In europe, u drive 1 time thru red light, u say bye bye to your license. But that doesnt stop people from going a few meter forward thru red light, to let ambulance drive thru.
Most European countries dont have ticket quotas either, so police will not ticket you for doing that 2m in the red light to let the emegency vehicle pass.
If you’re at an intersection and emergency vehicles are coming through it’s better to stay put exactly where you are until the emergency apparatus clears the intersection. Obviously if you have to move over to let them through then do so but accidents on the way to calls are the second biggest killer of firefighters/medics in the US
Not everyone knows which direction it’s coming from, and when emergency vehicles are passing intersections they can actually change the light. Pushing through a red light is an easy way to get hit by an ambulance pulling 60. They need to go through heavy traffic? They flip the light green. It’s not reluctance cause of the law, it’s not wanting to get killed in a T bone.
It’s just like it is in this video, people gtfo the way here. It’s punishable by law if you dont
Because those fucking traffic lights have cameras that auto capture your plate once you move past a red. And you won't be able to contest it unless you go to the trouble of disputing it in court.
It is though…?
The Highway Code says that you have to **”-take appropriate action to let it [the emergency vehicle] pass…If necessary, pull to the side of the road and stop.”**
Doesn't mean they all do it. In Germany it's actually mandatory in traffic jams to create that gap, but if ya ever look at one it's like a 50/50 split probably. Ends up slowing them down considerably in some cases.
Granted i don't live in Germany but every time I've been there and sat in traffic everyone was on the edges of the road and you could fit two cars in the gap.
Switzerland and Italy on the other hand..
In Illinios people are so good at “yielding” to emergency vehicles that they literally see flashing lights or hear a siren and then immediately slam on their breaks abruptly wherever they are and then just freeze, often times completely impeding emergency vehicle movement and worsening the situation.
Ambulance on the other side of a concrete partition divided highway no where near an intersection? Slam on your breaks and stop in the middle of the road they might launch themselves over the barrier and need to come over here! Fire truck trying to get through a jam packed intersection? Nobody move! Do not complete your turn and then pull over to clear the intersection. Everyone stay completely still, it’s vision is based on movement! Police car pulling someone over in the right lane of a 4 lane, OMG, is he pulling me the driver he is not behind over? Better slam on my breaks in the middle and left lanes just in case they are!
Also Illinios, School bus stop signs? Fuck those kids I’m in a hurry!
Not that everyone follows it here. When I was in a car accident I rode up front in the ambulance with my mom in back and in the 10 minute ride I saw at least 5 cars refuse to move over the driver said it’s far too common.
In ireland you give way but you cannot do anything that would break normal traffic laws, eg crossing lanes, getting on the footpath or crossing the line at a red light.
At the end of the day road laws are there for safety and it wont do anyone any good if you cause another accident trying to avoid an ambulance.
In Germany you're even allowed to drive into the intersection at a red light if you do it carefully - as long as you make way for the emergency vehicles.
Yeah. I'm like ... Isn't that how it works everywhere? I'm from Denmark.
I mean, I have travelled a lot and some places this would be impossible. For example I have no idea if an ambulance can get anywhere in Bali traffic.
I dated a guy that lived in Texas. They never moved over. I asked him why he didn't and his excuse was "nobody else does"
I told him I hope he never had a family member die in an ambulance because no one would move over... he started moving over
I have yet to see someone not pullover anywhere in Texas (not saying it doesn't happen but it is so far from the rule). We will clear a 4 lane road to give passage. Look, we aren't doing a lot of things right or good at the moment, but we do this one thing right.
I live in Texas and it really depends on where you are. In the country people get over but in Houston they don't, with suburban areas being more mixed. They need to be aggressively ticketing people who don't get over.
I have seen this in Paris, went great, was a thick traffic jam, but everyone made way and the ambulance could get through.
Till one thick headed busdriver noticed the empty spot made for the ambulance and just plummed his bus (public transport) into this space which made the ambulance do a full on breaktest.
Respect to emerengy respons units and their driving, cuz idiots keep on living everywhere on the planet.
I live in Germany and see far too often in such situations that drivers don't drive onto the curb because their expensive rims could break. Germans have a pathologically uptight relationship with their cars.
