American Reacts to Phenomenal Ambulance Driver in Snowy Slovenia Traffic JAM
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Hello, I'm very surprised that my post ended up on the American side. I was the ambulance driver that day and it was really chaotic. The video was taken before the introduction of the rescue lane, which is now mandatory on the highway-. I drove a VW T5 Transporter 2.5TDI, 4WD with 180 horsepower. We went to the Postojna maternity hospital with an incubator-
Also this clip was made before the rescue lane was a thing in Slovenia. Now when there is a jam the cars leave the midle for the emergency vehicles
and one of the worst offenders (at 8:25) has an Austrian licence plate… They should REALLY know better, given how expensive it's there to block the rescue lane.
Lol i cant believe what a mess it was back then... Also he pronounced Slovenia with ''E'', which is correct :D
This is old 10+ years.
Yea, Austrians are wierd drivers.
They also like to drive 90kmh on the left lane and block traffic.
Almost feels like they are not from the EU 😂
As someone who regularly goes from Croatia to Austria to the Netherlands and back and forth. Passing through Slovenia. They really stepped up with the infrastructure. And they are quite nice drivers and people. It's also a very beautiful country that's often overlooked as European holiday country. Had some of the best weird situations in Slovenia and Croatia, love you guys ❤
Shoutout to the ambulance driver, but also to other drivers for doing anything they could to get out of his way
Wow, surprise - the reaction to the Slovenian video! Who would have thought - everyone usually looks/sees and knows only about Germany, France, Italy... interesting! 8:33 Chevy Venture - Graz, Austria license plate. This highway leads towards the coast - towards Koper and is jammed every God's day, regardless of the season - every day you hear on the radio that there are traffic jams, if there are no accidents it is a real "holiday"! That is why there are also many trucks with trailers in the video. This all goes to the port of Koper and onto the ships. Kudos to our ambulance drivers! These guys are highly skilled and drivers with steel nerves.
Well in Europe we called that "Corridor for life"
Hi from Slovenia. That part of the highway is always jammed. Always. There is a car crash there like all the time. It's the highway that goes from the main city to the coast.
Would be interesting to see more vids on Slovenia in general. Not a lot of ppl check it out like this.
My niece loves driving fast and helping people. She is now training to be an ambulance driver
A drivers license in germany is about 2000-3000€ (about 2100-3200 USD) and takes several months of practically and theoretical training. You also have have to pass practically and theoretical test to get it. The driving skill and following rules is according to that. Other EU countries are similar.
Like one freaky video game...good job my Slovenian drivers..
having to drive through that lot then have to treat a patient,real heroes.
Well you have some Slovenian followers here mate 😃
For creating a rescue lane on multi lane roads there's a simple rule in Germany: vehicles in the most left lane move further to the left, all others go as far as possible to the right.
Rescue vehicles are allowed to use tires with spikes which normal vehicles aren't allowed.
It’s same in Slovenia now. If you don’t make an emergency lane you can get fined
Most Transporters in the EU have inline 4 diesel engines with 2.0L-2.5L displacement and a manual translation.
There is also a Mercedes Sprinter with a 3.0L V6 diesel engine and a Iveco Daily with 3.0L I4 diesel, both also available with automatic transmissions.
Generally speaking all those are between 100 to 190 HP.
Some are rear wheel drive and some are front wheel drive, most RWD versions can be ordered with a rear locker.
Those Transporters are our workhorses and are used for everything that does not require Semi Truck weight / size.
They are our trucks, when it comes to versatility, and are also used for towing medium loads (3t - 3.5t).
Everything heavier or bigger gets transported with Trucks (not Pickup trucks).
It was VW Transporter T5 2.5TDI with 180 horsepower and 4WD
When we must save lives, we are all together. Greetings from Slovenia ;)
Thing is compared to the USA where most of the time your parents can teach you (or not) and then you just need a written test for your actual license, in almost all of Europe everyone needs to do driving lessons with a professional driving instructor so that at least from getting their license they don't get to be in a situation where a whole family just passes down their behind the wheel mcdonald's eating driving habits from generation to generation all the time.
Granted it's logical the USA doesn't hold drivers to the same standard because you actually need a car.
Here you don't, so if you can't conduct yourself properly on the road... then you're not allowed on the road. Then go take public transport. That works fine here.
Wow my country 🤘🇸🇮🥳🖖 Yea you got Slovenian folower ;)
Ps ; there is lain for emergancy, but it was full of snow, usuly they clean it in a day.
Me too 😃
@@julko28 Zakaj se potem pogovarjamo v Angleščini? XD
@@florjanbrudar692 Because boss of this chanel, doesnt understand slovenian ;p
@@vonlobo exactly
@@vonloboI might add that TH-cam has google translate built into the comments, so I can kind of understand comments in other languages 😎
The "Duster" in this case was a Dacia Duster. Slovenia is very beautiful. The mountains in the north west of the country have some amazing hairpin bends. I remember travelling on a bus through over twenty of them! It was hair raising!!!
