How different countries react to: Ambulance Sirens (international)
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(It's obvious that some of these barely can be compared to each other.)
If you have any ideas for other themes for these videos let me know below this comment! More videos to come soon!
just some few examples for further compilations: - people pulling over and clearing the way for emergency vehicles better than expected - people blocking emergency vehicles - comparing a wider range of countries and using newer videos of people reacting onto sirens - comparing fire trucks from different countries, same with ambulances and police cars
the first one, i think its not china
This clips show so much double standard, You need to include more ASIA countries like Malaysia 🇲🇾 Japan 🇯🇵 or South Korea, this country is also so responsive to any emergency sirens 🚨 🚨..
first one is indonesia sir not china
In Canada, people move away pretty quickly. The first time I saw it, I was shook to see how people would automatically move on the side of the road !
In Poland if you don’t move out of the way, you’ll also need an ambulance.
Lmfao
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In India you have to call an ambulance before having a heart attack
Sidhant Das hahaha truuu😂🤣😂
So, as well as in Ukraine calling firefighters 1 hour before the fire happens XD
Same in my town call a firetruck an hour before heart attack
👑🤣🤣👑
Indian people would be scared af when they get diseases
I'm spanish living in the UK. In both countries the ambulance rarely has to slow down because everybody makes way for them in the moment we hear them in the distance. I call it being civilised.
Same in France, the behavior in Asia is so shit.
In America, we also move to the side, for fire trucks, police, or ambulances, I think it's more of a problem in major cities because I've never seen people not move out of the way.
@@dr.wallacebreen3859 To be fair to the motorists shown in that American city, they didn’t have much in the way of options as to how to make a space. Here in Britain we do our very best to get enough room for them. There are videos from the European continent, Germany in particular, where the entire crowded roadway parts as if it were The Second Coming. Its heartbreakingly lovely to see.
I live in Berlin Germany and You’re right an ambulance always gets space to drive through. I am shocked to see that it’s not like that in other countries. It tells everything about the level of the minds of people.
Same in France
Fun fact: I'm German, and on a weekend vacation somewhere in Bavaria, I drove through a very tiny tunnel with a lot of oncoming traffic. Suddenly an ambulance with siren appeared in the rearview mirror, but I couldn't pull over and make room for it because, as I said, it was a way too small. I then drove faster at 35 km/h over the permitted speed limit (70 km/h) and at exactly that moment I was speeding at 105 km/h by a stationary speed measuring system. I didn't have to pay this ticket because I just wanted to help the ambulance get to the patient as quickly as possible. (I believe it was around 180-200 EUR + 1 point in my driving license register) But to be honest, I would have paid for this ticket without any trouble. When it comes to a human life, I don't care about money.
Don't you think you could've appealed the ticket?
But did you get a point? Or was the fine and the point both dropped?
@@mycommentmyopinionI assume both was dropped. In germany you are legally obligated to make way for emergency services and are permitted to exceed the speed limit and cautiously go over red lights in order to do so. In some cases the authorities will even cover repair costs if you for example scratched your car while trying to make way.
@@Marshark50 Here in Germany, you get a letter from the authorities within 8 weeks. And you can answer that, which is what I did back then. This is like an objection, so to speak. 😊
@@mycommentmyopinion No, both were dropped. 😉
Ambulance: Please move my patient is dying! Indians: We're all gonna die someday
Reincarnation?
To be honest , noone stops their vehicle but everyone moves aside whenever an ambulance is behind them to let it go first .
@@MainMite06 he literally said we are all going to die someday. You dont need to belive in reincarnation to understand we are all going to die
I bet if you use a ak 47 shooting on people there iam sure of if it they won be stubborn to stay were there are if someone is dying they should just shoot idiots like that
Lmao
Anyone who didn't move just murdered someone. If that person ended up dying
Sadly not you could stand next to a drowning man and hold a life vest it’s only murder if you take the life vest away from the man you could even sit and laugh while holding the vest while he dies
@@isabellamerrigan8074 that's still considered manslaughter
Maybe in your country, I don’t know anything about theirs laws but if they could get charged with that, I’m sure they would have moved out of the way
@@isabellamerrigan8074 In what country?? Unless your own life is/would be at risk, you must always try to save a person in need, otherwise you get accused of "omission of rescue". At least, that's the law in Europe.
Andrea Pazzaglia nope in America if I was at a pool and saw a man drowning and I had a float I could stand and listen to him screaming for help as long as I don’t make things worst example if he has a float and I take it away or if I hold his head down otherwise I could just sit back and watch honestly America is fucked up
You know the difference between Germany and the USA/India/China is also in how the ambulance drivers act. When my sister is driving an ambulance and she'd be in a situation like in Idia. She'd just go straight over the sidewalk. In the USA she would tunnel through the vehicles blocking her on the sides and not really care for any scrapes she might do. Over here in Europe, if you don't make way for the ambulance, the ambulance will often make you give way.
The first one is not in China, everything in that footage is so wrong. China drives to the right not the left...
@@JackY-pu5nh First one is actually Indonesia.
@@davidsedgley1133 that explains. Thank you.
