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TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

What I find strange in Germany is that there is literally an emergency lane on the right side of the highway but they block it to make a corridor in the center

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Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
That’s the “Standstreifen” and it’s used for towing, parking after an accident or other emergency and as an extra lane during traffic jams and road work. That’s too many use cases to make them also suitable for emergency vehicles.

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- TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Ah ok I didn’t know, where I live you can’t use it for towing or as an extra lane (wpu get fined if you do that)
  
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  - Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Not everyone can use it for towing and it only doubles as an extra lane when the road signs say so but my point is emergency services can’t rely on it being available.
    
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    TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Yeah it’s understandable, here is just the occasional accident or some roadworks but those will be signalised in advance
    
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