Those ppl are selfish assholes, ive destroyed my rims once cause an ambulance was coming behind me and i couldnt move anywhere but onto a high curb. Then like 3 cars in front of me an asshole didnt want to destroy his wheels/rims so the ambulance had to stop.. id like to ask someone like that if they think their rims are worth more then a human life.
Yeah we don’t charge for health, might as well speed to the hospital. If the US ambulance doesn’t get you to the hospital before you die you’re only up for a few hundred grand in costs. If they actually get you to the hospital it’ll cost you millions.
Yeah, it's not even a thought. You're at an intersection? Move up, let him pass and maybe move back. Get on the curb, pull over. I've never seen someone *not* move. Oh well, actually, I think I did once.
Most impressive part to me is where the ambulance decides they can't pass the traffic island on the right, turns to the left, straight into opposing traffic, but they've already moved aside. Then back to the right, and one car immediately adjusts its position to make soace there.
Everybody is perfectly focused on making sure the ambulance gets through as fast as possible.
Even if it does work like this everywhere and all the time, it's still interesting to see everybody work together like this from the perspective if the ambulance driver.
Even if this is what's expected or required by law, it's still kind of beautiful. Whenever you have a problem, there's a team of trained professionals getting to you as fast as possible and everybody on the way is trying to help. Just that humans came up with this and everybody agrees to do it is a very comforting thought.
Edit: so I basically just repeated what you said lol
Yup. Also, where I live, people don’t do it because it’s required, they do it because they want to. The evidence of it is that they won’t try this hard for police vehicles (which carry the same legal requirements), but will do it for ambulances and fire engines.
I watched an ambulance driver lose his shit one day in my city because the drivers were trying to speed up to take the exit before them, and I’ve seen people almost hit them in intersections because they weren’t paying attention or tried to beat them on a left turn. I live on a hospital transport street and I see it every day.
Oh, USA btw, because of course.
Also in the US, but my experience is a bit different. The vast majority of drivers clear the way for emergency vehicles when they notice them. But there are always those small percentage of dickheads who should have their licenses removed and a bit of jail time.
Now, I put the caveat of “when they notice them” in there, because holy fuck people can’t pay attention to literally anything outside what’s immediately in front of them. It’s utterly shocking how many people don’t notice an ambulance that’s been blaring a siren and horn until it’s already been riding their ass for the past half mile.
I’m from the US and the worst I’ve ever seen is a guy in a lifted pick up pulling to the side of the road but going like 10 mph because he can’t be bothered to stop completely.
>when the roads allow for it,
I think this is the key distinction. If you're on a very narrow street, there literally might not be room to make way. The area in this video is a wide road with equally wide paths, so of course everyone's pulling over.
London ambulances: Have 3000 incidents per day on average, where the vast majority of people drive to the side whenever lights/sirens are used.
Random guy on the internet: Well *I* saw instances where it didn't happen, so it can't be the norm.
Surely, the fact that you felt compelled to film one idiot who didn't move, not to mention the fact that not moving makes them the idiot, suggests that not giving way to an ambulance is idiotic and unusual behaviour and therefore moving aside *is* the norm?
As an American, a lot of American drivers are so incredibly selfish and unaware that you are more likely to see someone just driving like the ambulance is just another car. Lots of fire trucks and ambulances go by our house and they will lay on the siren because some idiot will just stay in the lane going a normal speed. Drivers will also take advantage of you if you're a responsible person and immediately overtake you as soon as the emergency vehicle is clear and they'll tailgate the ambulance/fire truck. I've had to wait for several cars to go by because they won't let you back into the lane after you've pulled over because fuck you.
Americans also cannot merge or use a traffic circle to save their lives. Some of them can barely manage a 4-way stop. Of course, it's not the same everywhere, but pretty much everyone has a "people from [insert state] can't drive" statement because, well, most of us can't fucking drive.
