Yep otherwise only people who drive like crazy fast and aggressive honk that fast. A dude was honking me on a right turn signal it was maybe 1 second green.
Most americans don't understand the concept of a friendly honk to say "thanks" or to warn about something , or when you turn on the hazard lights just for two flashes just to say "thank you" to another driver.
7:34 in germany the "right of way" rules are: 1. police instructions 2. traffic lights 3. traffic signs 4. right before left (this list is a like a hierarchy) example: if there are working traffic lights AND traffic signs (right of way) u have to priorise the lights and ignore the signs. if the lights are off, you have to priorise the traffic signs. and if the traffic police is present, you have to ignore ALL other signs/lights and follow the order of police! when you see no traffic lights (or not working)/no signs/no police, u have to use the "right before left" rule
I think this is similar in the U.S., with a 4-way-stop instead of the right-before-left default rule. What is missing the street signs level, not least since the U.S. does not have the concept of priority roads or rather it does not have any signs indicating them. They might implement the concept of priority roads by having yield or stop signs at streets crossing the priority road. But if traffic lights are off, you wouldn’t be able to know whether you are on a “priority road” or not. It’s harder to see the signs facing the traffic on the street crossing your path (even if the shape of the yield and stop signs allow them to be identified from their back), in particular if you don’t notice them, it’s hard to be sure whether there are no signs or you just didn’t notice them. Thus the ‘traffic signs level’ would be hard to implement unless you could be sure that all intersections either have yield or stop signs and thus no signs meant ‘priority road’.
8:09-> the lonely policeman at the big intersection: at intersections like this I have always seen more than one policeman directing traffic. At a very large intersection (Autobahn feeder road; 3 lanes each heading out of and into the city; + 2 turning lanes each) I once even saw 6 policemen directing traffic. That made for an interesting and well thought-out choreography. ;)
that's true. In most cases the police just shows up to make sure everything is fine, and then they just leave it to the traffic. They will show up later again, to make sure it stays that way.
@@Stevil86 No daydreaming involved. They had already passed the line when they were stopped by the sirens. From their position the traffic lights can not be seen. (It's not like in America, where traffic lights are positioned on the other side of the crossing.)
The car tailgating the police at 5:00 might have been an unmarked police car - there's no way they'd let that kind of tailgating slide. Because German officers are almost always patroling with 2 people per car, the passenger officer would write the plate down and send some serious letters😁
Most likely yes. Another case that comes to mind is if they are escorting someone in an emergency but I am not sure if they are allowed to do that in Germany. I am from Bulgaria and some years ago my Mom was having an emergency and was losing consciousness. She was already in my car, so I tried to drive her to the hospital myself. The traffic was really bad (rush hour), so I stopped next to a patrol car and asked for help. They told me to drive right behind them, turned on their sirens and escorted us to the hospital. They even helped me to bring her in. Might even have saved her life that day... Something similar happened to a friend when his wife got into labour.
I would even be very sure of that. This long antenna on the BMW 3 Series is not original. You can actually recognize them quite well by this, even if there are already much smaller antennas for Tetrafunk today.
@@almitov good thinking! This is absolutely possible, those civilian emergency escorts sometimes even make it into headlines of local newspapers😁 thanks for sharing!
He was honking at the dude, because by evading the street to make room for the ambulance, he stopped behind the traffic light and couldn‘t see whether is was red or green. The honking was merely to tell him he can go now…
@@feieralarm war auch nicht als Kritik, sondern nur für unsere nicht deutsch sprechenden mitleser gedacht, das sie es sich nicht falsch merken 🙂 Dachte mir schon das es autokorrektur oder sowas war. 😉
@@normaknorr1614 1. Es war... Subject fehlt. 2. Mitleser wird groß geschrieben. 3. "dass" sollte es hier sein, nicht das (nicht relativ). 4. Auch im letzten Satz, wo 5. zusätzlich das Komma fehlt und 6. Autokorrektur groß geschrieben wird.
Thanks for the video! Been watching your stuff for quite some time 😁 At 10:19 you are legally obliged to keep at least 1,50m distance when passing a cyclist. If this is not possible due to the road, parked cars etc, you have to stay behind until an opportunity to safely overtake approaches. Almost nobody gives a damn about it and it's a meme here, though there are actually quite a few accidents happening because of it. 13:55 it's etiquette in Germany to let people know the light is green when they can't see it like here :D you'd just slightly push your horn, making a cute little "boop" for them to know the light is green. Remember, we got this wonderful neck-breaking traffic light positioning at the stop line... the cam car honking wasn't mad, they wanted to let 'em know it's green! Greetings from Nuremberg
Not only do policemen in Germany break the legal rules of minimum distance to driving bikes, they even often park on bike routes. So they are encouraging others to do the same. I made a lot of pics in Wuppertal, but then was too afraid to go to the press, because I was afraid of police in general making my life worse. Policemen here are not superheros, just normal men (mostly) who make mistakes like normal and are selfish sometimes breaking the rules themselves. And I think compared to other European policemen they might be a little nicer, but the big difference is EU vs. US police. Here they are sometimes teachers in your country sometimes soldiers. That makes the difference in everyday feeling about cops.
Thanks alot for visiting my channel, greetings from germany. By the way, as you were wondering: when a traffic light is turned off/not working the road signs being attached to the same pole rules traffic. If there are no such signs, we call it "Rechts vor Links", so right side prior to the left side, cars coming from the left will have to let you go first, and so you have to regarding cars from the right. Only exception: police ruling the traffic. In this case all signs or even activated traffic lights would mean nothing, only the officer's signs do. Have a great week!
Yes, even in Germany there is a so-called "Jedermannsrecht", roughly translated: “Everyman's Right”, that gives you the right to detain someone until the police arrive under certain circumstances.
UNLIKE the USA ... we also have the reverse: the DUTY to help people in need ... like someone who just fell from a ladder / an accident on the road. [Recently I helped an old DRUNK guy who had stumbled over one of the two dog leashes he had (big dogs) and it seemed likely that his hip was broken. Lighting a fire in arms length to him would have been dangerous, but hey ... I dont mind.]
Usually, there are also additional traffic signs on traffic lights which become effective if the traffic light doesn't work or after it gets turned off for the night
And I think the cop pulled over to free up some space because many people don’t know they are allowed to carefully drive through a red light for an ambulance. He did that immediately to warn the traffic from both sides and to create some more space
In Germany, you can also arrest others as a civilian. If you catch someone committing a crime. This is regulated in the Code of Criminal Procedure (§ 127 StPO).
In practice, it is the same in Germany as in the USA, but it is not actually an arrest, but rather a detention until the police arrive, and any person can do this to another person if he is able to make a substantiated criminal accusation and you will have to justify why the detention was necessary at the current time (e.g. to establish the identity of a shoplifter)
That rule has been introduced a few years ago. Sadly it's getting exploited by some aggressive cyclists who think they should rule the streets. As a result even public transportation is forced to creep at slower speed than would be allowed. And it gets even more annoying when you see the same cyclist endangering pedestrians by the way they dash through the town. BTW, I like going by bicycle. But I prefer taking care of others and paying attention to other participants in traffic.
@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl A rule is a rule. If there's no bike lane and they are using the street in a way that you can't pass (or public transport,) this is not the cyclists' fault. They are right to do so.