Australians seeing flashing lights 200m back -“ hell yeah, time to legally run the read lights”
Germany: “move out ze way!” Poland: “outta ce way!!!” USA: “what’s that loud noise?”
only Germany says with "ze". Poland uses "ce"
Xx_ gachatuber_xX thanks for telling me.
@@AJsBusVideos np
@@spedups0ngs no it doesn't
@@LottiMuller8472 ;-; poland anod getmany are two completely different counties. Im from Poland and we use ce.
US: But there is no free space on the road. Germany: Hold my track.
Some commenters here have been saying that Munich gridlocks very easily just like Manhattan, and the examples shown were only the highways and not the cobblestoned or very narrow city or village streets.
@@MainMite06 lol I follow this comment section for a long time already and I never read sth about Munich so far. Although Munich has the most traffic-prone main road in the country, there's no really a problem of gridlock traffic at all. Cobblestone street? How is the street surface relevant in that topic at all?
@@EnjoyFirefighting it is not about the surface, but the fact that cobblestone streets tend to be very narrow.
@@mejsjalv well that depends on the city ... there are cities where also 4 lane wide streets are cobblestone streets
EnjoyFirefighting - International Emergency Response Videos Name me one street and its city that is 4-lane cobblestoned. I know Russia and Central asian nations do have alot of unpaved 4-6 lane gravel streets
In Canada, if you block an ambulance for too long, they will just take your plates and report you to the police. Most people just pull over to the side and clear the way, though.
My neighbour got a $1200 fine for not moving over for a firetruck in Hamilton, Ont. He was (and still is) quite an AH. He didn't think he had to move because it was a firetruck. Apparently he then immediately followed it so he can cut through traffic. =/ But yes, Canadians are usually incredibly good for moving over.
I'm from Michigan at age 19 I was in Canada nearly every weekend, and I never saw anyone block an ambulance even if they had to drive into oncoming traffic, I love how Canadians care for each other. I am sure there are Canadians who don't but I have never seen them.
hahahahahaahahahahaha we might be in the same country but we are not from the same place
Good!
I used to be a firefighter in the UK, almost every call we got someone who turned the steering into the kerb thinking they were getting out of our way, but they forgot there's another half a car behind them! I noticed some in this video doing something similar, totally oblivious to the fact that they were still blocking the road. Driving lessons should include how to deal with emergency vehicles, a lack of training results in panic for too many drivers!
I'm just imagining the poor person in that one German car that was freaking out trying to get off the way. Like " OMG OMG where do I go, I can't fit, ahhhhhhh"
Omg saaaaaaame
nah this person just took the free road as long as it could to save time, I think it's very ignorant
@@elisadreamer9594 literally what I thought
@@elisadreamer9594 I don't think so, they were swerving all over the place looking for a spot to pull in and honestly just seemed pretty panicked. Probably a new driver that didn't really know how best to react.
@@decus9544 I drove once with a car for like 5 minutes and I would be able to do this, that's not so difficult and even when this person still was learning than there should be someone else in the car to help him/her.
India: oh, it's just an ambulance, who cares Usa: the patient is dead Poland: honking intensifies
USA: if the injury doesn't kill them the bill will
@@furrycircuitry2378 good
@@furrycircuitry2378 sadly that's true
@@furrycircuitry2378 not true cause i have insurance lol
Those are just busy cities. I literally see ambulances everyday in the US everyone pulls off to the side ambulance goes by quickly
As a german i am really impressed by the polish people. Perfect behaviour in that situation, they really do have that stuff under control
Da war alles frei, kein Auto und die ambulanz war auf der gegenspur, kann man hier nicht wirklich sagen
Surely, the video from Poland is old but an ambulance is an utmost priority here in the heaviest possible traffic. Those who don’t yield are considered offenders (in non-legal terms as well).
In cities since always. But when it comes to traffic/accident on highways it wasn't so from the beginning. People just didn't have such experience in 1980' and '90. But, honestly saying, we've applied ,,Rettungsweg" on highways from German drivers and it works preety well right now.
@@l4ndk3ks14 Doch, Man kann. Das ist immer so, und wann nicht, da kann Man ohne Zahne das Fahrt enden, oder später auf dem Parkplatz ein paar löcher in Reifen zu haben, wann ist Man ,,spoted" als ,,dieses Idiot, wer hat den weg für Rettungsdienst blockiert". Aber es gibt Idioten im jedes Land. Entschuldige für Schreibfehlern, wann gibts welche, ich nutze keinen Translator und Deutsch ist nich meine Sprache.
Learning how to response to an ambulance is part of the training to get your drivers license in the Netherlands. In Germany they are better at it to be honest, the will provide a free lane whenever there is congestion, for emergency vehicles, even if there are none. Very polite and very considerate.
european people be like: yessir the road is yours
Thats what youre supposed to do
Imagine how many people would still be alive if other countries actually let ambulances go through first
@@IDontGotThis ye i know lol I'm French and we do the same here ^^
Mark Jones Not really. I have seen this Asian version of this video. In fact, many are also good such as Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and so on. And one more thing, in most countries I have traveled so far. Asians are the friendliest I have ever met.
Yeah it should be but way too often it doesn’t work. In germany you find videos of ambulance or firefighters having to stop in the middle of the road and get out just to tell people to move the fuck away. And there are also people who want to abuse the the cleared road which often leads to blocking the emergency cars behind the first one.
