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When traffic comes to a standstill, German drivers instantly shift left and right to create a Rettungsgasse, an emergency corridor so ambulances and firefighters can fly through at full speed (cdn.imgchest.com)
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[–] 60 points 5 months ago (5 children)

That’s the plan. In real life, only few ambulances manage “to fly through”, there are always some jerks ignoring this rule.

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  • [–] 31 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Probably still massively speeds up response times though. I imagine it wouldn't be that hard to squeeze 2 cars in that given space allowing the emergency vehicle to get past the person not following the rules.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    Prisoners dilemma always wins.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago
    • Prisoners dilemma doesn't work when people are thinking of tomorrow. Once you take into consideration how your actions affect the decisions other people make in the future, it is always better to cooperate. That's a big assumption from people, but if they don't, they are not acting rationally in their own interest like in the dilemma.
    • I'm pretty sure this comment is not complaining about people driving through the gap, it's about people who are too absent minded to create a gap in the first place. In that case that's not prisoners dilemma at all, they don't get anything from not moving to the side.
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