@@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl Well, it makes the road safer for cyclists. I still don't really get were the words "aggressive" or "rule the streets" come into play, though, if they are only following StVO.
@@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl I don't really think the laws by itself are the issue. There is just mostly inadequate bicicle infrastructure which is an impossible thing to fix just with a few white lines and some added clause in the StVO Specifically the 'dashing through town'. In the netherlands they don't just dash through towns, they run you over if they have to. But since there are seperate proper networks for car, bike and pedestrian this only happens when a pedestrian is stupid (tourists).
I think here in Europe when the traffic lights are out, you have to treat it as a normal intersection where cars from the right have the right of way, unless indicated otherwise by signs or markings on the road. So not really a stop sign.
Legal basis: StPO § 127 Abs 1 Satz 1: Wird jemand auf frischer Tat betroffen oder verfolgt, so ist, wenn er der Flucht verdächtig ist oder seine Identität nicht sofort festgestellt werden kann, jedermann befugt, ihn auch ohne richterliche Anordnung vorläufig festzunehmen. I think it is not necessary or unreasonable that a minor can carry it out under certain circumstances. A 16-year-old male cashier has a decent chance of apprehending a 60-year-old Karen who mostly screeches. He most likely doesn't want to put in the effort, but he certainly would be able to.
To my knowledge, if german cops hit your car they must call for another police unit to come to location and assess the situation. Of course, even police drivers make mistakes. I remember a report in a newspapers. It said that the department of finance had reprimanded the police in on of the german states for their many road accidents. It wasn't about destroying police cars in pusuits - it was about causing accidents while reversing or turning, or stopping, opening the doors without looking and causing dooring accidents with cyclists. Long ago, the police in Berlin got 40 new BMW cruisers. It didn't take long for 20 of them to be damaged in accidents. No one had thought about police officers being quite normal drivers themselves, owning completely normal cars privately and having little experience driving fast. Nowadays they get special training, even in simulators.
It is good they got special driving lessons. And it is about psychological training they dot be Ave like soldiers in US. But I wished they would also be educated to be less s3xistic, political less on the right wing and hating bikers less.
@@MiaMerkur I know the movie by heart since it was new. In English and also in German. But and was my friend Jake who owned the Bluesmobil, and it was a red Toyota, not a black and white Dodge :) He finally crashed the car on our disaster trip to Sweden, in the "year of disasters" 1986.
5:22 that is indeed a thing that exists in Germany, but under several restrictions. It's called preliminary arrest. The person to be arrested must be in the process of committing a crime and either a) be about to flee or b) their identity can't be determined immediately.
4:57 another possibility is, that there was a medical emergency ... sometimes you can read in the papers that the police escorts somebody to the hospital, most likely when the pregnant wife is giving birth ... especially on the countryside, you dont want to call the ambulance for everything.
We have citizens arrest also. Its called Jedermannsrecht (everybodys right). You can stop and hinder s.o. to leave but you may not harm this person (despite selfdefence of course).
9:33 you're right, it doesn't work that way here. If the lights work, go with the lights. If the lights don't work, go with the signs posted for the intersection. If you look above the pole of the traffic light, there's the white-yellow diamond sign telling you that this street has the right of way. If there's a police officer directing the traffic, disregard both lights and signs and go with the officer's directions. I guess the people don't see that there's a policeman in the intersection and just go after the signs.
Yup, and the van stopped one the left-most (left turning) lane was probably blocking the police officer directing traffic, despite the elevated position. On these multi-lane roads, one police officer might not be sufficient to direct traffic securely.
@@aphextwin5712 Yea, often on those crossings there are four officers directing traffic, but if a signal stops working maybe other officers are still arriving. But the important thing is, officers directing traffic is so rare in Germany (Europe) that people don't know how to react, don't even expect it.
... and probably nobody has ever seen a policemen on a pedestal. I'm almost 60 and the last time I saw one live I was maybe 6 years old! Before anybody realised what he saw there he is way past the intersection.
@@65Tedybear Also with the "new" black uniforms they dont even stick out like with the old uniforms, if you dont active look out for them its easy to miss them.
13:55 he is honking, because the van can not the the traffic lights. 16:00 if signals are out in Germany, the sign on top of the signals show who is allowed to drive.
5:30 germany has citizens arrest too and it is being used, its allowed to arrest someone if they can be deemed dangerous, so if they are overly agressive or have a weapon and so on, you can arrest them for your and others safety or to stop them from fleeing before the police comes. Additionally to that people like store clerks are allowed to keep shoplifters from fleeing until the police arrives and so on.
Correction: It is §127 StPO (StrafProzessOrdnung) and it only applies if someone is *caught in the act* to ascertain the identity and if you can't ascertain/verify the identity until the police or general attorney takes control. It has *nothing* to do if/how dangerous or aggressive a person is. Of course the violence itself could be a criminal act on which one could invoke §127 to ascertain the persons identity - unless of course that violence was just self-defense against illegal deprivation of liberty ;)
@@TheMoikeroYeah you can do some pretty serious stuff without getting arrested… because why would they, they’ll just get your contact data at the scene and that’s it. Punishing people is the justice system’s task
@@klarasee806I never knew that they were used in an ironic way in the 60s. I thought they just liked them and then they survived in granddad- cars. Next to the toilet paper roll under a croched hat made by Granny. 😊
@@winterlinde5395 Modern cars do not have the space behind the rear seats though ... which means both traditions will be lost due to the loss of their habitat.
Citizens arrest in Germany: might be somewhat comparable to § 127 I StPO, a law which states that “everyone” incl. citizens can “provisionally arrest” someone if caught in the act
9:34 There is a sign mounted above the traffic lights, that comes into play when the lights are out. This one gives you the right of way. So the people would be doing everything right if it wasn't for the policeman on his striped thingy. Police orders always rank higher than the signage. The problem is a s you also saw, that he is partly hidden behind that van, and (most) people just don't see him. It's very rare that cops have to direct traffic because of a defective traffic lights, but everytime I had an encounter like that sevaral cops were running around on the crossing in high vis jackets coordinating traffic together...
@4:40 you're not supposed to pull over in that situation. Actually the driver here is doing the right thing: sticking to the right side and just keep going. IF police meant you to stop they'd overtake and light a sign that says "follow"; otherwise the horn/lights are just to let you know they're there.
8:22 The drivers passing straight without braking is related due to the above of the traffic light mounted give way sign, which is ruling the traffic here when there is a disabled traffic light, which would be the right case when no police officer(s) would guide the traffic, but in this case he is poorly visible, so the right thing to do would be to approach slowly and follow the instructions of the police officer. Free hint: the police is even ranked higher than a fully working traffic light or a traffic sign in the hierarchy for regulating traffic. Police > traffic light > stop/give way sign > right before left.
5:28 ... We have that too. It's called "arrest of everyone" here. 7:18 ... The problem is that the siren is difficult to locate. You heard it in the previous clip when she asked "is it behind us?" In the city, the bright sound is reflected off every house wall. This means that you only locate it very late. That's why there are these "super specialists" who stop first and look for the emergency vehicle. 11:50 ... This is a so-called wobbly dachshund. (Wackeldackel) In the '70s, it was in many cars.
