Reaction To Exciting Norwegian Fire Department Emergency Response
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- Опубликовано: 27 янв 2024
- Reaction To Exciting Norwegian Fire Department Emergency Response
This is my reaction to Exciting Norwegian Fire Department Emergency Response
In this video I react to a fire engine in Norway responding to an emergency situation
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Original Video - • Norwegian fire departm...
I can understand you were a little confused at the end. The tunnel have cameras and the camera operator alerted emergency services when a car hit the wall. Fortunately there was not much damage and the car could drive out under its own power escorted by the police vehicles.
This is in Oslo and the big highway they get on is one of the main roads through Oslo, the E6. They drive through the Helsfyr area, get on E6 southbound and end up in Vålerengtunnellen. It's a very congested area during rush hour and it's generally a busy highway, so a stranded vehicle can easily cause quite a traffic jam.
In Norway, we do have a law that we have to give way to emergency vehicles using their lights or sirens. Unlike in the UK, where you can easily get a fine for driving onto a bike lane or into the bus lane when you're giving way to an emergency vehicle, in Norway you are definitely expected to do so - you can even drive on a red light if you have to, to help the emergency services. As you can see, there's a red X over the left lane when they go into the tunnel. This is done as soon as it's noticed that there's a stranded car in the tunnel, to help emergency services go into the tunnel.
You can also call ahead to the police in your area that you have to go over the speed limit to get to a hospital, if it's a true emergency and the ambulance won't have time to get to you. My grandfather and parents did that once when I was a baby and had a fever of 41°C.
It is law in Norway to make way for emergency response units. People in the south east of Norway are generally worse at moving to the side.
I work for a Norwegian municipality (kommune), as an administrator for the car fleet. We're strict on people following this rule when driving a municipal car, which people often do for work purposes. We want to make a good impression, and set an example as well.
In the tunnel at the end, you can see the signal on the ceiling. They closed the left lane for the firetruck.
most norwegian drivers get the fook out of the way if blue lights are flashing. and its a law aswell. sort of. as soon as its safe type deal...
I actually failed my first driving test because I didn't drive far enough to the side. I was obviously disappointed at failing the test, but at least I learned to respond properly to emergency vehicles😅
Going by the early letters on licence plates (saw at least A and D as first letters on the licence plates, E as well but that is nation wide for electric cars), and the size of the railyard at the end, I'd say this is somewhere near (east of?) Oslo, but not quite down towards the city itself.
Yes, traffic is supposed to yield to emergency vehicles by law here. If they see no other option, they will absolutely bump into your car to get past.
When I was in the military (medevac driver), we got called out to help evacuate Lillestrøm (small city near Oslo) after a freight train carrying natural gas had some breaking malfuntion, and derailed and caught fire when approaching the railway station. This was in the early morning, and rush hour (+ people evacuating on their own) had started when we got out there. We hugged the central line of the roads most of that day, drove against traffic in roundabouts, etc, and everyone were quite helpful in letting us through :)
Yes, it is required by law to give way to any vehicle with blue lights in Norway. But also anyone driving a vehicle with blue lights has to go through a two week training wit a driver test at the end to be allowed to use lights and siren.
It is a law who says that everyone has to give way to emergency vehicles when they have the siren on, because then they are on their way to a emergency and every second counts.
To move for emergency vehicles is a law in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark..and most people follow it!
There is a law that says we need to move out of the way for emergency vehicles
This one where I (even though I hate to) have to say the Swedes are better than us :-/ Get better people, we can't let the Swedes be better than us!
That's true!! :)
Swedish roads in general are wider and more straight - this so if necessary fighter jets could land on them - and therefore both getting out of the way and spotting which direction an emergency vehicle comes is easier in Sweden. The crowded roads and highways around Stockholm is an absolute nightmare for emergency vehicles on call out.
As far as I know, it’s a law in most US STATES to move and give way to all types of emergency vehicles
A lot of the roads around Oslo are pretty narrow, and there isn't enough space to make them wider. That means that the drivers have to compensate by being better at getting out of the way, and making space. The black bus early in the clip was a good example of someone who was able to read the traffic, and make a lot of room by blocking all the traffic in their lane. I drive on this road almost daily, and people are usually pretty good at making space for emergency vehicles, but this clip was not very impressive. That said I know first hand how congested this road gets during rush hours, and you only need a few people making bad decisions, to make it impossible to pass.
We can all make poor decisions in situations like this, but I do wish that we as drivers (present company included) could be a bit more humble, and remember that certain things are more important than us getting home in time for dinner. It's not only about getting out of the way yourself, but making space so that other people can get out of the way by moving into your lane. In short; every situation is unique, so we all need to work together to get the best result every time.
yes its a law, but everyone pretty much are very good at moving out of the way.
I live in Sweden and this is how it works here as well. Not sure how it works in other countries but when someone's life is in danger you must be really ignorant to stand in the way for the Fire response or ambulances.
Same rule in all Scandinavia ..to move out of the way.