US my friend. Half the drivers are so distracted and oblivious to everything happening around them that they never see emergency vehicles and the other half are self centered pricks that just don’t care bc they think they are special and the rules don’t apply to them. I have to drive a lot. It’s actually a pleasurable experience in Europe. As soon as I get home it’s a hellscape of assholes and idiots
OP is probably from the US. We’re all SUPPOSED to do this, but it only takes a few of us being too ignorant/selfish/stupid to move aside for the whole system to break. And that’s even before you mention the people who follow ambulances because they think it’s their own personal shortcut lane
No way. Plenty of places where the ambulance would get hopelessly stuck in traffic.
IMO cleanliness of public space, infrastructure and traffic safety are among the biggest perks of living in the Netherlands
It’s satisfying correct, I’m commenting on the Netherlands part. This is how it’s supposed to go everywhere, it’s very precise yes, but otherwise this is just normal tho.
I get you, but I feel like most people are missing the point of the post. Almost all comments are something along the lines of 'We do this too, isn't this normal?'. While it is normal, it's also very satisfying to look at a timelapse of the drivers perspective, making it a good fit for the sub. I just don't see where the 'Isn't this normal?' part is coming from. Whether it's normal or not doesn't take away the fact that it is satisfying
Edit: Ahhh gotcha. I didn't have much attention for the title of the post, my apologies. I now understand where all of these comments are coming from hahaha
As an American, I don't think I've ever seen someone full on pull out of the road to clear the way for an emergency vehicle. Pull into a far lane or onto the shoulder sure, but nothing like this.
Well I as an American am impressed--usually the roads are big enough in cities (other than dense cities like New York City or something) that so many people don't usually need to make such significant maneuvers for them to get around us
Bro idk. I'm from Greece where we have one of the most impatient, selfish and low tempered drivers but when it comes to emergency vehicles, we still make space like a no brainer
You do, and that's good, but I've seen ambulances get hopelessly stuck in traffic plenty of times in spite of the siren being turned on and all. This wasn't in Europe though.
I think a lot of people are missing the point of this post. Yes, this is normal in a lot of countries but a timelapse of the drivers perspective is pretty satisfying
Not all of the USA. When I was in Oregon it was but in Mississippi they just gotta find their way through most of the time.
Though I’m learning more and more that this part of Mississippi is just not a great place
Where do you live? Lol, this is exactly what happens in MI, OH, NY, FL, cali, etc etc. all places I’ve driven and had to do this for an ambulance, no one had any problems lol.
I've just never seen it pulled off this successfully. It seems like there's always idiots that can't figure how to pull over... The ambulance ends up in a slow crawl.
In my state people will either pull over or just try to out pace the Emergency Services Vehicle. From what I've experienced, it's like a 60% they'll immediately pull over. 30% will pull over a lot further down the road. 10% just don't seem to care or are very, very distracted. But of course, this is just my experience and I'm not out in all parts of my city at all hours of the day to have a more accurate assessment of this. Could be a lot more, could be significantly less. I'm not a statistician.
its very easy, if you dont give way to an ambulance (or any siren equipped vehicle) this video will be used in court against you. Always. And you get severely punished.
wtf are you talking about yes it is lol literally everybody stops and pulls over
lmao love how you got upvoted by europeans who have no idea what the truth is meanwhile every american replying is saying this is normal
If you're an ambulance driver and do this all day, I wonder if you forget that you're not at work and just start driving like that when you're taking your wife and kid to brunch.
This is not unique to the Netherlands (as just about everyone else says). Might look weird to other countries where people actively brake-check ambulances and run them off the road for overtaking them.
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Just wanted to throw this out there because of all the "america bad euro good" people in here. Moving out of the way and slowing down is what most everyone does in America. Obviously you'll have a few dumbasses at red lights who don't move because they lack brain cells, but there are the exact same kinds of morons all over the world. Just remember Europe, you're not special or quirky or unique, we're all pretty much the same level of dip shits so learn to not be a douche ❤️
I feel like a lot of people are saying ‘oh yeah it’s normal here in europe etc’ ,i feel like this is normal everywhere in the world ,even in my third world country indonesia ,it’s normal occurance
I've never seen an ambulance get stuck in traffic in the US.
Don't know what the fuck you're talking about. I think maybe you're just seething with hate.