As others have said, the short honk is a good thing here in germany. It is so common, even the police has us using it. I was at a not working traffic light once, where police was directing traffic, because the street intersects with rails. I got there very close to the lights getting fixed so they had everyone stop. Since I was the first on my side, they told me to honk, when the lights are back on and it shows green for me. Was allowed to drive once it turned green. Important note: even when a traffic light is working, police directions always take priority! If it's green and they tell you to stop, driving past them is as if you were driving over a red light.
Tailgating the police ... we had a laugh here in Germany long ago: a police car speeds down the autobahn with siren and party lights on - they were out to stop a wrong-way driver (we call them for "Geisterfahrer" - "ghost drivers"). A BMW driver was behind the police car which was doing about 200 km/h (125mph), but was at full speed. The BMW driver tailgated the police and flashed his headlights as he wanted to overtake .... A ghost driver is driving on the wrong side of the autobahn 7. He hears a message on the radio: "drivers on autobahn 7, be aware of a ghost driver between Hannover-Nord and Großwürgbudel (pun intended)". The ghost driver, hearing that, thinks "One ghost driver? Hundreds of them!"
12:54 You see traffic lights here. That's why it's a normal country road and the maximum speed limit is 70 km/h / 45mph or lesser. So it is not a highway. Because of the conspicuous driving style, the driver's fitness to drive was probably checked.
11:50 The wobbly dachshund (Wackel- Dackel) is a classic German decoration for the rear of a car. If it also had a crocheted toilet roll, it would be the perfect retirement car.
14:00 The honking was a friendly signal that the traffic light turned green. The van-driver can't see the lights. In Germany, the indicator right left right means "thank you".
10:28: We had a traffic rule in Hungary to have at least 1.5m (~5 feet) distance from the overtaken cyclist, but it was changed recently to make even bigger clearance. Now half of your car has to be in the left lane.
in the first clip you can see that the traffic light is RED - everybody was waiting except these two people on their bikes and they are passing even next to the police van - that's why the police chases them at all. the chase afterwards was a little bit weird because they don't know which cyclist to stop or both of them.
You really should look into what we germans call "Rettungsgasse(rescue lane)" It amazes me every time how good this works most of the time. There are set rules what you need to do an you don't need the police or anything to tell the people what to do in such a situation. Thats one of the reasons we got a low death rate on our Streets and the Autobahn.
We have normal road signs next to the traffic lights, in case the lights break. Then mostly the yellow light flashes - or its completly dead like in the video. Then the signs take over, like priority road, yield or whatever. That a actual cop is directing the traffic is very rare. I have seen that perhaps 3x in my life. And they even build him a pedestal. Not that it worked very well, though...
5:30 There is something like citizen's arrest in Germany, but it is restricted to very specific situations (person is caught in the act of committing a crime _and_ is trying to flee _and_ is refusing to give their id; also it is in general not allowed to hurt the person during arresting).
Citizen Arrest is "Jedermannsrecht" in German (§127 StPO). It's basically detaining until the cops are there. Security guard job is based on it for example.
14:10 he cant see the light from that position. that honk was mainly to let him know. he could assume by the bycicle and pedestrian light, but they usually give green a little bit earlier.
8:20 Those little red-white striped towers are used whenever a traffic light in a major crossing is malfunctioning ... and we learn to read the hand signs they make when getting our driver's license.
At 14:00 he didn't honk at the guy in front of him because he was annoyed that he didn't go immediately when the light turned green, but because he knew the guy had to go too far onto the intersection (in order to make space for the ambulance) and therefore was not able to see when the light turns green. The super short honk is always just to let you know that something is going on, never because they're angry. Angry honks are looong! 😂
In former times police ruling the traffic had white jacket, white hat and white gloves. I think the gloves still are a point for better visibility. I learned in driving lesson "Hand+Rücken, Bremse drücken, Seite sehen, dass heisst fahren" (not sure about second part)
9:32 yes it works a bit different over here. You have a ranking order in which you have to follow traffic signs 1 will be the highest priority and 3 is the lowest. 1. (Hand) signs by the Police. 2. Traffic lights 3. Street signs (prio. lane and give way) So if there is a police officer you dont care about the other options even when the traffic lights are on. If there is no police you obey to the light signals and if they are off you obey the signs (most of the time above the traffic lights, you can even see them in the clip. They had the priority lane sign on their light and if they didn't see the officer ofc they obey to that and just drive. However traffic lights can be put on yield. Then they are not off but they are flash only the yellow light. That means you always have to give way to all other road users.
Dear Ryan, how about this one: "extra 3 - Sparen auf der Autobahn" ("saving on the autobahn") about saving time and money by picking the cheapest offence to get around slow drivers and congestions :D
Hey Im really enjoying your reactions, you should react to WW2 "Blindgänger" (bombs that didn't go off), being found quite often here because of construction etc. Would be facinating to see your reaction to that. There is a lot of great documentaries but sadly only really in german and since RUclips removed community subtitles, a lot of englisch ones that got submitted by fellow viewers sadly got removed, though i did find one video about it called "[Bombenentschärfung am 01.12.21 in Braunschweig!] Amerikanische 250kg-Bombe sorgt für Großeinsatz!" from the channel "Blaulicht SZ", they are auto generated but seems good enough to understand whats going on
i came to the comment section to explain the honking at the green light. though it seems like a lot of people had the same idea XD i guess one time wasn't enough. So just in case you didn't read the 100.. explanations before me: the honking was a friendly "hey, it's green. you may drive" haha
14:08 The van driver is over the traffic lights. He can't see what aspect they show. That's why the driver behind drew his attention to the movement of the other cars which should have been a hint to get moving.
We have Citizens Arrest in the UK. And yeah, you better be correct if you have to use force, or you will end up arrested....One love from Scotland. 💙🦁😬
First clip, cyclist started driving slightly before the light turned yellow, but in cities there are usually smaller trafic lights only for cyclist, which turn yellow/green before those for cars. Police was probably confused/argued between each other, if there is a reason to stop them.
5:25 We have that in Germany as well (§127 StPO). If you catch someone red-handed, you don't know the identity of that person and there is a risk that the red-handed person is about to flee, you are allowed to arrest that person until the police arrives.
the car tailgating the police was most likely a covert police car they have normaly a tiny siren and a light attached, those called "zivi's" wich means police officers in civil clothing sometimes its "Kriminalpolizei" short "kripo" a specialized unit for capital delicts, homicide ,etc. . Those are usually dressed in civil clothing too . to defent the honker, the light turned green and honkin is just a acustic friendly reminder for the van that the traffic light wich he couldnt see anymore turned from red. if he honks ininterupted or a more then once its more offensive but this was just a friendly one.