Title: How do different countries react to ambulances? India: We don’t
Well not everyone in india does this .
Go to china and see the first clip dumbarse
@Jasmin Hamid yeah i know bro awareness is not so much in india but you know the southern part of india is not like this nd not every person is like this
@Jasmin Hamid oh sorry sis i didn't saw your name. 😅😂
@Jasmin Hamid 👻
We have the German system in Belgium now too, when traffic slows down, we already prepare a passing lane for ambulance by left cars hugging left and right cars hugging right, so if there is an emergency vehicle, it can get through
Same here in Norway, even though it's not "automatic" yet. It's also great for recovery vehicles. It can be a big problem on motorways when the ambulance and police gets straight trough, but the recovery vehicle is stuck in traffic.
Perhaps while you are at it, fix the road surface somewhat?😅😉As soon as I rode in to Belgium years ago I thaught: Shit I have a flat tire! 😆 Love from your neighbour 🌷🌷
@@MokumHVBHaha, painfully true! It's uncanny when driving from the Netherlands into Belgium you don't need to watch the road sign, just listen to the noise your car makes, once it' goes from smooth to very rough, welcome, you've come to Flanders. 😅That said, I've driven around in LA a few years back, and they makes our roads look like yours in comparison. 🤣
Last Sunday I had some heavy traffics and full traffic stops in Germany, was on the left side and pulled over as much to the left as I could. Everyone behind me followed this, most in the front also did. Just one guy in front of me did the exact opposite and was as much to the right as possible. Those are the as*holes that having trouble if emergency vehicle comes suddenly from the backside.
In the UK, if you even hear a siren in the distance, you start looking around to make sure it can get through in case it is coming your way ( at least MOST people will do this ). One day the ambulance may be getting to you in an emergency.
Manhattan is probably the worst example of how Americans react
Mainland suburban America isn't *anything* relatable to Manhattan nor anything else to NYC. There's usually lots of room to move over, or the ambulance gets alternative routes.
Thank u
Dont see anything wrong in the reaction in manhattan...you cant really give way immediately to ambulance in a traffic like that...atleast cars give way when they have chance
In the part of OH where i live most people actually move or fully stop for ambulances
@@nathalieoz4596 same with the area I live in.
Asia: *No, me first.* North America: *Well, we tried.* Europe: *Everyone drives off the side of the bridge.*
Europe: *FOR THE GREATER GOOD*
That reminds of this ambulance logic in GTA video where the drivers just all drive off the bridges for the ambulance in GTA San Andreas
Then what about Canada
Africa: what is ambulance
how did north america try tho? everyone just remained as was and did't even attempt to make space. EDIT: as far as I see it there's plenty of space to both sides. Driving up that close to the vehicle in front, that it's "bumper-to-bumper" that you can't make room for an ambulance, is a mistake in and of itself. Yes, I know that the footage shown was just of the United States (and in that regard only New York, though I wouldn't have been that specific, even though I can see how very different the whole situation could resolve in even this very same city), not the whole north america. I just didn't bother to correct like some oh so smartasses apparently do (not referring to those who kept it at least polite).
As a German I can say it’s like a ambition to make place as soon as you can and to make sometimes laborious driving maneuvers just for let the ambulance pass
Exactly I'm french and its like a quick mission
Yes, exactly. It's like an unwritten rule in our societies, you always get quickly out of the way of ambulances or fire trucks. It's just basic. (I'm Portuguese)
Germany actually brought tears to my eyes. How much these people care for a human being in distress - it's truly amazing.
Today I'm going to the site for someone I still know. Tomorrow others will do it for my mother or my children. Solitariness and discipline.
It's illegal to be in the path of an ambulance in Germany. I'm not sure how they enforce that rule there. On this video there is a grey car who panics and I wonder if he got fined.
@@georgenorris2657 I was lucky and immediately made room for the rest: “They failed to immediately clear the way for an emergency vehicle with flashing blue lights and a siren.” 240 €, 2 points and 1 month driving ban. As far as points are concerned, your driving license will generally be revoked if you accumulate 8 points.
@@georgenorris2657 They will note your number plate and you will lost your license if you don‘t move.
its not that they care... its a law in europe. and evryone should abide the law..
"We have many sirens to choose from. What would you like?" Polish ambulance: "Yes."
😂😂😂😂
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The Indian sound is the most annoying.
@@krealm2401 the noise sounds like someone just got deepthroated right next to a low quality autotune speaker
Its a horn that does the buzzing
Poland: we only hire retired f1 and rally racers as ambulance drivers
Seems legit bud 🤣
"F1 and rally racers" Kubica?
Red Tsar he ain’t retired yet
In Italy as well lol
Plot: they're GTA players
Notice how in Europe (and in my experience it is the same throughout the continent) everyone gets out f the way asap. You occasionally get the odd grannie who gets a little discoordinated etc, but in the main a path is created for all emergency vehicles in Europe. Whether it is a question of respect, good manners or a higher value of life than other parts of the world it is hard to tell, but it is a social norm and rarely diverged from.