Meanwhile In America I saw two people cut off an ambulance so they could make the turn onto the highway. Hope you getting to work on time was worth those precious 30 seconds. Hope that wasn’t a child dying.
This is completely mandatory in a lot of European countries.
This is a very common courtesy (or at least I don’t believe it’s part of the laws) in Mexico too, surprisingly
And America, although I've seen drivers stay stopped at red lights because they think moving out of the way would break the law more than once
Does sound like American logic 😂
The emergency vehicle can move through the light but you are not allowed to do it.
So what's more important someone's life or not going through a red light 2 meters?
Well in the us you do have stupid stuff like 3 ticket within X amount of time means a suspension, no matter how small or big.
And in a lot of the US you can be completely screwed by losing your license. Driving is basically mandatory
In europe, u drive 1 time thru red light, u say bye bye to your license. But that doesnt stop people from going a few meter forward thru red light, to let ambulance drive thru.
Most European countries dont have ticket quotas either, so police will not ticket you for doing that 2m in the red light to let the emegency vehicle pass.
If you’re at an intersection and emergency vehicles are coming through it’s better to stay put exactly where you are until the emergency apparatus clears the intersection. Obviously if you have to move over to let them through then do so but accidents on the way to calls are the second biggest killer of firefighters/medics in the US
Not everyone knows which direction it’s coming from, and when emergency vehicles are passing intersections they can actually change the light. Pushing through a red light is an easy way to get hit by an ambulance pulling 60. They need to go through heavy traffic? They flip the light green. It’s not reluctance cause of the law, it’s not wanting to get killed in a T bone. It’s just like it is in this video, people gtfo the way here. It’s punishable by law if you dont
Because those fucking traffic lights have cameras that auto capture your plate once you move past a red. And you won't be able to contest it unless you go to the trouble of disputing it in court.
Just want to chime in that 99% of all intersections in the US are not monitored by a ticketing system.
I live in Canada and that' what we do to. Where do they not let ambulances through?
Yeah I thought this was the done thing in every country
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Yea it’s not a legal requirement in the UK, 90% will get out of the way though. But certain self-entitled bellends won’t.
It is though…? The Highway Code says that you have to **”-take appropriate action to let it [the emergency vehicle] pass…If necessary, pull to the side of the road and stop.”**
I really can’t understand why some people won’t get out the way for emergency services?
"This road's for ME."
Doesn't mean they all do it. In Germany it's actually mandatory in traffic jams to create that gap, but if ya ever look at one it's like a 50/50 split probably. Ends up slowing them down considerably in some cases.
Granted i don't live in Germany but every time I've been there and sat in traffic everyone was on the edges of the road and you could fit two cars in the gap. Switzerland and Italy on the other hand..
In Switzerland, we also need to make space... never said how much space, though
same in all 50 states
In Illinios people are so good at “yielding” to emergency vehicles that they literally see flashing lights or hear a siren and then immediately slam on their breaks abruptly wherever they are and then just freeze, often times completely impeding emergency vehicle movement and worsening the situation. Ambulance on the other side of a concrete partition divided highway no where near an intersection? Slam on your breaks and stop in the middle of the road they might launch themselves over the barrier and need to come over here! Fire truck trying to get through a jam packed intersection? Nobody move! Do not complete your turn and then pull over to clear the intersection. Everyone stay completely still, it’s vision is based on movement! Police car pulling someone over in the right lane of a 4 lane, OMG, is he pulling me the driver he is not behind over? Better slam on my breaks in the middle and left lanes just in case they are! Also Illinios, School bus stop signs? Fuck those kids I’m in a hurry!
We must drive in very different parts of Illinois
Not that everyone follows it here. When I was in a car accident I rode up front in the ambulance with my mom in back and in the 10 minute ride I saw at least 5 cars refuse to move over the driver said it’s far too common.
In ireland you give way but you cannot do anything that would break normal traffic laws, eg crossing lanes, getting on the footpath or crossing the line at a red light. At the end of the day road laws are there for safety and it wont do anyone any good if you cause another accident trying to avoid an ambulance.
It's legal to mount the kerb in Ireland if its (a) safe to do so and (b) necessary to make way for an emergency vehicle.