On the two lane street, as long there is no oncoming traffic you slow down and stay as far to the right as possible. no need to completely pull over. Depending on traffic you may want to stop. There is something like a citizens arrest here in Germany as well. If you see someone commiting a crime, you are allowed to detain someone until the police arrives. The police just does not advertise this, as first rule they recommend to obey, do not endanger yourself in case the person you try to detain reacts violently. The intersection where the signal was out was a bit weird, usually you will find most traffic lights here accompanied by traffic signs, like yiueld or right of way signs that are only valid if the traffic lights are out. If there are no signs, as usual on intersections in Germany, the rule is right before left. But I also have not seen police use this tower for a long time. Depending on the size of the intersection you more likely see one, most times two or more police officers directly in the intersection (if need be one for each side) controlling the traffic. On the cyclist, the rule in Germany is, if you pass a cyclist, you should do so at a distance of at least 1.5 meters, about 5 foot. Many do not obey this rule and the penalty for that was increased just this year. The thing is, in a verry narrow street this is next to impossible, in this case there was some room to the left, but they would not have had the right distance to pass anyways. So the right thing according to the rules would be to stick behind the ciclist, you can imagine how well that works and how many vehicles subsequently try to pass you in a dangerouse way. This is also weirdly only valid for cyclists going your direction. The only thing remarkable about the police car in the roundabout was the car waiting in the roundabout for them to pass, as usually the way roundabouts are setup here, vehicles entering the roundabout have to yield for vehicles in the roundabout. So likely the police was not chasing the other car, looking at the size of the road, that car at this point just had nowhere to go so the police could pass. In this situation you stay as far to the right of the line as possible to indicate you are willing to let them pass and just go on to get out off the way as soon as possible, without speeding.
9:31 The priority on German roads is (almost) always unambiguously. 1. Police orders, police managing the traffic and/or junction 2. Traffic lights, when no police at scene 3. Traffic signs, every traffic light has also traffic signs, in case 2. does not work 4. Right-before-Left, when no signs are regulating the junction (5. use your goddamn common sense, maturity and communication abilities gifted by birth, be an adult, act like an adult)
Hi, Ryan! Strictly speaking, in Germany we can also arrest someone if it is justified. If not, then “I have no idea.” At least that's what I once read many years ago...
If the traffic light is out. You have to watch the signs (something 80% of german drivers don't manage to do). If there's a policeman, his orders are to be followed above all. I've never seen one in such a weird stool. Usually they're just standing in the middle of the crossing.
We do learn what those manual signs mean in driving school, but you will see it so so so so so damn rare in the real world, most people will probably have forgotten by the first time they see a signaling officer. Also, I think the van isn't parked there, it stopped because that's the instruction. Also a lot of times (if you aren't doing really stupid and dangerous shit) the cops will just give you a verbal warning (sometimes just from car to car like at 13:15)
You are so funny. 😂 It’s very entertaining to see your reactions to traffic in Germany. How about doing the same in other European countries where the drivers are less respectful of the driving rules/laws. 😂
AT 4:45 this happens to my self tow Times, i was a firefighter and when on duty you are allowt to speed, go over Redlights an such (in your privat car) and when the police stops you because speeding There will help you...
At 9:50 the police car is going the wrong way as the turn marks on the road show. But they do it with lights on and (probably) for a reason, so it's OK.
In Germany, we have something similar to the 'right to arrest' called the 'Jedermannsrecht,' which translates to 'everyone's right.' It allows any person, not just police officers, to detain someone under certain circumstances, especially if they catch someone in the act of committing a crime. This applies mostly to serious offenses. The person making the arrest must hand the suspect over to the police as soon as possible. However, this right comes with strict rules and limits; it's not as commonly exercised as it might be in the U.S., and it’s mainly meant for situations where immediate police intervention isn’t possible.
If you want to create a stereotype german car interior you need a Wackel-Dackel (head-shaking weener-dog) und a crochet toilet paper cover on the rear parcel shelf (?). 😄
You could also force somebody to stay until the police arrive so we somewhat have citizens arrest. It's a bit complicated though and I don't know the specifics
Citizen Arrest is also a thing here in germany. For example if you've been caught stealing, people are allowed to stop you from fleeing, like grabing you for example. But beating one up wouldn't count to that.
@14:00: He was honking because the guy in front of him couldn't see the traffic light anymore. It was a friendly honk to signalize green lights. ^^
Yep otherwise only people who drive like crazy fast and aggressive honk that fast. A dude was honking me on a right turn signal it was maybe 1 second green.
I bet ryan didn't catch that because the US has traffic lights on the other end of intersections
The driver of the van even thanks the honker by briefly flashing his hazard lights.
Actually really cool thing@@jimmyincredible3141
Most americans don't understand the concept of a friendly honk to say "thanks" or to warn about something , or when you turn on the hazard lights just for two flashes just to say "thank you" to another driver.
14:00 He can't see the traffic light anymore. You honk to tell him it's green
^this
and its even regarded as being "friendly/helpful' when its done in germany
Beat me to it :o).
It was definitely the German friendly honking :D
friendly & helpful on the road is probably rare in Murica ;P
7:34
in germany the "right of way" rules are:
1. police instructions
2. traffic lights
3. traffic signs
4. right before left
(this list is a like a hierarchy)
example:
if there are working traffic lights AND traffic signs (right of way)
u have to priorise the lights and ignore the signs.
if the lights are off, you have to priorise the traffic signs.
and if the traffic police is present, you have to ignore ALL other signs/lights and follow the order of police!
when you see no traffic lights (or not working)/no signs/no police, u have to use the "right before left" rule
Good rules in the US it would be like who ever gets there first does what he wants .
Lol, lol !
I think this is similar in the U.S., with a 4-way-stop instead of the right-before-left default rule. What is missing the street signs level, not least since the U.S. does not have the concept of priority roads or rather it does not have any signs indicating them. They might implement the concept of priority roads by having yield or stop signs at streets crossing the priority road.
But if traffic lights are off, you wouldn’t be able to know whether you are on a “priority road” or not. It’s harder to see the signs facing the traffic on the street crossing your path (even if the shape of the yield and stop signs allow them to be identified from their back), in particular if you don’t notice them, it’s hard to be sure whether there are no signs or you just didn’t notice them.
Thus the ‘traffic signs level’ would be hard to implement unless you could be sure that all intersections either have yield or stop signs and thus no signs meant ‘priority road’.
8:09-> the lonely policeman at the big intersection:
at intersections like this I have always seen more than one policeman directing traffic.
At a very large intersection (Autobahn feeder road; 3 lanes each heading out of and into the city; + 2 turning lanes each) I once even saw 6 policemen directing traffic. That made for an interesting and well thought-out choreography. ;)
that's true. In most cases the police just shows up to make sure everything is fine, and then they just leave it to the traffic. They will show up later again, to make sure it stays that way.
I think honking makes sense because they don't know what color the traffic light is.
Daydreaming i think, what i saw in reallife here
@@Stevil86 No daydreaming involved. They had already passed the line when they were stopped by the sirens. From their position the traffic lights can not be seen. (It's not like in America, where traffic lights are positioned on the other side of the crossing.)
@@qazatqazahYeah, I think the difference in traffic light position was the reason Ryan didn’t think of that reason.
Yes, he could not see the lights, so the car behind did a „polite“ honk (just a short press that won’t even get that loud) to help him.
One short honk is polite. A impatient honk are several slighty longer honks, and a angry honk is a one or more really long honks.
The car tailgating the police at 5:00 might have been an unmarked police car - there's no way they'd let that kind of tailgating slide. Because German officers are almost always patroling with 2 people per car, the passenger officer would write the plate down and send some serious letters😁
Most likely yes.
Another case that comes to mind is if they are escorting someone in an emergency but I am not sure if they are allowed to do that in Germany. I am from Bulgaria and some years ago my Mom was having an emergency and was losing consciousness. She was already in my car, so I tried to drive her to the hospital myself. The traffic was really bad (rush hour), so I stopped next to a patrol car and asked for help. They told me to drive right behind them, turned on their sirens and escorted us to the hospital. They even helped me to bring her in. Might even have saved her life that day... Something similar happened to a friend when his wife got into labour.