As a retired UK Ambulance Paramedic I find the responses in the drivers of some countries mind boggling, at least in Europe drivers actually give way (like here in the UK) to emergency vehicles, because we care, so many people abroad seem to not give a sh!t about someone else when one day that attitude means no-one will give a sh!t about them in their time of need, especially in India, where Karma is a thing. We also have a concept here of Hard Shoulders on Motorways, exclusively for Emergencies, including vehicle breakdowns, and only the Emergency Services can use these in heavy traffic, although like in Germany and Poland, the traffic will part like the waves on UK roads & streets for an emergency vehicle. Either the rest of the World is populated by selfish arseholes, or we just care more for each other in Europe?
Answering your question: India: an impoverished, obscenely overpopulated country with a low bar for driver's licenses. Drivers honking at red lights is such a bad problem they had to install penalty lights at some intersections which increase the delay in response to honking. Drivers treat lanes as a suggestion, so a 2-lane road typically has four or five columns of vehicles on it. China: overpopulated and nobody gives a rat's posterior about anyone else. There are more than a few videos out there of people seeing someone in a life-threatening situation and just ignoring them, due in part to screwed up liability laws, but due in part to a systemic lack of regard for human life. What's the value of one life when there's 1.4 billion of them? United States: videos are from the most densely populated cities (e.g. Manhattan). Like anywhere else, population density is inversely proportional to empathy. These are also the richest people in America, the same sociopaths responsible for many of the nation's problems. However, the US is a very, very large place, with many different population distributions and types of people. In many areas, traffic is not bumper-to-bumper and people are courteous to each other. However, I do have to concede that a disappointingly high percentage of people are a-holes and can be found anywhere. The requirements for car ownership and driver's license are also less than ideal, but necessary due to the sprawling geography and lack of mass transit. (not appearing in this video) Russia: dear god, Russia. Given the poverty, long history of getting screwed by their government and corruption, it's not terribly surprising that Russian roads are a free-for-all. TL;DR: overpopulation and poverty (or extreme wealth) lead to people acting like a-holes.
Here in Australia we all get out of the way for emergency vehicles, it can be a tight squeeze in certain parts of the country ( cities etc) but we manage to get them all through to where they need to be. Just being curteous and respectful to our emergency workers here is a big thing. I couldnt beleive some of the clips shown here of what appears to be a selfish refusal to make way for them, just beyond belief.
As a french person, i can tell you that even if you live in a big city like Paris, you have to move when you hear the sirens. It could be firemen, ambulance or cops. They don't care if they have an accident with you, you're wrong, because you must let them pass, it's in the law. It's one of the first things that you learn in France when you want to drive.
Where I live in USA we have to do the same, I’m surprised to see that in some places they don’t do it
Izumi Hak same. I don’t think I’ve ever seen what happened in Manhattan where I live. We always get to the side the moment we hear the sirens. Though I’ve never seen that much traffic either...
In philippines they will give way to ambulance and then they will follow the ambulance so they can get out of traffic fast hahahahaha
@@venus9604 I though that too, like in the part of the US where i live police are probably going to show up in your house with a citation to court for not letting an ambulance pass.
Same in Italy
The German siren alone would be enough for me to move
Yes it scares the heck out if you when you're driving😂
Mad Charly Hum no ?
Mad Charly how
bro look at India
Mainland European sirens are earrape I was in Rome and Barcelona last year and every time an emergency vehicle drove past me I had permanent hearing damage
I'm Italian, and as soon as I hear sirens, I park my car on a branch of the nearest tree and wait.
In Germany we already make a "Rettungsgasse" (a path for any potential ambulance), when we have an upcoming traffic jam. This is also something you are teached in driving school. If you don't understand and follow the rules, you will not obtain your license.
I find it funny how everyone is so used to the sound of their own country's siren but foreign sirens sound like weird hellish ufo noises
@Harsha Subasinghe why does it actually sound like that💀
i live in india, The noise the indian ambulance was making was a ufo noise
You have to be American
TRUE
Mostly the european sirens are different, most if not all countries in the Americas have the same sound
Germany and Poland being like: Welcome to Europe, where we know how to form emergency corridors
MuffinFreak in america it is like that as well I think it depends on the area, I live in a suburb and we do that as well
People not moving for an ambulance in America is extremely rare even with cities. I've never seen what was shown in the video in america. Ever.
Exactly. Gridlocked traffic in New York where there is no where to pull over is not a very fair representation. Poland was light traffic compared to New York and the Germany clip seems obvious that there were previous emergency vehicles making paths ahead for there to be that much of a corridor created in advance.
I live in California and majority people are nice and move but there can be a time where they can't move or their just dicks
MuffinFreak so ist das...
I live in a city in the US and I was in stop and go traffic one day and I see the people in front of me moving to the side and I immediately check my mirrors and see the ambulance coming, so I move to the side as well. In the middle of bumper to bumper traffic everyone found a space to move their car out if the way. It’s not that hard.
I canada we move to the right even if there is a red light. Everyone gets out the way. It's beautiful to watch
Germany: All the Germans: Get out the way. That one tourist in the black car: Oh clear road!
probably a turk
Probably an Indian or an American
just your basic bmw driver
he had no space to pull over. thats why he started driving until he find a place
@@stefanmurariu6635 Lol there was PLENTY of space he could've went to make space for the ambulance
Everybody gangsta untill the germans siren start flying
Same here, in Lithuania... If you dont move out of way you get a big fine and youll always move out of the way after that....
lmao
Most of German people respect the Rettungsgasse
Stuka flashback intensifies..
