Re:The Zipper Rule on German Roads
by shambolicfroli on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @12:05PM
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Basically, "lane splitting" for emergency vehicles. This is smart, we don't have it in the U.S.
For more info: https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rettungsgasse
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Re:The Zipper Rule on German Roads
by tomatocracy on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @12:54PM
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Interesting. In the UK we have (or had) a 'hard shoulder' (extra lane unoccupied at all times) on our motorways and some trunk roads for this purpose. The government have decided to get rid of this by moving to what they call 'smart motorways' (repurposing that to a new lane) but without really properly implementing a similar rule change.