I would even be very sure of that.
This long antenna on the BMW 3 Series is not original. You can actually recognize them quite well by this, even if there are already much smaller antennas for Tetrafunk today.
@@almitov good thinking! This is absolutely possible, those civilian emergency escorts sometimes even make it into headlines of local newspapers😁 thanks for sharing!
@@zurnotaucharzt9446 great observation! 😁
saw your comment to late, I completely agree - probably Kriminalpolizei (detective squad)
He was honking at the dude, because by evading the street to make room for the ambulance, he stopped behind the traffic light and couldn‘t see whether is was red or green. The honking was merely to tell him he can go now…
The driver of the van even thanks the honker by briefly flashing his hazard lights.
The dog is called "Wackeldackel" (wiggle dachshund) and it's basically the German equivalent to the dashboard hula girl.
WacKeldackel not WacHeldackel 😉 wachel is not a word in german 🖖
@@normaknorr1614 Man kann sich ja auch mal verschreiben.
@@feieralarm war auch nicht als Kritik, sondern nur für unsere nicht deutsch sprechenden mitleser gedacht, das sie es sich nicht falsch merken 🙂
Dachte mir schon das es autokorrektur oder sowas war. 😉
@@normaknorr1614
1. Es war... Subject fehlt.
2. Mitleser wird groß geschrieben.
3. "dass" sollte es hier sein, nicht das (nicht relativ).
4. Auch im letzten Satz, wo 5. zusätzlich das Komma fehlt und 6. Autokorrektur groß geschrieben wird.
@@MiaMerkur 🤣
Thanks for the video! Been watching your stuff for quite some time 😁
At 10:19 you are legally obliged to keep at least 1,50m distance when passing a cyclist. If this is not possible due to the road, parked cars etc, you have to stay behind until an opportunity to safely overtake approaches. Almost nobody gives a damn about it and it's a meme here, though there are actually quite a few accidents happening because of it.
13:55 it's etiquette in Germany to let people know the light is green when they can't see it like here :D you'd just slightly push your horn, making a cute little "boop" for them to know the light is green. Remember, we got this wonderful neck-breaking traffic light positioning at the stop line... the cam car honking wasn't mad, they wanted to let 'em know it's green!
Greetings from Nuremberg
Not only do policemen in Germany break the legal rules of minimum distance to driving bikes, they even often park on bike routes. So they are encouraging others to do the same. I made a lot of pics in Wuppertal, but then was too afraid to go to the press, because I was afraid of police in general making my life worse. Policemen here are not superheros, just normal men (mostly) who make mistakes like normal and are selfish sometimes breaking the rules themselves.
And I think compared to other European policemen they might be a little nicer, but the big difference is EU vs. US police. Here they are sometimes teachers in your country sometimes soldiers. That makes the difference in everyday feeling about cops.
Thanks alot for visiting my channel, greetings from germany. By the way, as you were wondering: when a traffic light is turned off/not working the road signs being attached to the same pole rules traffic. If there are no such signs, we call it "Rechts vor Links", so right side prior to the left side, cars coming from the left will have to let you go first, and so you have to regarding cars from the right. Only exception: police ruling the traffic. In this case all signs or even activated traffic lights would mean nothing, only the officer's signs do. Have a great week!
Are dashcams really allowed in Germany?
as there is no law against them they are tolerated so far. @@MiaMerkur
Yes, even in Germany there is a so-called "Jedermannsrecht", roughly translated: “Everyman's Right”, that gives you the right to detain someone until the police arrive under certain circumstances.
UNLIKE the USA ... we also have the reverse: the DUTY to help people in need ... like someone who just fell from a ladder / an accident on the road.
[Recently I helped an old DRUNK guy who had stumbled over one of the two dog leashes he had (big dogs) and it seemed likely that his hip was broken. Lighting a fire in arms length to him would have been dangerous, but hey ... I dont mind.]
Wobei man das "Jedermannsrecht" mit dem der Nordeuropäischen Länder verwechseln darf: Betreten und Zelten, etc. auf fremden ländlichem Privateigentum.
Usually, there are also additional traffic signs on traffic lights which become effective if the traffic light doesn't work or after it gets turned off for the night
14:06 no he gave him a little honk beacsue he cound see the light. Not agressivly more l like telling him
And I think the cop pulled over to free up some space because many people don’t know they are allowed to carefully drive through a red light for an ambulance. He did that immediately to warn the traffic from both sides and to create some more space
12:13 The "Wackeldackel”
(wobbly dachshund) for the car is iconic in Germany. I have one in my Mini Cooper too.
Do you also have the classic hat hiding the roll of toilet paper next to it?
@@starstencahl8985 🤣🤣🤣
Iconic for pensioners. 😂😂😂
@@starstencahl8985 I actual had both in my car. 😂
Not had but Mexican dance movement puppet with huge knitted dress.
In Germany, you can also arrest others as a civilian.
If you catch someone committing a crime. This is regulated in the Code of Criminal Procedure (§ 127 StPO).
das ist auch in den USA so
In practice, it is the same in Germany as in the USA, but it is not actually an arrest, but rather a detention until the police arrive, and any person can do this to another person if he is able to make a substantiated criminal accusation and you will have to justify why the detention was necessary at the current time (e.g. to establish the identity of a shoplifter)
There is a rule, that a Car inside the City keep sideway distance of 1,5 Meter, ouside the city abaut 2 Meters. And the Cops definitly doesnt keep it!
That rule has been introduced a few years ago. Sadly it's getting exploited by some aggressive cyclists who think they should rule the streets. As a result even public transportation is forced to creep at slower speed than would be allowed.
And it gets even more annoying when you see the same cyclist endangering pedestrians by the way they dash through the town.
BTW, I like going by bicycle. But I prefer taking care of others and paying attention to other participants in traffic.
@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl A rule is a rule. If there's no bike lane and they are using the street in a way that you can't pass (or public transport,) this is not the cyclists' fault. They are right to do so.
@@clauslangenbroek9897 That's why I think that the law - like many other ones - shouldn't have been changed in this way.
@@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl Well, it makes the road safer for cyclists. I still don't really get were the words "aggressive" or "rule the streets" come into play, though, if they are only following StVO.
@@MichaelBurggraf-gm8vl I don't really think the laws by itself are the issue. There is just mostly inadequate bicicle infrastructure which is an impossible thing to fix just with a few white lines and some added clause in the StVO
Specifically the 'dashing through town'. In the netherlands they don't just dash through towns, they run you over if they have to.
But since there are seperate proper networks for car, bike and pedestrian this only happens when a pedestrian is stupid (tourists).
I think here in Europe when the traffic lights are out, you have to treat it as a normal intersection where cars from the right have the right of way, unless indicated otherwise by signs or markings on the road. So not really a stop sign.
We can arrest another citizen here too - if we are correct. Arrest is a so-called everyone's right here. Even minors can carry it out.
They may, but they probably can’t. Sorry for the bad teacher like joke. I just had a flashback to „can I go to the toilet?“ lines at English class.
Yeah but you're not allowed to restrict somebody by force, so what would you do when the arrestee just walks away?😎
@@desperadox7565 Yes you can. That's the whole point...
