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Polish tourists killed in coach crash near Berlin
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010...d-crash-berlin
> At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured today when a bus carrying Polish tourists crashed on the motorway south-east of Berlin, police said. What was that very-important rule of driving? Merging traffic must yield to the traffic that is already on the roadway! > Feuring said authorities believed the bus, carrying 49 Poles on their way home from a holiday in Spain, crashed into a car merging on to the highway before hitting an overpass pylon. The merging car's 37-year-old driver was among the injured, he said. No, no, no! Wrong! I am absolutely infuriated, especially considering the close proximity of this incident to the home of my family. The local news station reported that the merging car was a Mercedes which was being driven by a female owner. This collision may have actually been caused by one of the merge-impaired Sloths that I have encountered in the recent past. If you are on the merge lane and you determine that you cannot safely enter the roadway, you must stop and wait! You may not continue driving and hope that somebody brakes in order to "let you in" while interrupting the flow of traffic. I eagerly await the news that the Mercedes had experienced a severe mechanical failure at the moment of the merge, or that some unusual road-surface hazard or medical emergency had caused the Mercedes driver to crash, and that this collision was actually an unavoidable accident. |
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Polish tourists killed in coach crash near Berlin
Alexander Rogge > wrote:
>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010...d-crash-berlin >> At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured today when a >> bus carrying Polish tourists crashed on the motorway south-east >> of Berlin, police said. >What was that very-important rule of driving? Merging traffic must >yield to the traffic that is already on the roadway! Not in Germany. When merging, everybody gives way in a 1-for-1 manner. StVO, § 7 Abs. 4 (4) Ist auf Straßen mit mehreren Fahrstreifen für eine Richtung das durchgehende Befahren eines Fahrstreifens nicht möglich oder endet ein Fahrstreifen, so ist den am Weiterfahren gehinderten Fahrzeugen der Übergang auf den benachbarten Fahrstreifen in der Weise zu ermöglichen, daß sich diese Fahrzeuge unmittelbar vor der Verengung jeweils im Wechsel nach einem auf dem durchgehenden Fahrstreifen fahrenden Fahrzeug einordnen können (Reißverschlußverfahren). Rough translation: If on roads with more than one lane in the same direction, one of the lanes can no longer be used or ends, it is required that the obstructed vehicles be enabled to change to an adjacent lane immediately prior to the obstruction in a one-for-one manner with traffic in the continuing lane. (Zipper fashion). i.e. it is the responsibility of drivers in the continuing lane to enable merging and for those whose lane endsor is obstructed, to allow alternate vehicles from continuing traffic to me mixed in. >> Feuring said authorities believed the bus, carrying 49 Poles on >> their way home from a holiday in Spain, crashed into a car >> merging on to the highway before hitting an overpass pylon. The >> merging car's 37-year-old driver was among the injured, he said. >No, no, no! Wrong! >I am absolutely infuriated, especially considering the close proximity >of this incident to the home of my family. The local news station >reported that the merging car was a Mercedes which was being driven by a >female owner. This collision may have actually been caused by one of >the merge-impaired Sloths that I have encountered in the recent past. The CAUSE has yet not been determined. It was raining; which always affects visibility. Even on Sundays. Police are still investigating. Local report (in German) <http://www.rbb-online.de/fernsehen/beitrag/schweres_busunglueck.html> >If you are on the merge lane and you determine that you cannot safely >enter the roadway, you must stop and wait! You may not continue driving >and hope that somebody brakes in order to "let you in" while >interrupting the flow of traffic. Which section of the StVO says that? You will probably find that, if you come to a stop on the Autobahn at the end of the merge lane, that the Autobahnpolizei will be along shortly to assist in the appropriate manner. It never seems more than 15 to 20 minutes between one of them passing a particular point on the main sections. -- /"\ Bernd Felsche - Innovative Reckoning, Perth, Western Australia \ / ASCII ribbon campaign | For every complex problem there is an X against HTML mail | answer that is clear, simple, and wrong. / \ and postings | --HL Mencken |
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Polish tourists killed in coach crash near Berlin
On Sep 27, 4:24*am, Alexander Rogge > wrote:
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010...ists-killed-cr... > > > At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured today when a bus carrying Polish tourists crashed on the motorway south-east of Berlin, police said. > > What was that very-important rule of driving? *Merging traffic must > yield to the traffic that is already on the roadway! Wrong. > I am absolutely infuriated, Do tell. ----- - gpsman |
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Polish tourists killed in coach crash near Berlin
Bernd Felsche wrote:
>> Merging traffic must >> yield to the traffic that is already on the roadway! > > Not in Germany. > > When merging, everybody gives way in a 1-for-1 manner. > StVO, § 7 Abs. 4 > > Rough translation: > If on roads with more than one lane in the same direction, > one of the lanes can no longer be used or ends, it is > required that the obstructed vehicles be enabled to change to > an adjacent lane immediately prior to the obstruction in a > one-for-one manner with traffic in the continuing lane. > (Zipper fashion). The problem usually begins when the merger fails to yield in the first place, at the start of the acceleration lane. The merger should plan a safe merge instead of obligating the drivers on the roadway to "let him in" as a result of bad planning. I have no objection to the Zipper Method rule, when the continuation of a safe merge has been obstructed unreasonably, and without some accommodation the possibility of a collision is increased. This problem often occurs during conditions of lane-closures around construction zones, during conditions of bad weather which have resulted in an unexpected obstruction to the traffic in a lane, and during conditions of congested traffic. > You will probably find that, if you come to a stop on the Autobahn > at the end of the merge lane, that the Autobahnpolizei will be along > shortly to assist in the appropriate manner. I agree, but who is tagged? The merger is tagged, not the traffic on the roadway for failing to "let in" the merger. These merge-impaired drivers will sometimes match speeds with a vehicle on the roadway until they arrive at the Gore Point, and then the merger assumes that everybody else should swerve or brake. No, that's not correct. I have also seen some drivers attempt this behaviour around buses and other large vehicles. There may be a gigantic gap in front of the large vehicle on the roadway, a vehicle which is moving at a very moderate speed, but the merger refuses to accelerate into the gap. If that was the intention, the merger should have planned to move behind the vehicle that was on the roadway. It is this concept of yielding to the traffic with the right-of-way while using effective planning, and concerning oneself with the drivers who are behind you, that makes driving very safe and efficient. The opposite of this concept is Me First, while imposing a cost onto everybody else. If I am on the merge lane and I see a bus approaching closely, I will accelerate to place myself at a safe distance in front of that bus before attempting to merge. Doing this deters the possibility that I will interfere with the path of the bus, and the bus driver cannot accelerate such that my merge would be obstructed. If I cannot see what is ahead of the bus because of weather conditions, and so I cannot determine if there is a safe distance in front of the bus, I will plan to merge behind the bus. I will not continue accelerating down the merge lane while hoping that somebody will brake for me, and then swerve onto the roadway when my merge lane has ended. I would hope that such Me First behaviour was not the cause of this deadly collision. |
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