In Switzerland you get a pretty good fine for not making a hole for emergency vehicles as soon as traffic jams on the Autobahn. It's also very clear where the hole is to be made. The Rescue lane is always to the right of the left lane so on two lane highways the left lane scooches over towards the left and the right lane moves over towards the breakdown lane and there should be enough space for even fire trucks. On three lane highways the left lane moves over to the left and the middle and right lanes move over to the right.
The unplowed strip in the beginning was the breakdown lane. In Switzerland emergency vehicles do use that lane when necessary but in general you try to get into the recue lane as an unrelated car could be broken down on the (aptly named) breakdown lane.
I still have to put my rescue lane reminder sticker on the rear windshield...it was a Christmas gift from my wife.
The rescue lane in Slovenia is the center between left and right lane. Vehicles on the left lane need to move as much to the left as they can and vehicles on the right have to move to the right, even behind the hard shoulder line. Hard shoulder is for emergency stops, not for emergency vehicles. This is a very old video when there was no such rule yet.
I'm surprised to see what that you think of this, in my home country.
Slovenija rocks
In Slovenia its has been recently made aware to the drivers via television and radio, if traffic slows down or ambulance comes the traffic slows down at all times something happens....they go to the left and right. :) alot safer now for amulances.
In some countries in Europe, like Germany, the Law actually says that everyone has to get to the right, except for the leftest lane, they go to the left, and you are commited to leave an emergency lane, in case you don't, police can charge you a big tiket for preventing Emergency services doing their job!
For a country without wide/flat/straight roads like the autobahn is there no sense in having such laws. So thinking that the German system can be applied elsewhere as "the solution" is a bit to much to expect. Most of the roads in my country is one (narrow) lane, in each direction, and no road shoulder. There is a story about a German tourist that came into a gasoline station and complained about how narrow the roads were. The guy on the gasoline station did not have much with the road to do ..... so he said...well...but what do you think about the length then....???
By the way ....Norway is around 2900 km from end to end.
Wish u all the best :) gretts from Slovenia
The Dacia was a Romanian brand of car now owned by Renault, Duster is a model.
Thats one of the reasons the drivers license is much more pricy here in eu and because we take mandatory lessons to learn how to behave in different emergency situations. People in general here are tought how to behave in situation like this one.
The engine might be an inline 5cyl TDI (Maybe a VW Crafter / MB Sprinter based ER)
Duster is "Dacia Duster" Romanian product with backing from Renault :)
Wow i have been following you for a while now, and i never expected you to do a vid on my home country, due to it's small size. (Only 2 mio population) I couldn't believe the thumbnail at first 😆. Maybe sometime you could check out a vid about Slovenia. We have some interesting landscapes and other stuff here. Interesting fact: our capital Ljubljana has been regarded as the green capital of Europe.
I’m different than most on YT, I am always learning and trying to discover more places and cultures. Everyone likes to look at France or Germany when covering Europe, but I like to look further than that. Glad you’re part of this community, Thank You 😎🎉
More on Slovenia 🇸🇮 soon!
It's also a surprisingly beautiful capital ❤
I had pretty much the same reaction to seeing the thumbnail.
IWrocker if you ever plan to visit Slovenia I would suggest coming late august or start of September when Ilirska Bistrica Hillclimb is happening 😁
WOW , that look stressful.
😲
From the dashboard I would say the ambulance is a Volkswagen T5 - so standard model has only FWD.
Hell yeah way better than American drivers would do
Here in Sweden we get taught to pull to the right and stop when there's sirens, so by default emergency vehicles go near the center of the road
This is an older video, it is the same in Slovenia now. It makes sense
04:39 while traffic like this and You see / heard sirens emergency lights not allowed = blocking ambulance = automatlicly least 400 euro ticket + texting eating while trafic or highway is second at least 400 euro ticket .
The Chevy Venture was probably an Opel Sintra. It's basically the same car since Opel is owned by GM.
The "Duster" was a Dacia Duster. It's quite popular because of its low price.
Opel is not owned by GM anymore. After many years of negative balance/deficit was Opel sold to PSA Group (Peugeut, Citroën and DS ) in 2017. Some said that after one year was Opel going on the plus side financially. In 2021 was PSA merged into Stellantis.
@@Dan-fo9dk oh well, but it was still owned by GM when that car was made
@@demogaming8895 ...yes...and I said that Opel was owned by GM until 2017. You wrote "Opel is owned...." that is a present form...right.... If you want to talk about the past you must use another form. One must expect that what you write is also what you mean.......