@@desperadox7565 Read § 127 I 1 StPO
Legal basis:
StPO § 127 Abs 1 Satz 1: Wird jemand auf frischer Tat betroffen oder verfolgt, so ist, wenn er der Flucht verdächtig ist oder seine Identität nicht sofort festgestellt werden kann, jedermann befugt, ihn auch ohne richterliche Anordnung vorläufig festzunehmen.
I think it is not necessary or unreasonable that a minor can carry it out under certain circumstances. A 16-year-old male cashier has a decent chance of apprehending a 60-year-old Karen who mostly screeches. He most likely doesn't want to put in the effort, but he certainly would be able to.
To my knowledge, if german cops hit your car they must call for another police unit to come to location and assess the situation. Of course, even police drivers make mistakes.
I remember a report in a newspapers. It said that the department of finance had reprimanded the police in on of the german states for their many road accidents. It wasn't about destroying police cars in pusuits - it was about causing accidents while reversing or turning, or stopping, opening the doors without looking and causing dooring accidents with cyclists.
Long ago, the police in Berlin got 40 new BMW cruisers. It didn't take long for 20 of them to be damaged in accidents. No one had thought about police officers being quite normal drivers themselves, owning completely normal cars privately and having little experience driving fast. Nowadays they get special training, even in simulators.
Absolutely logical ... because if the cops are PARTICIPANTS in an accident, they cant be IMPARTIAL RECORD KEEPERS anymore.
It is good they got special driving lessons. And it is about psychological training they dot be Ave like soldiers in US. But I wished they would also be educated to be less s3xistic, political less on the right wing and hating bikers less.
BTW great nickname.
@@MiaMerkur I know the movie by heart since it was new. In English and also in German. But and was my friend Jake who owned the Bluesmobil, and it was a red Toyota, not a black and white Dodge :) He finally crashed the car on our disaster trip to Sweden, in the "year of disasters" 1986.
14:04 The driver of the van couldn't see the lights.
That's the reason for the cam driver honking.
The driver of the van even thanks the honker by briefly flashing his hazard lights.
And it was a very briefly subtle honk ... when germans warn, the honk is about 1-2 seconds and if we are angry, we smash the horn until it get stuck😂
A citizen can arrest a citizen. §127 StPO. ;)
in Germany when overtaking a bicycle you have to keep a distance of 1.5 meter in a city, outside a city you have to keep a minimum of 2 meters.
We have citizens arrests too, but it happens pretty rarely.
5:22 that is indeed a thing that exists in Germany, but under several restrictions. It's called preliminary arrest. The person to be arrested must be in the process of committing a crime and either
a) be about to flee or
b) their identity can't be determined immediately.
10:00 you have to maintain a distance of 1.5 meter or around 5 feet to a bicycle.
4:57 another possibility is, that there was a medical emergency ... sometimes you can read in the papers that the police escorts somebody to the hospital, most likely when the pregnant wife is giving birth ... especially on the countryside, you dont want to call the ambulance for everything.
Yeah, seems more like a police "escort" than someone tailgating.
We have citizens arrest also. Its called Jedermannsrecht (everybodys right). You can stop and hinder s.o. to leave but you may not harm this person (despite selfdefence of course).
I prefer the Scandinavian Jedermannsrecht (you can camp more or less everywhere).
9:33 you're right, it doesn't work that way here.
If the lights work, go with the lights.
If the lights don't work, go with the signs posted for the intersection. If you look above the pole of the traffic light, there's the white-yellow diamond sign telling you that this street has the right of way.
If there's a police officer directing the traffic, disregard both lights and signs and go with the officer's directions.
I guess the people don't see that there's a policeman in the intersection and just go after the signs.
Yup, and the van stopped one the left-most (left turning) lane was probably blocking the police officer directing traffic, despite the elevated position. On these multi-lane roads, one police officer might not be sufficient to direct traffic securely.
@@aphextwin5712 Yea, often on those crossings there are four officers directing traffic, but if a signal stops working maybe other officers are still arriving.
But the important thing is, officers directing traffic is so rare in Germany (Europe) that people don't know how to react, don't even expect it.
... and probably nobody has ever seen a policemen on a pedestal. I'm almost 60 and the last time I saw one live I was maybe 6 years old! Before anybody realised what he saw there he is way past the intersection.
@@65Tedybear Also with the "new" black uniforms they dont even stick out like with the old uniforms, if you dont active look out for them its easy to miss them.
@@65Tedybear Yes. I only have seen them standing in the middle of the crossing. More dangerous but not to be missed 🙂.
Hi Ryan, Porsche is not pronounced "Porsch". The e is not silent, say it like the e in the.
13:55 he is honking, because the van can not the the traffic lights. 16:00 if signals are out in Germany, the sign on top of the signals show who is allowed to drive.
16:00 ?
What does the Bobby do on the thumbnail?! 😂
Football is awesome?
caption from yesterday's video
5:30 germany has citizens arrest too and it is being used, its allowed to arrest someone if they can be deemed dangerous, so if they are overly agressive or have a weapon and so on, you can arrest them for your and others safety or to stop them from fleeing before the police comes. Additionally to that people like store clerks are allowed to keep shoplifters from fleeing until the police arrives and so on.
Correction: It is §127 StPO (StrafProzessOrdnung) and it only applies if someone is *caught in the act* to ascertain the identity and if you can't ascertain/verify the identity until the police or general attorney takes control.
It has *nothing* to do if/how dangerous or aggressive a person is. Of course the violence itself could be a criminal act on which one could invoke §127 to ascertain the persons identity - unless of course that violence was just self-defense against illegal deprivation of liberty ;)
And nobody is getting arrested for simple traffic violations
@@TheMoikeroYeah you can do some pretty serious stuff without getting arrested… because why would they, they’ll just get your contact data at the scene and that’s it. Punishing people is the justice system’s task
@@TheMoikero One man's simple traffic violation is a jaywalk - the other man's is aggressive driving and endangerment (Nötigung) 🙃
@@SuperMurxus§127(1) says, when someone who is caught in the act is suspected of fleeing OR can't be identified, you may temporarily arrest them.
12:02 It's a "Wackel-Dackel", a wobbly Dachshund. They were kind of an ironic fashion statement a couple of years ago.
Since the 1960 to be exact.
@@klarasee806I never knew that they were used in an ironic way in the 60s. I thought they just liked them and then they survived in granddad- cars. Next to the toilet paper roll under a croched hat made by Granny. 😊
@@winterlinde5395 Modern cars do not have the space behind the rear seats though ... which means both traditions will be lost due to the loss of their habitat.
@@Muck006 A wide spread cause for the extinction of species …
@@Muck006 So I have to glue them on the edge? 😉
Citizens arrest in Germany: might be somewhat comparable to § 127 I StPO, a law which states that “everyone” incl. citizens can “provisionally arrest” someone if caught in the act
9:10
If signal are out, the signs tell what to do.
9:34 There is a sign mounted above the traffic lights, that comes into play when the lights are out. This one gives you the right of way. So the people would be doing everything right if it wasn't for the policeman on his striped thingy. Police orders always rank higher than the signage. The problem is a s you also saw, that he is partly hidden behind that van, and (most) people just don't see him. It's very rare that cops have to direct traffic because of a defective traffic lights, but everytime I had an encounter like that sevaral cops were running around on the crossing in high vis jackets coordinating traffic together...