Der Toastbrot Mann except you are on the Autobahn because then there are many Idioten who don’t respect the Sirene
Its getting even better in europe cuz in most countries we are now taught to make a clear path in advance when there is traffic. So that if an ambulance would come trough it already has space
I remember when I was in Germany and we also were in 3 lane traffic and every single car in all 3 lanes moved to the side diagonally making a whole empty lane for the ambulance
ignorant until they'll need one
FaZe HugZ why tf are you here? 😂😂
FaZe HugZ Ohh I see ur on the weird side of KZhead too?
FaZe HugZ ayyy hugz I miss you
FaZe HugZ very weird to see a youtuber post a comment that a other normal person would
Lol wasn't expecting you here! FaZe up tho!
Moral of the story: if you're gonna get hurt, get hurt in Germany 😂
Sintrex XissoX Not really. The chance to die by terror is 1:5 000 000 in Germany. #fakenews
Sintrex XissoX stfu
Albert Einstein Indeed, you are more likely to be struck by lightning than killed in a terrorist attack. It's about a million times more likely to die from cancer, but no, let's focus on terrorist attacks for our populist agenda... And so many people fall for it as well, all you have to do is a single google search, but no, lets trust the guy that is good at shouting and hates a specific minority, it's not like we did the same thing 85 years ago or something...
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Relax Cobra Or Poland. Those people seem to be quite disciplined, too.
In Germany in heavy traffic on the highway everyone will make another free lane by going left and right just in case there's an ambulance coming. So not when they hear the siren, but way before in preparation for it.
The ironic part could be that the ambulance they selfishly didn't pass through was heading to their mom, sister, brother, best friend,...
Polish ambulance horn: exists. The driver: so you've chosen death.
But it worked ^^
So you have chosen deaf*
i mean I’m polish and I’ve never seen anyone blocking an ambulance. Everyone lets them go
The ambulance should really use a high pitch noise if someone doesn't move, because the more they don't move the more there ears will bleed,
Then what about deaf people who didn't noticed the ambulance and caused the surroundings tortured lol
@@LazyAndFabulous I have no words to say...
@@shijosatsujin7893 Your username is good enough tbh
I Stole your Car While you read my Username You know rear-view mirrors exist, right?
@@LazyAndFabulous Deaf people are allowed to drive cars?
I'm brazilian and here people usually do whatever it takes to let the ambulance or any emergency vehicle go through. It may not be like seen in Germany, but it's almost there.
I was a part-time dispatcher for fire/EMT years ago and an ambulance was going to the large city hospital. It was a toll road. The driver called me and said advise them I’m going through I’m not stopping the bar was up and he did go through they called me back and said that’s the fastest thing ever gone through my tollbooth.
Ambulances in Japan: *siren* “We’re sorry. Excuse us. Thank you so much. Thank you. We’re very sorry. Thank you. Thank you.” *siren*
I think this is more canada
Japanese ambulance are so slow. I wonder if they manage to reach the victim before he/she dies
And then there's European ambulances: "IF YOU DON'T MOVE WE WILL MAKE YOU" *siren and honking*
@@jack_harper i think they have rules for vehicle speed. It's very slow indeed. But it's also one of the reasons japan has quite low rate for car accidents. But I'm not really sure, correct me if I'm wrong.
@@tasha-tasha If you dont move we will make you unable to move
Poland and Germany have people parting like the goddarn Red Sea
In Germany they still complain that its not working fast enough n shit :D
E.V. Townsend it’s like that in Canada, we move out of the way. In Texas apparently both sides of the road must stop & let the emergency vehicles pass.
@@AimeranCS hopefully in Poland we have law that you need to move and make life saving corridor
It’s the law in many European countries
Yeah i'm living in Poland and I have never seen people in Poland not making space for ambulance.
When I lived in Germany I describe the way people got out of the way of an ambulance as “like the parting of the Red Sea.” Everybody clearly knew exactly what they were expected to do. But I had also been told that part of the reason was that whoever was riding shotgun in the ambulance would take your license plate number and you would get a visit from the police.
In downtown Calgary, the underpasses give you a generous 10cm to try and get out of the way. The traffic stopped at the intersection can’t see the ambulance and the siren is echoing off the skyscrapers so you don’t even know the direction it is coming from. If I ever have need an ambulance, I’ll grab a scooter and meet them outside of the core.
I can feel the anxiety of the person driving the car at 7:07
Hahah that would so be me, the dumbass not able to decide which side to go towards
@@ShaunDreclin haha same here buddy. I keep getting into these awkward situations for some reason :D
The driver of the ambulance called the guy in the black car an: "Arschloch". Which means asshole😂😂
@@liakraft6680 poor guy :p i know how he feels. Its not like he chose to do that, it just happens
@@liakraft6680 I didn't even notice that 😂
Looks more like "how OVERPOPULATED CITIES react to an ambulance" because where I live in Michigan, people usually pull over to the side of the road and clear the way
@NillyC same here, I live in a small city and sometimes highways are packed but if an ambulance is coming or a firetruck, they're getting through lol
It's the law in Michigan that you have to pull over for emergency vehicles
it's the law in Missouri too. we always pulled over
I live in north Carolina and if there is an emergency vehicle you have to pull over to the right and you have to let the ambulance go regardless of if it is your turn or the traffic lights say so.
