again and again, motorists are blocking the emergency lane for the ambulance, fire and police. The most recent example occurred on the Monday before the schöneich tunnel. On the A1L in Zurich Töfffahrer crashed into the rear of a car. The 35-Year-old was seriously injured as the Canton of Zurich police Department announced on Tuesday. The Tunnel had to be closed because of the accident out of town for about two hours, which led to a traffic jam.
Töfffahrer has an accident and is seriously injured: the scene of the accident in the schöneich tunnel. Image: Kapo ZH
the city police of Zurich published Tuesday on Twitter, shows the attempt of the forces, to get to the scene of the accident. However, a white van blocked the emergency lane and stops. To the comment of the police: “It shows once again how important it is to rescue lane. It doesn’t work.”
That this incident is no exception, confirmed Christian column stone, spokesman for the city police, to “20 minutes”: “Unfortunately, it always comes back to situations like this.” The reason is that people often do not know how a proper emergency lane looks like. “We are trying to get people’s attention. For this, a few months ago, Switzerland launched a wide campaign.”
emergency lane is not voluntary
In the Swiss road traffic law, the formation of a proper emergency lane was enshrined even legally. If you didn’t, you must expect to be the police reported to the police: “the amount of the penalty, the competent court shall decide.”
As a model and rescue lane. Video: Kapo BL
it is Important, according to a column stone, and that the traffic participants react to signs of congestion in a timely manner. “That is, keep calm and, if possible, to the left or to the right lane, so as to form a three-Meter-wide emergency lane.”
What can not judge the driver of the white car ran exactly went wrong, column stone: “Whether a police was display, I can not say at the time.” Necessary to ensure that the police have written down the number of the car license plates.
“something like this makes me so angry,”
On Twitter, the Users are outraged over the Video for the police. So, a user writes: “this makes me so angry. How can you not see beyond their own noses?” And another woman says: “egoists pack. Everyone has the feeling of being short-changed.” Even clearer words of another user: “Just Dubble uf de Strass. Ticket lose weight.”
How the emergency corridor works: explanatory video of the Kapo.
(Inherited from 20min.ch, edited by Tagesanzeiger.ch/Newsnet)
Created: 09.01.2019, 08:38 PM
