This is a very NYC phenomenon, everywhere else I’ve ever been and lived in the US moves out of the way for emergency vehicles with their lights and sirens on, I’ve seen both issues where there is nowhere to go and times where people just don’t care, every time I’m in NYC I hope to not need medical attention
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Canonical_Warlock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 days agoThat’s how it’s supposed to work in the US too. Maybe it depends on the state but in MN at least it’s illegal to fail to pull over for emergency vehicles. If you see any emergency vehicle on the road running with lights on then you are supposed to stop and pull off to the side so that they can have the whole road.
The video in the OP looks nuts to me too. I’ve never seen people fail to pull over for an emergency vehicle in my area.
Hi_May@lemmy.world 5 days ago
gt5@lemm.ee 5 days ago
This is how it is in Manhattan when it’s busy. It’s not so much failing to pull over so much as there is nowhere to go.