@@sitlalipadron5207 I thought it was the law everywhere. You yield to emergency vehicles!
Had an experience while getting a ride home with my mom, middle lane of the road, a ambulance behind us with the siren and lights On, it was going through the cars when it got behind us, my mom's was calm and trying to drive to the right light so she could make space for the ambulance, while the right lane was trying to make space for the ambulance as well, meanwhile I was freaking out on the inside wanting to move the car out of there, she lucky managed to get space on the right lane and the cars on both the middle and left lane also managed to do so, it was terrifying hearing the sound of the siren while being almost trapped in traffic between vehicles, thinking how every second we didn't mive someone was getting closer to not seeing their family again.
I thought the one in Warsaw was most impressive. Everyone was so quick to move, 3 or 4 cars moving at the same time after the ambulance went round the corner. Very nice to see
Why is everyone here scared of the German siren? That's just what we call an ambulance in Europe.
I think they’re making this thing called a joke
@@AWormsPurpose in Italy too.. lol
baroquenroll92 they make jokes in Italy too?
Dont think anyone is scared they're saying how cars move outta the way for it.
Weird it sounds fire truck here..or maybe I'm mistaken
If you are in an emergency *make sure it’s in Poland or Germany* If you are in India... well...
Not in all states, especially not in Kerala. They ALWAYS make way for the ambulance. Otherwise they are punishable under law. Do check out Kerala ambulance videos.
@@dr.cruelladevil7101 and that's because Keralites are most educated
@@dr.cruelladevil7101 I'm having a heart attack.. yeah let me just fly to kerala and call an ambulance
@@leansnscenes7806 I'm sorry? But is this the best reply you could come up with? Tsk tsk😌😌
@@dr.cruelladevil7101 what I mean to say is everytime someone criticizes India making excuses like 'oh yeah this is not how it happens in my state or that state' does not mean that it doesnt happen in the rest of the country. A country is represented by the whole general populous not by a select few individuals
I always wondered about how much has to be difficult to drive one of those
In Italy is the same as Poland, as soon as the alarm starts everyone just gets out of the freaking way, it's a matter of respect, you never know how bad could be the situation inside the ambulance
My dad's advice for these situations is that: "You never know when you will be the one on the back of the ambulance."
Who cares if u are behind the ambulance, it matters if they are behind you. Maybe u fucked up the quote or dad is on crack.
@@miameow4833 You didn't understand, it's not behind the ambulance, it's in the back of the ambulance, you know? on the stretcher.
Thisss
@@miameow4833 "Are you dumb? Stupid or Dumb?"
I was in an ambulance once, I broke my arm during wrestling in school, shit sucked and I didn’t go back for like a month
All the USA, “unknown” places were New York City
2:50 I know exactly where the USA “unknown “ place is located. It’s 7th Ave South and Clarkson St. in Manhattan - Greenwich Village. I used to work near there, that’s why I recognized it. 😃
Grey 5 in the city, no one moves. In the suburbs, people actually care for each other
@@narrington7453 yep new yorker here, ive taken that bus.
Fizzling_Fire12 To be fair, look at the gridlock - it’s not easy for hundreds of cars that are already tightly packed to move to the side to let the ambulance pass, probably why it takes so long.
Carm_ Gacha NYC is America's most populated city, And the one city that many/most foreigners associate with America, for how many foreign tourists fly over to visit. But the problem is: *NYC is an island based city, that's very small, ,and extremely urbanized* The contiguous 48 are a giant continental territory that's mostly suburban
I once saw a video of a Dutch ambulance with a whole police entourage on motorcycles going ahead to stop cars because the patient was in a delicate state and the ambulance could not be bumpy or breaking all the time
Dude picked the most congested city in America during midday traffic to use as the sweeping example for America.
The German one is how I thought most sirens sound like-
Lol same
It sounds like the Fire brigade to me, but maybe I’m wrong - I’m from Austria
First time I’ve heard that type of siren, the ones in manhattan are the same as where I live but the drivers don’t usually flare them that much.
@@sourangel0077 I think firetrucks and ambulances sound the same here in germany, but I've never seen a firetruck driving through traffic jam.
Sounds like an ice cream train
As a Polish guy let me tell you, it's not that hard to make space. Even in worst traffic, you somehow always find space to let the ambulance through. I can't imagine standing with the ambulance stuck behind you, and hear the death clock of their patient waiting ticking away at you.
In Slovenia we make space for them at all locations, at all times... Yes, also tunnels.
@Ben Davidson not clogging up intersections would be a good starting point. I don't know if it's dumb drivers or dumb road rules, but you never get that in UK/Europe. Look at the taxi driving in, how is that going to help the situation. Just coz he has a green light doesn't mean going through is the best option
@Ben Davidson on this video there are 4 lines. You make a land in the middle. Cars can drive on the pedestrian way
@@adamzbucki4736 It's literally illegal in the EU. It is a question in driving tests. If you believe you may have to stop in the intersection, you stop before, until you have a clear way.
