3 seats at the front, everyone can get green plates
PS that buss at 02:30 is not a normal town buss, looks like a guide buss from another countries (We get a lot of those)
And look up top 10 places to visit in Norway. Trolltunga & Preikestolen is close to where i live
IN many countries it's compulsory for other vehicles to pull over where possible to allow emergency vehicles through.
Norway can afford the best firetruck in the world! Its name starts with Sc...and ends with aria...😂
It's been common to use either a volvo or mercedes firetruck in Norway. Amcar (American car) as a hobby is pretty big in Norway. There are regular Amcar cruise-in/car-meetup events from spring to autumn. 1st of may is "national" day to show your car to everyone, the largest parking lot (usually outside a mall) is chosen where people line up to see cars arrive one by one. It's fantastic for the whole family. Too many Corvettes though :D
Lol it’s Oslo our capitol city. There’s hardly any mountains there to speak of if height. And I live there so I know this by heart. Beautiful scenery? It’s just bushes, trees and grass tho🤣🤣🤣
Americian classic cars are very popular in Norway . The Missus and my self will be in Norway in 3 weeks time ,we will be using trains and busses most of the time ,hopefully we dont get caught in an emergency respons whenn we do hire a car
I have driven in Norway daily now for 16 years, and just been stuck in traffic with emergency response coming through one single time (at my drivers test no less). So you should probably be okay!
Scania truck 🤔 I think. Most of our FD use Scania truck. And the bus is a Neoplan. Had the luxury of working as a tour guide on a neoplan for a year. Green plates are for business, tax reduction. Blue plates Yellow text diplomatic, white with black personal, black with white text military, and police van on the right hand side.
Green plates are for three seat cars or trucks, my man. Driver plus two passenges only. Seperated cargo bay. Cheaper registration bracket. Got them on my dually Silverado. Skål from Norway.......
Norway has the best tragic. Working near Oslo, I get the best traffic possible. Ambulance is rare but we try to help them.
(2:00) Using US terms like "interstate" doesn't make sense in a video of Norway. What states would this road interconnect? "Highway" is also not the technically correct term either, it's "motorway". This isn't a difference of UK and US English, "motorway" is the legal English term for the type of road used in Europe mistakenly called "highway" by uninformed people (Europeans included).
The green plates is for cars that are registered with only 2 seats. So usually cargo vehicles etc. :D
Hah omg at the end. My friend lives there. We usually watch traffic. Usually at 1 am you could hear crazy fast cars, before they set up shit loads of cameras.
Norwegian here wonder if this was some sort of practice. When they first got it all clear it didn't go very fast. And then the video stopped. Get good house insurance Oslo city people.
This video was form the Capitol off Norway Oslo and thrue the Vålerenga Tunnel.
The traffic jam was created mostly by the police. Only in Norway you need two police cars and a fire truck for a broken vehicle in the tunnel. Plus this car left the tunnel on his own. 😂😂
it's not uncommon for emergency services respond to broken down vehicles or accidents with no injuries if they're located inside a highway tunnel
The Elbe Tunnel in Hamburg even has not only one but two tunnel fire stations (one on either side) both equipped with specialized tunnel fire apparatus . one of them being a tow truck to be able to pull broken down cars out of the tunnel in no time. Also one of the longest high tunnel chains in central German has a fire station with some specialized fire apparatus right next to one of the tunnels' entrances. Even in NYC there are emergency vehicles on standby for incidents in the tunnels
The green lisens plates are for cars without a back seat :)
04:41in Estonia are most fire trucks Scanias and new one with all equipment is around 400.000 euro / 430,000 USD.
Here in Norway you are required by law to yield to emergency vehicles to the best of your ability. if you don't you simply go to jail or get fined a fuckton of money. both of which I find okay. the other vic's you see in the tunnel is Police yes.
React more to Norway
This is crazy, people just don't get out of the way in time. It's the same in Sweden, it has changed last 2-3 decades.
Drive there every day, we have gotten better to let the first responders through.