@@Dan-fo9dk I know what you said and I admitted my mistake with that "oh well"
Tja👋 from Sweden🇸🇪 New subscriber, looking forward to new and old content😊
Just for information, the road has a rescue lane, only the snow that has been plowed is blocking it due to the large amount. Standard vehicles cannot drive into the snow without getting stuck. The ambulance, on the other hand, is raised higher off the ground and has 4WD. The biggest problem is when the road is under repair and only one line of the highway is open for both sides. At that time, however, there is no choice and you have to drive in front of the ambulance until there is an opportunity to pull over, because there is no room. I would like to see a helicopter made with longer legs that can land on the highway between cars and drop down doctors and patient beds.
There is like more than 5.000 drivers here! THAT WOULD BE SO HILARIUS
9:46 The Duster is a Dacia Duster. It is a Renault subbrand. Sometimes they sell it as a Renault Duster. It is a small and cheap SUV. It has 1.6l petrol or 1.5 disel, 2 or 4 wd. I believe it is made in Romania.
great reaction as usual Ian, thank you. Just wanted to let you know after seeing an earlier video. that Queensland play New South Wales in the first 2023 State of Origin rugby league match tomorrow night, 31-5-23 in Adelaide. If you want to watch the toughest game on the planet, live, find a way to tune in mate.
That Chrysler Van had an Austrian License Plate. There is a Factory in Austria for this Model. So it's actually not an import, but a "domestic" american Car in Austria.
That looks like all the population of Slovenia is on that highway lmao
There's actually over 2 million of us in the country including myself.
@@florjanbrudar692 🙀🙀🙀🙀
Never ending jokes about Slovene population...in my country it is endless source for jokes. I have Slovenian friend and always tease him with this. He calls me croissant, I call him janez or kekec when we pretend to be pissed at each other...
Your guess is not far from truth, LOL! This highway is one of most traffic heawy in Slovenia because a lot of workers from smaller cities drive to the capital Ljubljana - every work day. I live near Postojna and used to drive to my work place through LJ. It was tricky few years back but this days it's horrible...You need almost an hour to pass the ring highway arround Ljubljana, bare 10km.... The problem is that streets in the city don't take the traffic as fast as highway is pushing it in. City itself is small and too many people rush in at the same time. I'm trully releived that I don't need to rake this drive anymore.
Its quite a project to get a drivers license in slovenia (and most of europe) so people usually drive well.
Duster is Dacia. So you could see full truck of Dacias ;)
GM minivans were a hit in the 90's here in Finland.
Also big vans were popular, GMC starcraft etc...
The Chevrolet Venture is being sold as Chevrolet Trans Sport in Europe (Pontiac Trans Sport until 1999). They were kinda popular in the 90s, at least in Austria you could see quite a few of them on the road. They were also sold as Opel Sintra, but they were mostly for the German market. But since 1999 there are not a lot of Trans Sports, or any rebadged versions of it. It's successor, the Opel Zafira, which you didn't get in the US, but Mexico and South America (Chevrolet Zafira, it's also closely related to the Chevrolet HHR since it uses the same platform), was (and still is) very popular. It is a bit smaller than the Trans Sport.
Trans Sport makes a lot of women in sports very mad ;)
I remember Opel Sintra could be seen from time to time, but not much were sold after it failed in EuroNCAP crash test, reaching only 2 stars of 5, which was in time when NCAP was really focused on car construction safety than assistants. Not very safe van for its size.
01:45 they have 2 WD studed tires, but some areas is 4WD ( mountains ) too .
Regarding the engine sound - we have plenty 5 cylinder diesel VW Crafters modified to ambulance in Slovenia... this is quite surely on of those..
it was vw transporter T5 2.5TDI 4wd with 180 horsepower 5 cylinder
A episode with you just looking at different cars would be interesting too.
the duster you saw was a dacia duster, is a sister company from renault, they are built in romenia
seems to be a Volkswagen Transporter ambulance, so it is quite a lot smaller than a normal Mercedes sprinter, so better to go through tight spaces.
The car was a Dacia Duster.
Here is a nice video from Finland
If you haven't already, check out the police motorcycles clearing traffic for ambulances in Europe too amazing guys !! 👏😌
The Chevrolet Venture has an European twin named Vauxhall/Opel Sintra
The way this guy says SLOVENJA 😂😂😂😂
Left line to left all others to right.
Dacia Duster is an SUV built in Mioveni, Romania, and owned by Renault , France. i nearly bought one until I test drove it and discovered that there was nothing about it that I actually liked. There was nothing actually wrong with it, it just feels like driving a van rather than a car. I bought a Renault Capture instead which has that wow factor when you get in and drive off. If you want a really cheap SUV and live on a farm transporting bails of straw, children and sheep then go for it.