@@adamzbucki4736 or maybe that grey car in the front could of tried to move up a tiny bit :o
The UK allows any emergency vehicle through, everyone pulls over to the side of the road.
In Germany, you have to clear an emergency passage (between the left lane and the middle or right lane) in any traffic jam on a highway, even if there is no ambulance visible, failing to do so will give you a hefty fine, if you endanger someone you get your license suspended on top. And failing to yield to an ambulance (or not providing reasonable assistance to people in danger in general) is a criminal offense (hefty fine starting at 10 days of your net income, or up to one year in prison)
That one tourist in germany at the end who just doesn't know if he has to move left or right
7:04 lol
Left goes left middle and right lane go right easy
And funny how it switched during the end of the clip
Angela Florschütz Camplin nicht ganz 😅 die beiden rechten Spuren nach rechts und die linke nach links
@@a.florschutzcamplin9011 Nein, das wäre ja die schlimmste Lösung 😂 Die Linke nach links, weil dort kein Platz mehr ist. Die rechte auf den Standstreifen bzw so weit wie möglich nach rechts und die mittlere auf den rechten Streifen bzw so weit es geht. Left lane goes left. There wouldn't be enough space for another lane so the right lane has to move as far to the right as they can and the middle lane too. The shoulder lane gives enough space to do it.
In most European countries it's law to give the ambulances room to pass
Marjolein And it is good that way. It shouldn't be allowed to let somebody die...
It's also that way in Canada. You must move to the right side, we often will go onto the curb to make room for everyone else to move over. Haha it's hard when your a new driver on the road!
It's a law in almost every country not just Europe but it's the people who actually bother to follow the law...
Yeah in Belgium all cars and people have to put on the side like in Germany and Poland to let the ambulance go ! I was shocked about China and The United States :o ... A human is dying !
Axelle well I guess for china it's expected... Coming from a Chinese btw
All this video has shown me is that if I ever go to a big city and am in an accident I will probably die because the ambulance won't make it in time.
We have a rule in Russia: “if you don’t let the ambulance through now, then next time they may not get to you in time.” This applies to all drivers.
I‘m from Germany and seeing how people in other countries react makes me sad. Imagine you beeing in the ambulance car or one of your family/friends. Btw you have to pay money if you don‘t get out of the way fast.
I've heard stereotypes about German people being very strict , efficient and organized... As If that was a bad thing. Here in Mexico we could learn a thing or a hundred from their culture about getting things done.
Im from the us and here yes people react like a person should we move out of the way and let them pass its ussualy like that clip of germany but more crowded cities have a harder time of moving. Places like New York LA and other big cities have that problem but otherwise most cities and towns will part way and let them pass (my city Albuquerque in New Mexico is polite and will imedately move). Its just a matter if they have space to move or just don't care.
Same here in Poland, you have to pay a fine if you don't let the ambulance pass by. It's also one of the laws in the driving codex. Fun fact, ambulance is authorized to smash your mirror etc. If you don't move out of it's way
@@ThePress00 good joke.
Yeah what about the Falschparker? Someone died in a burning building AGAIN because of illegal parked cars. Same mentality as those who don't let an ambulance pass. But still much better than many countries. No empathy at. Don't let it consume you.
In Germany, when you don't make free space for the ambulance, you have to pay up to 500€
People outside Germany: Germans and their stupid love for rules and order Same people: woah, look at the German ambulance ...
Seems like a good policy to have.
That's a nice policy
@@CockmageLVL99 nice name
Hoo thats reason for giving way .. not becos of respect
in the states, anywhere that isnt a city street during rush hour, people absolutely move out the way.
if ever I'd get an accident, I'll go to Poland or germany. if I'm dying in india might as well don't get me an ambulance, let me die in peace than hearing those beeping noises and still die
Hahaha
you don‘t even have to call the ambulance, it will never arrive
Once when I was walking in Delhi, there was a huge traffic jam on a street to enter a Mall! And there was an Ambulance blowing its siren, waiting to pass the people who wouldn't budge because they valued their parking spot more than someone's life! I asked this mall traffic guy to do something, but he replied "They (the ambulance) are probably faking the siren just to get by". I was horrified. I told the guy he has to give the ambulance the benefit of the doubt! The only city in India where I have seen cars actually move to let an ambulance pass by is Bangalore. So I just wanted to say try not to be in an ambulance situation in India (:'))
Australia is like Poland too
Amost every country in Europe has that. So we're good.
I feel so sorry for those patients inside the ambulance...
Franchezkaichi Steven or the people the ambulance is trying to get to
Franchezkaichi Steven most of us feel sorry
Franchezkaichi Steven dead on arrival
Franchezkaichi Steven or the patient who need the ambulance to pick 'em up?
Well... Those patients gonna need some patience.
The more I see of Poland, the more I love it.
Here in Alaska everyone gets out of the way, even if the ambulance is on the other side of the highway. We don’t just get out the the way for ambulances, we get out of the way for cops, fire trucks, emergency management, every first responder, if their siren or lights is on at least. Especially in the Winter, with these temperatures it makes the risk of life or death even higher in these situations. Always let the snowplow pass as well.
I love how the polish ambulance driver doesn't give a f EDIT: Dang Guys I've never gotten so much likes thank you!