@4:40 you're not supposed to pull over in that situation. Actually the driver here is doing the right thing: sticking to the right side and just keep going. IF police meant you to stop they'd overtake and light a sign that says "follow"; otherwise the horn/lights are just to let you know they're there.
8:22 The drivers passing straight without braking is related due to the above of the traffic light mounted give way sign, which is ruling the traffic here when there is a disabled traffic light, which would be the right case when no police officer(s) would guide the traffic, but in this case he is poorly visible, so the right thing to do would be to approach slowly and follow the instructions of the police officer.
Free hint: the police is even ranked higher than a fully working traffic light or a traffic sign in the hierarchy for regulating traffic. Police > traffic light > stop/give way sign > right before left.
Has to be so. Imagine traffic lights are hacked.
Just the same. as a civilian you can , under circumstances, detain someone physically. but you can*t arrest someone
5:28 ... We have that too. It's called "arrest of everyone" here.
7:18 ... The problem is that the siren is difficult to locate. You heard it in the previous clip when she asked "is it behind us?" In the city, the bright sound is reflected off every house wall. This means that you only locate it very late. That's why there are these "super specialists" who stop first and look for the emergency vehicle.
11:50 ... This is a so-called wobbly dachshund. (Wackeldackel) In the '70s, it was in many cars.
we also have something like citizen arrest its called "Jedermannsrecht" it allows you to hold a person in place until police arrives.
Here in the Netherlands you can also conduct a citizenarrest until the police arrive.
As others have said, the short honk is a good thing here in germany.
It is so common, even the police has us using it. I was at a not working traffic light once, where police was directing traffic, because the street intersects with rails. I got there very close to the lights getting fixed so they had everyone stop. Since I was the first on my side, they told me to honk, when the lights are back on and it shows green for me.
Was allowed to drive once it turned green.
Important note: even when a traffic light is working, police directions always take priority! If it's green and they tell you to stop, driving past them is as if you were driving over a red light.
Tailgating the police ... we had a laugh here in Germany long ago: a police car speeds down the autobahn with siren and party lights on - they were out to stop a wrong-way driver (we call them for "Geisterfahrer" - "ghost drivers"). A BMW driver was behind the police car which was doing about 200 km/h (125mph), but was at full speed. The BMW driver tailgated the police and flashed his headlights as he wanted to overtake ....
A ghost driver is driving on the wrong side of the autobahn 7. He hears a message on the radio: "drivers on autobahn 7, be aware of a ghost driver between Hannover-Nord and Großwürgbudel (pun intended)". The ghost driver, hearing that, thinks "One ghost driver? Hundreds of them!"
Sometimes a "civilian car" tailgating a police car ... is another police car.
@@Muck006 "civilian" police cars have party ligths too
I heard the "1? 1000 ghost drivers" 40 years ago. Conductors love to tell the joke.
12:54 You see traffic lights here. That's why it's a normal country road and the maximum speed limit is 70 km/h / 45mph or lesser. So it is not a highway.
Because of the conspicuous driving style, the driver's fitness to drive was probably checked.
11:50 The wobbly dachshund (Wackel- Dackel) is a classic German decoration for the rear of a car.
If it also had a crocheted toilet roll, it would be the perfect retirement car.
14:00 The honking was a friendly signal that the traffic light turned green. The van-driver can't see the lights. In Germany, the indicator right left right means "thank you".
10:28: We had a traffic rule in Hungary to have at least 1.5m (~5 feet) distance from the overtaken cyclist, but it was changed recently to make even bigger clearance.
Now half of your car has to be in the left lane.
Instead of being in the theoretical bike lane? 😉
in the first clip you can see that the traffic light is RED - everybody was waiting except these two people on their bikes and they are passing even next to the police van - that's why the police chases them at all.
the chase afterwards was a little bit weird because they don't know which cyclist to stop or both of them.
You really should look into what we germans call "Rettungsgasse(rescue lane)" It amazes me every time how good this works most of the time. There are set rules what you need to do an you don't need the police or anything to tell the people what to do in such a situation. Thats one of the reasons we got a low death rate on our Streets and the Autobahn.
@ 14:06 the driver in the white van has advanced too far as to still be able to see the traffic lights.
We have normal road signs next to the traffic lights, in case the lights break. Then mostly the yellow light flashes - or its completly dead like in the video. Then the signs take over, like priority road, yield or whatever.
That a actual cop is directing the traffic is very rare. I have seen that perhaps 3x in my life. And they even build him a pedestal. Not that it worked very well, though...
Had to laugh: kinda techno music in a car and Ryan suddenly changes into a pigeon.😂
5:30 There is something like citizen's arrest in Germany, but it is restricted to very specific situations (person is caught in the act of committing a crime _and_ is trying to flee _and_ is refusing to give their id; also it is in general not allowed to hurt the person during arresting).
Citizen Arrest is "Jedermannsrecht" in German (§127 StPO). It's basically detaining until the cops are there. Security guard job is based on it for example.
14:10 he cant see the light from that position. that honk was mainly to let him know. he could assume by the bycicle and pedestrian light, but they usually give green a little bit earlier.
8:20 Those little red-white striped towers are used whenever a traffic light in a major crossing is malfunctioning ... and we learn to read the hand signs they make when getting our driver's license.
At 14:00 he didn't honk at the guy in front of him because he was annoyed that he didn't go immediately when the light turned green, but because he knew the guy had to go too far onto the intersection (in order to make space for the ambulance) and therefore was not able to see when the light turns green. The super short honk is always just to let you know that something is going on, never because they're angry. Angry honks are looong! 😂
In former times police ruling the traffic had white jacket, white hat and white gloves. I think the gloves still are a point for better visibility. I learned in driving lesson "Hand+Rücken, Bremse drücken, Seite sehen, dass heisst fahren" (not sure about second part)
9:32 yes it works a bit different over here. You have a ranking order in which you have to follow traffic signs 1 will be the highest priority and 3 is the lowest.
1. (Hand) signs by the Police.
2. Traffic lights
3. Street signs (prio. lane and give way)
So if there is a police officer you dont care about the other options even when the traffic lights are on. If there is no police you obey to the light signals and if they are off you obey the signs (most of the time above the traffic lights, you can even see them in the clip. They had the priority lane sign on their light and if they didn't see the officer ofc they obey to that and just drive. However traffic lights can be put on yield. Then they are not off but they are flash only the yellow light. That means you always have to give way to all other road users.
US dashcam: road rage with an exploding gas station and 20 dead people
German dashcam: guy forgets to use indicators
😂
the van at 14:10 doesn't see the light anymore
Dear Ryan, how about this one:
"extra 3 - Sparen auf der Autobahn" ("saving on the autobahn")
about saving time and money by picking the cheapest offence to get around slow drivers and congestions :D
Hey Im really enjoying your reactions, you should react to WW2 "Blindgänger" (bombs that didn't go off), being found quite often here because of construction etc.
Would be facinating to see your reaction to that.
There is a lot of great documentaries but sadly only really in german and since RUclips removed community subtitles, a lot of englisch ones that got submitted by fellow viewers sadly got removed, though i did find one video about it called "[Bombenentschärfung am 01.12.21 in Braunschweig!] Amerikanische 250kg-Bombe sorgt für Großeinsatz!" from the channel "Blaulicht SZ", they are auto generated but seems good enough to understand whats going on
i came to the comment section to explain the honking at the green light. though it seems like a lot of people had the same idea XD i guess one time wasn't enough.