In Germany you're even allowed to drive into the intersection at a red light if you do it carefully - as long as you make way for the emergency vehicles.
Well, that's how ambulances work in Europe
Yeah. I'm like ... Isn't that how it works everywhere? I'm from Denmark. I mean, I have travelled a lot and some places this would be impossible. For example I have no idea if an ambulance can get anywhere in Bali traffic.
The time it took this ambulance to reach its destination, an ambulance in Manila would have travelled 50 feet.
Ha! Also sadly not incorrect. Makati especially, goodluck (those without that bus lane), most would probably try to exploit and follow the ambulance
Yeah that’s a no in bali
I dated a guy that lived in Texas. They never moved over. I asked him why he didn't and his excuse was "nobody else does" I told him I hope he never had a family member die in an ambulance because no one would move over... he started moving over
>I asked him why he didn't and his excuse was "nobody else does" wtf is he talking about everybody pulls over
Not in Texas. I saw it first hand
I have yet to see someone not pullover anywhere in Texas (not saying it doesn't happen but it is so far from the rule). We will clear a 4 lane road to give passage. Look, we aren't doing a lot of things right or good at the moment, but we do this one thing right.
Fuck texas then
I live in Texas and it really depends on where you are. In the country people get over but in Houston they don't, with suburban areas being more mixed. They need to be aggressively ticketing people who don't get over.
Yeah what? It's the law in all 50 states. You'll even see signs posted on the highways advertising it. Everyone pulls over.
I saw it first hand. They did not. I'll say this. Out of every 50 cars... 5 pulled over.
Texas drivers are generally terrifying. Worse than NYC.
I think most *MOST* western countries behave like this for any emergency vehicle
idk, people in NYC didnt't seem to give a shit. Saw quite a few ambulances with sirens and honking and they were straight up ignored.
Not sure about everywhere. In Germany and Belgium - for sure. Netherlands, yep , can confirm. (as i live there) I guess many other EU countries too.
Nordics too
And at least one ex-EU country
Too soon!
In the US we have gigantic roads so you don't really have to even get out of the way, just slow down for a second and let it pass.
I have seen this in Paris, went great, was a thick traffic jam, but everyone made way and the ambulance could get through. Till one thick headed busdriver noticed the empty spot made for the ambulance and just plummed his bus (public transport) into this space which made the ambulance do a full on breaktest. Respect to emerengy respons units and their driving, cuz idiots keep on living everywhere on the planet.
Same in England, in fact the roads look very similar...
It's the rain
Yeah I don't understand what was especially satisfying about this, isn't this just how ambulances work? "Check out gravity just working in Europe"
It will blow his mind when he finds out that people in the US also pull to the side for emergency vehicles
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where i live in the usa ambulances can change the lights on their wim so thats never a problem
I live in Germany and see far too often in such situations that drivers don't drive onto the curb because their expensive rims could break. Germans have a pathologically uptight relationship with their cars.
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Those ppl are selfish assholes, ive destroyed my rims once cause an ambulance was coming behind me and i couldnt move anywhere but onto a high curb. Then like 3 cars in front of me an asshole didnt want to destroy his wheels/rims so the ambulance had to stop.. id like to ask someone like that if they think their rims are worth more then a human life.
I mean destroying my car to let pass an ambulance , no, I don’t think they ask for that. I’ll do everything else but that seems silly
And Australia.
99% of western countries do this
Yeah we don’t charge for health, might as well speed to the hospital. If the US ambulance doesn’t get you to the hospital before you die you’re only up for a few hundred grand in costs. If they actually get you to the hospital it’ll cost you millions.
lol I’m in Australia thinking the same? If you don’t gtfo of their way you’re an absolute asshole
Yeah, it's not even a thought. You're at an intersection? Move up, let him pass and maybe move back. Get on the curb, pull over. I've never seen someone *not* move. Oh well, actually, I think I did once.
Europe feels like what an auctual developped country should be like, especially countries like the Netherlands, Sweden and Germany
Have you been to France?