Facts, best driver on the vid
Thats true. I am always literally rushed to hospital. Ppl care here
Im in Poland and true
It's the way it should be. Someone's life hangs in the balance, get the fuck out of the way!
They're literally just doing their job. He "doesn't give a fuck" that how it should be
KZhead: wanna know how people react to an ambulance in different countries? 10 mil. People: yes
Spoiler alert : "China" was actually Jakarta Indonesia and My American peeps are going to be pissed at the video's NYC gridlock examples!
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In Germany, even though you can get fined for not letting the ambulance pass, there's almost always someone who fucks up the rettungsgasse or tries to abuse it... -_-
Such old videos are necessary to realize and reevaluate for one to see what creature it used to be 5 years ago and how much the mentality of people it represent has changed
Poland And Germany: "HIPPITY HOPPITY ,THE ROAD IS YOUR PROPERTY "
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China: the road is OURS
SO FUNNY OMG OMG
I live in Poland and there's not even a situation someone didnt make the space for ambulance. Everyone do that, no matter what and who, it's a thing I am proud of.
They are tryning not all do thath
:))) i live in Bangladesh in city called barisal they will give u space if ambulance siren happens :)) & i like it good to know Europe gives the whole road :)
ahn ja tak samo
same in lithuania! I haven’t had a lot of experiences with ambulances but when I did, everyone moved away as soon as they heard an ambulance.
Its the same in all Europe.. in Romania is the same, you need to pull over and stop
This once again shows that not only, only one clip isnt enough to represent a country, but also we need to disensentivice driving in order for our hard working emergency forces to get through traffic smoothly.
In Greece, everyone moves out of the way and then rush behind the ambulance to take advantage of the empty street!
First clip isn't in China, its Indonesia, downtown Jakarta
i thought the same you can notice its not china by seeing the driving side of the vehicles
If tht's the case, so tht's why it looked familiar 👁👄👁
Pancoran
Jangan bilang gobloookkk hahahaha
@@agoydito youre indonesian
here in Brazil you MUST get out of the way anyway, whether it's passing a red light or getting on the sidewalk. the ambulances will honk until you get out of the way, and if you don't, people will complain to you.
As an American who has also lived in the UK, not only do Americans move out of the way, they completely stop on the side of the road, this goes for letting fire trucks through as well. In the UK, no one moves over u til the last second, and they maintain the speed they were going
Not true at all. I have lived in the UK all my life and what was shown here for Germany and Poland is exactly what happens here.
Conclusion: call the ambulance for the person you're about to stab so by the time you actually stab them, the ambulance might be half way
J-Dog Shaytard lol why would you call the ambulance for someone you want dead
Valravn CP Captain obvious is obvious
+Valravn CP get in your car if the road is busy and drive behind the ambulance for a fast run away lol
Valravn CP some people just want to stab a dude for no reason. doesnt mean they want to kill them lol
Genji Shimada I've done that before xD
Whenever I hear an ambulance my neck turns like an owl. I do not want to be that person that slows an ambulance down, no sir no way.
Also, never tried to be a tricky driver that sticks to the back of running ambulance.
I don't even have a license but get stressed out when hearing sirens. 😂
When my dad hears an ambulance he makes sure he isn't in the way
@@syd201 Respect
Whenever I drive and hear a siren I make sure not be that a-hole on the road.
you should see how we do it here in Spain, as soon as you hear a distant ambulance siren you get out of the way to let them pass as fast as they can.
I live in a big city in the US and every time I see an ambulance the roadway opens for them just like in the Germany example.
Imagine all the people who have died from not making it to the hospital.
Basically, this is the story of how two Indycar drivers died: *Dan Wheldon* (was unconsious after hitting the fence and died on the way to hospital via helicopter), and Eddie Sachs (was alive after his accident, but his injuries were severe enough for him to die at the hospital)
my great grand ma died in ambulance in way to hospital😢
@@juPitertv-uh2qz so sorry for your loss💐
That's sad ye. In Spain (from what I've seen and experienced here in Málaga, we let them pass a lot)
@@juPitertv-uh2qz sorry :(
RIP to all the people who died because ambulance was stuck in traffic
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My grandfather died because it took the ambulance 2 hours to get to him as he was in the Philippines
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In Germany there is something called: rettungsgaße, you are required to make space, if not, you get a ticket
in Poland, except we all make room in advance when we hear the ambulance approaching from very far behind, I've been in a situation when stuck at a red light I rode over a curb to let it pass. There is a human in the ambulance that wants to live...
Poland and Germany show the way should humans act .Great peoples .
exactly
Umm there were no traffic so
@@abbygalerowe6775 doesnt matter, you have signs everywhere how to act when ambulance comes, you can go to court for not letting the ambulance pass.
@@abbygalerowe6775 video from warsaw is old, now there's much more traffic and people still let ambulance go first everywhere, even in traffic jams they can let it pass somehow. And its like that in whole Poland, and also in most of european countries.
Thank you ! Im from Poland and today when i was walking an ambulanse was on its way, every single car moved to the sides as soon as they could. Without a hustle! They calmly gace the ambulanse a completely clear road and after it passed they calmly went back to their normal positions without honking etc. It was so heartwarming for some reason, I also saw them do the same thing for a police car a few minutes ago.