So just in case you didn't read the 100.. explanations before me: the honking was a friendly "hey, it's green. you may drive" haha
14:08 The van driver is over the traffic lights. He can't see what aspect they show. That's why the driver behind drew his attention to the movement of the other cars which should have been a hint to get moving.
We have Citizens Arrest in the UK. And yeah, you better be correct if you have to use force, or you will end up arrested....One love from Scotland. 💙🦁😬
First clip, cyclist started driving slightly before the light turned yellow, but in cities there are usually smaller trafic lights only for cyclist, which turn yellow/green before those for cars. Police was probably confused/argued between each other, if there is a reason to stop them.
The cyclist rides on the buslane… maybe that’s the reason.
The honking is just to let the guy know it is green and he can go, thats why it is a quick and light honk😂
I hope that you come to Germany and have a nice time. Greetings to you from Germany
5:25 We have that in Germany as well (§127 StPO). If you catch someone red-handed, you don't know the identity of that person and there is a risk that the red-handed person is about to flee, you are allowed to arrest that person until the police arrives.
the car tailgating the police was most likely a covert police car they have normaly a tiny siren and a light attached, those called "zivi's" wich means police officers in civil clothing sometimes its "Kriminalpolizei" short "kripo" a specialized unit for capital delicts, homicide ,etc. . Those are usually dressed in civil clothing too .
to defent the honker, the light turned green and honkin is just a acustic friendly reminder for the van that the traffic light wich he couldnt see anymore turned from red. if he honks ininterupted or a more then once its more offensive but this was just a friendly one.
13:51 No, Ryan, he honked to indicate to the other driver that the light had turned green because he cannot see the light from his position upstream.
The wagging head dog was common in the west in the 60s. My dad used to have one.
(in germany)i was in a congestion once(not once, almost daily) but once on the other side was a police car and he told me to put my seatbelt on :D
On the two lane street, as long there is no oncoming traffic you slow down and stay as far to the right as possible. no need to completely pull over. Depending on traffic you may want to stop.
There is something like a citizens arrest here in Germany as well. If you see someone commiting a crime, you are allowed to detain someone until the police arrives. The police just does not advertise this, as first rule they recommend to obey, do not endanger yourself in case the person you try to detain reacts violently.
The intersection where the signal was out was a bit weird, usually you will find most traffic lights here accompanied by traffic signs, like yiueld or right of way signs that are only valid if the traffic lights are out. If there are no signs, as usual on intersections in Germany, the rule is right before left. But I also have not seen police use this tower for a long time. Depending on the size of the intersection you more likely see one, most times two or more police officers directly in the intersection (if need be one for each side) controlling the traffic.
On the cyclist, the rule in Germany is, if you pass a cyclist, you should do so at a distance of at least 1.5 meters, about 5 foot. Many do not obey this rule and the penalty for that was increased just this year. The thing is, in a verry narrow street this is next to impossible, in this case there was some room to the left, but they would not have had the right distance to pass anyways. So the right thing according to the rules would be to stick behind the ciclist, you can imagine how well that works and how many vehicles subsequently try to pass you in a dangerouse way. This is also weirdly only valid for cyclists going your direction.
The only thing remarkable about the police car in the roundabout was the car waiting in the roundabout for them to pass, as usually the way roundabouts are setup here, vehicles entering the roundabout have to yield for vehicles in the roundabout. So likely the police was not chasing the other car, looking at the size of the road, that car at this point just had nowhere to go so the police could pass. In this situation you stay as far to the right of the line as possible to indicate you are willing to let them pass and just go on to get out off the way as soon as possible, without speeding.
9:31 The priority on German roads is (almost) always unambiguously.
1. Police orders, police managing the traffic and/or junction
2. Traffic lights, when no police at scene
3. Traffic signs, every traffic light has also traffic signs, in case 2. does not work
4. Right-before-Left, when no signs are regulating the junction
(5. use your goddamn common sense, maturity and communication abilities gifted by birth, be an adult, act like an adult)
Hi, Ryan! Strictly speaking, in Germany we can also arrest someone if it is justified. If not, then “I have no idea.” At least that's what I once read many years ago...
If the traffic light is out. You have to watch the signs (something 80% of german drivers don't manage to do). If there's a policeman, his orders are to be followed above all. I've never seen one in such a weird stool. Usually they're just standing in the middle of the crossing.
The short honk was polite
I mean the person tailgating the police is pretty smart, you know you will have a free road because everyone else moves to the side
I'm pretty sure they also are police.
We do learn what those manual signs mean in driving school, but you will see it so so so so so damn rare in the real world, most people will probably have forgotten by the first time they see a signaling officer. Also, I think the van isn't parked there, it stopped because that's the instruction.
Also a lot of times (if you aren't doing really stupid and dangerous shit) the cops will just give you a verbal warning (sometimes just from car to car like at 13:15)
In the second Video, the driver warns with the light that the police are further ahead.
You are so funny. 😂 It’s very entertaining to see your reactions to traffic in Germany. How about doing the same in other European countries where the drivers are less respectful of the driving rules/laws. 😂
He has a European channel, too.
9:50 The police used the lane in the wrong direction, but are allowed to do so during operations when they use blue lights.
AT 4:45 this happens to my self tow Times, i was a firefighter and when on duty you are allowt to speed, go over Redlights an such (in your privat car) and when the police stops you because speeding There will help you...
It's kind of funny that Ryan can't read the subtitles (too little distance to the cyclist), but then recognizes a Porsche SUV in the next clip. ^^
3:45 When you come to training, everything is asked. It's best to always say no or not comment. Police training is outsourced to save costs.
At 9:50 the police car is going the wrong way as the turn marks on the road show. But they do it with lights on and (probably) for a reason, so it's OK.
In Germany, we have something similar to the 'right to arrest' called the 'Jedermannsrecht,' which translates to 'everyone's right.' It allows any person, not just police officers, to detain someone under certain circumstances, especially if they catch someone in the act of committing a crime. This applies mostly to serious offenses. The person making the arrest must hand the suspect over to the police as soon as possible. However, this right comes with strict rules and limits; it's not as commonly exercised as it might be in the U.S., and it’s mainly meant for situations where immediate police intervention isn’t possible.
If you want to create a stereotype german car interior you need a Wackel-Dackel (head-shaking weener-dog) und a crochet toilet paper cover on the rear parcel shelf (?). 😄
You could also force somebody to stay until the police arrive so we somewhat have citizens arrest. It's a bit complicated though and I don't know the specifics
It took me a full minute to understand that the title has a type and 'The T op' is not some kind of new slang 🤣 It's been a long day
Citizens arrest is a global thing. 😊
We have citizens arrest in germany.
6:16 this is in my hometown, Münster Westfalia in NRW
9:36 You see, the street has right of way, there is a white/yellow sign indicating it at the traffic light.
Minute 6.50 that is in Münster Germany on the Hammerstraße in front of the stadion from Preußen Münster
The thumbnail still says football is awesome 😂
Citizen Arrest is also a thing here in germany. For example if you've been caught stealing, people are allowed to stop you from fleeing, like grabing you for example. But beating one up wouldn't count to that.
*beating