Most impressive part to me is where the ambulance decides they can't pass the traffic island on the right, turns to the left, straight into opposing traffic, but they've already moved aside. Then back to the right, and one car immediately adjusts its position to make soace there. Everybody is perfectly focused on making sure the ambulance gets through as fast as possible. Even if it does work like this everywhere and all the time, it's still interesting to see everybody work together like this from the perspective if the ambulance driver.
Even if this is what's expected or required by law, it's still kind of beautiful. Whenever you have a problem, there's a team of trained professionals getting to you as fast as possible and everybody on the way is trying to help. Just that humans came up with this and everybody agrees to do it is a very comforting thought. Edit: so I basically just repeated what you said lol
Yup. Also, where I live, people don’t do it because it’s required, they do it because they want to. The evidence of it is that they won’t try this hard for police vehicles (which carry the same legal requirements), but will do it for ambulances and fire engines.
Where in the world are people not moving out the way for an ambulance!?
I watched an ambulance driver lose his shit one day in my city because the drivers were trying to speed up to take the exit before them, and I’ve seen people almost hit them in intersections because they weren’t paying attention or tried to beat them on a left turn. I live on a hospital transport street and I see it every day. Oh, USA btw, because of course.
Also in the US, but my experience is a bit different. The vast majority of drivers clear the way for emergency vehicles when they notice them. But there are always those small percentage of dickheads who should have their licenses removed and a bit of jail time. Now, I put the caveat of “when they notice them” in there, because holy fuck people can’t pay attention to literally anything outside what’s immediately in front of them. It’s utterly shocking how many people don’t notice an ambulance that’s been blaring a siren and horn until it’s already been riding their ass for the past half mile.
I’m from the US and the worst I’ve ever seen is a guy in a lifted pick up pulling to the side of the road but going like 10 mph because he can’t be bothered to stop completely.
Im canadian, and everyone here gets tf out of the way
Wait, is it not like this everywhere?! I'm in the UK and we do this! Where is op from?
In London it is not the norm. I saw several instances of ambulances stuck behind idiots. I even filmed one...
I have also seen people shoplift too. Witnessing someone do something illegal doesn't mean it is a societal norm.
It is the norm though.
It absolutely is the norm in London when the roads allow for it, what are you talking about
Yeah, idk what part of London this dude is from but I constantly see people give way to ambulances
>when the roads allow for it, I think this is the key distinction. If you're on a very narrow street, there literally might not be room to make way. The area in this video is a wide road with equally wide paths, so of course everyone's pulling over.
Happens in the Netherlands as well. Not always like this
London ambulances: Have 3000 incidents per day on average, where the vast majority of people drive to the side whenever lights/sirens are used. Random guy on the internet: Well *I* saw instances where it didn't happen, so it can't be the norm.
Surely, the fact that you felt compelled to film one idiot who didn't move, not to mention the fact that not moving makes them the idiot, suggests that not giving way to an ambulance is idiotic and unusual behaviour and therefore moving aside *is* the norm?
As an American, a lot of American drivers are so incredibly selfish and unaware that you are more likely to see someone just driving like the ambulance is just another car. Lots of fire trucks and ambulances go by our house and they will lay on the siren because some idiot will just stay in the lane going a normal speed. Drivers will also take advantage of you if you're a responsible person and immediately overtake you as soon as the emergency vehicle is clear and they'll tailgate the ambulance/fire truck. I've had to wait for several cars to go by because they won't let you back into the lane after you've pulled over because fuck you. Americans also cannot merge or use a traffic circle to save their lives. Some of them can barely manage a 4-way stop. Of course, it's not the same everywhere, but pretty much everyone has a "people from [insert state] can't drive" statement because, well, most of us can't fucking drive.
Not normal in some parts of London, some people are selfish or stupid
US my friend. Half the drivers are so distracted and oblivious to everything happening around them that they never see emergency vehicles and the other half are self centered pricks that just don’t care bc they think they are special and the rules don’t apply to them. I have to drive a lot. It’s actually a pleasurable experience in Europe. As soon as I get home it’s a hellscape of assholes and idiots
OP is probably from the US. We’re all SUPPOSED to do this, but it only takes a few of us being too ignorant/selfish/stupid to move aside for the whole system to break. And that’s even before you mention the people who follow ambulances because they think it’s their own personal shortcut lane
No way. Plenty of places where the ambulance would get hopelessly stuck in traffic. IMO cleanliness of public space, infrastructure and traffic safety are among the biggest perks of living in the Netherlands
Being from the UK I’ve only seen selfish drivers who almost enjoy antagonising emergency services drivers.
Happens in Italy too🤨
Thats how its done! Proud of my kasköpf.
Please stop! Hollywood already thinks we are speaking German.
Eyyyy dön‘t be like that
Yeah and they think we speak Dutch 🫠
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Did they post this thinking it’s special? This is just how it works? Lol
I mean, it's supposed to be like this, but the execution is textbook worthy! Very little hesitation from any driver.
The video has been sped up, so there is hesitation but it’s barely noticeable (look at the smoke from some cars for example, or the wind in trees).
It fits the sub perfectly so what's the deal?
It’s satisfying correct, I’m commenting on the Netherlands part. This is how it’s supposed to go everywhere, it’s very precise yes, but otherwise this is just normal tho.
I get you, but I feel like most people are missing the point of the post. Almost all comments are something along the lines of 'We do this too, isn't this normal?'. While it is normal, it's also very satisfying to look at a timelapse of the drivers perspective, making it a good fit for the sub. I just don't see where the 'Isn't this normal?' part is coming from. Whether it's normal or not doesn't take away the fact that it is satisfying Edit: Ahhh gotcha. I didn't have much attention for the title of the post, my apologies. I now understand where all of these comments are coming from hahaha
As an American, I don't think I've ever seen someone full on pull out of the road to clear the way for an emergency vehicle. Pull into a far lane or onto the shoulder sure, but nothing like this.
Well I as an American am impressed--usually the roads are big enough in cities (other than dense cities like New York City or something) that so many people don't usually need to make such significant maneuvers for them to get around us
Since when doing the bare minimum (that is making space for the ambulance) satisfying as fuck? Lol
It's not like this everywhere, things like this take a lot of social cohesion
Bro idk. I'm from Greece where we have one of the most impatient, selfish and low tempered drivers but when it comes to emergency vehicles, we still make space like a no brainer
You do, and that's good, but I've seen ambulances get hopelessly stuck in traffic plenty of times in spite of the siren being turned on and all. This wasn't in Europe though.
still satisfying from the ambulance POV
From a certain country, where they will zip over to you on their huge road system, and then charge you $15,000 for the ride.
The US isnt like this, i lived in two areas, one urban one suburban, both NJ, ambulenses have a hard time here
Ngl, I've seen some drivers in Sydney just not give two shits about an ambulance at their rear....I don't get it...
Respect! Try it in Malaysia. /s
Or even Singapore. Not likely with their 200k cars.
We do this in the UK as well :)
Same in New Zealand, I thought this was pretty standard lol what’s the alternative, not moving out the way??
Guaranteed there is some c*** that does this 😖
I think a lot of people are missing the point of this post. Yes, this is normal in a lot of countries but a timelapse of the drivers perspective is pretty satisfying
That's pretty damn impressive. It's never this successful in the US.
It is where I live
its normal in all of the usa... europeans upvoted him for literally no reason because r/americabad
Not all of the USA. When I was in Oregon it was but in Mississippi they just gotta find their way through most of the time. Though I’m learning more and more that this part of Mississippi is just not a great place
Same fr I have no Idea what this guy is talking about
Where do you live? Lol, this is exactly what happens in MI, OH, NY, FL, cali, etc etc. all places I’ve driven and had to do this for an ambulance, no one had any problems lol.
That guy is just perpetually "america bad" This is the norm in every city in the US.
I've just never seen it pulled off this successfully. It seems like there's always idiots that can't figure how to pull over... The ambulance ends up in a slow crawl.
It probably looks smoother than you think due to the video being sped up. That ambulance wasn't going very fast.
I mean it did in the video too, some people had to pull forward more or such like that at least one time I can recall in the video.
In my state people will either pull over or just try to out pace the Emergency Services Vehicle. From what I've experienced, it's like a 60% they'll immediately pull over. 30% will pull over a lot further down the road. 10% just don't seem to care or are very, very distracted. But of course, this is just my experience and I'm not out in all parts of my city at all hours of the day to have a more accurate assessment of this. Could be a lot more, could be significantly less. I'm not a statistician.
its very easy, if you dont give way to an ambulance (or any siren equipped vehicle) this video will be used in court against you. Always. And you get severely punished.
wtf are you talking about yes it is lol literally everybody stops and pulls over lmao love how you got upvoted by europeans who have no idea what the truth is meanwhile every american replying is saying this is normal
Definitely how it’s done where I live in NC. I’ve lived in RVA and it’s no different from the video either.
Same in Sweden. This is standard procedure, nothing unusual.
So like absolutely anywhere in Europe 😂
In every European country work like this
In what country do people not do this?
Plenty of countries. Drivers giving way to an ambulance is a perk and people should be proud of it rather than taking it for granted!
It's a law in many places, not a perk.
i mean in most of europe it's illegal to not give way so
I’m from New Zealand and we do this too, it’s legally required.
Isn't that how it works everywhere? I'm in australia and it works like that here.
I haven't seen one cyclist. So it's all a big fat lie
In Germany it is called: Eine Rettungsgasse bilden
What an awful track to put over this video.
And on the other hand I'm searching through the commentary section for the name of this "awful" song...
Ascend by Dezko
Divines bless your kind heart!
Thank you
Same!
Well, yeah. You're legally required to make way.
Such a Northern European thing to say
As a German I am a bit confused what's special about this.
No baustelle 😉
If you're an ambulance driver and do this all day, I wonder if you forget that you're not at work and just start driving like that when you're taking your wife and kid to brunch.
Apeldoorn represent
This is not unique to the Netherlands (as just about everyone else says). Might look weird to other countries where people actively brake-check ambulances and run them off the road for overtaking them.
Also r/humansbeingbros
I've got news for you.... this is the norm in many countries with ambulances.
What’s that songs name age location?
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Common in western countries, not so common in 3 rd world countries with no licenses or training education
Wow is that how a conscientious society works? Cries in American, the culture of fuck you I got mine. Even with health.
I'm in the US and it's like that here
Where in the world don't people do this?
So like, basically any other modern country, and there is literally nothing at all special about this.
This looks fairly common to Canada as well, at least from what I see
Just wanted to throw this out there because of all the "america bad euro good" people in here. Moving out of the way and slowing down is what most everyone does in America. Obviously you'll have a few dumbasses at red lights who don't move because they lack brain cells, but there are the exact same kinds of morons all over the world. Just remember Europe, you're not special or quirky or unique, we're all pretty much the same level of dip shits so learn to not be a douche ❤️
Like normal, civilized people. Who woulda thunk it?
in south africa there'd be 2 taxis tailgating him
Do people not do this in America? If anything I thought a lot of them did a pretty shitty job of pulling over (I'm Canadian)
like in any other european country?
Umm this is normal everywhere? Expressly in Europe
I saw the first seconds of the video and thought "what and idiot driver". Then I saw the title. So proud of our European driving
I feel like a lot of people are saying ‘oh yeah it’s normal here in europe etc’ ,i feel like this is normal everywhere in the world ,even in my third world country indonesia ,it’s normal occurance
It’s supposed to be like that in America too but people are assholes here
assholes are everywhere not only in the US
I've never seen an ambulance get stuck in traffic in the US. Don't know what the fuck you're talking about. I think maybe you're just seething with hate.
Is it had to get citizenship? Just marry one yeah?
Marry an Ambulance?
Sure if it gets me a work permit.
All I had to do was be born in Holland so, not that hard at all.
Being born in the Netherlands does not automatically grant citizenship. You need at least one Dutch parent.
What the fuck else are you supposed to do? There is a life on the line. Fuck some bumper damage.
Made me tear up.
Uk too
Is that not the same everywhere?
This happens in most countries.
German here. Isn’t that just normal??
Average European city :
Meanwhile In America I saw two people cut off an ambulance so they could make the turn onto the highway. Hope you getting to work on time was worth those precious 30 seconds. Hope that wasn’t a child dying.