I have one of the apartments about 5km /3mi away and sometimes I rather go to my other apt. 80km away than here because I need like 40min for 80km and 3h for 5km :)
Great from driver
I'd recommend you to watch some emergency videos from Spain Barcelona e.g.. The ambulances and fire trucks there got all amber lights or amber/red combo. Pretty weird to watch.
at one point you wondered what engine was in the ambulance because it sounds funny . well its a 2.5L 5 cylinder Turbo Diesel Volkswagen Transporter T5
it was vw transporter T5 2.5TDI 4wd with 180 horsepower 5 cylinder
Hoping the ambulace got snowtires on, seeing it was running on the shoulder for a bit. Not been to Slovenia yet, though it seems to be in my planning for next year, I assume the first letters on the license plates reveal either the region or city the car is registered. Seen a few starting with LJ which makes me think of the Capital of the country Lubljana (correct me if the spelling is wrong here). And for those reading comments, the planning is for the SMT (Slovenska Planinska Pot). Ian, just search for it, if the searchresults includes Slovenia, I am sure you know what it means.
Ian, you make a comment (6:53 or so in), but don't forget the confusing bit for drivers. When I was a kid (in The Netherlands, but I assue it applied/applies to most of Europe), everyone would go to the utmost far right of any lane, so the ambulance / police / Fire deepartment could pass on the space left of the other vehicules.
Nowadays, the idea is that the left lane drivers go to the utmost far left, the right lane drivers to the utmost far left, and thus creating a space in the middle for any and all emergency vehicles. As you see/saw, that creates problems with exits/entrances, and merging motorways. So I am not sure the "new" method is better. IMHO getting emergency vehicles on the shoulders is a better idea, as the shoulder should be emergency only, like cars with trouble or emergency vehicles, than again what the heck do I know, just my 2 cents of opinion I guess.
Duster is a type of Dacia, a Romanian brand of car, that basically nowadays is run by Renault and has Renaults engines in it. Though I still think the Logan is the more popular type of Dacia to be around atm.
One question though, if you even read this comment completely, why did you not expect to see certain cars ???
Its Ljubljana 🤘🥳🖖
Yes, they do, all cars must have winter tires in winter, is mandatory, also those videos helped to make emergency lane in the middle during jams is mandatory now....btw that intersection is always packed during rush hours, is my everyday drive there.
In coastal towns winter tires are not mandatory.
You should know a fact in Slovenia, you have an abnormal high chance of lightning strikes and do gear up for mountains please.♥
07:16 Yes they have 1.9 - 2,4 Liter ( 115.94 until 146.45 cid ) turbo diesel enignes.
Murican mosh-pit of cars LOL
Would be interesting with all the huge pick ups in America. Good, that Europe has most "little" cars. I know, the streets there are larger,but...!
Driver awareness is remarkable. In Australia he would be stuck by ignorant aholes!
Part of reason of driver awareness in remarkable, most European countries, fines are really expensive and people don't want to lose their license.
Also getting a license in Europe is really expensive, it's not like Australia and North America where drivers basically pull a license out of assholes.
If you see croatian plates ZG xxxxxxx white Skoda that was me. I was traveling outside Croatia and found myself in this mess and there was ambulance going thru. Slovenia was same as Croatia part of former Yugoslavia and Austrian empire, so like North Croatia people are more organised and in order and follow rules...
Traffic accident I've already seen this video lol
that shavy car with G 408DY plate is Austrian :D
8:28 Opel Sintra
What the Hell is a Duster? It"a a Dacia Duster, Romanian Car and also a decent SUV for it"s price ... which starts at about 15000 Euros
What most people don't know is, you don't just get thrown in at the deep end here, I mean you don't just apply for the driving job then get let loose - - - these are trained just like cops, well probably more than cops - - after all they are heavier vehicles and you must be able to control it no matter what the weather is doing......... but more than this, you MUST ensure the safety and wellbeing of whoever is in the back... the slowest I've actually seen an ambulance going under escort was about 10 years ago, 10mph with outriders police cars and roads being cleared because of a spinal injury patient
4:05 Not sure but i guess it's the same in most of the EU that emergency takes the "middle lane", for some reason it was driving on the right side at the beginning (looks like it's not a driving lane anyway) that's why there were close calls. They hear the siren but cant see anything from the left mirror
Engine on ambulance could be 2,5 5 cilinder diesel Wv....probably 4x4 synhro..
it was vw transporter T5 2.5TDI 4wd with 180 horsepower 5 cylinder
There is a default. They should leave the middle part of the road clear for the emergency vehicles to get through.
is there a way to do Geography Now Slovenia video
Regarding the car brands. Duster is a Dacia car, a Romanian brand owned by Renault now. Chevrolet build and sell cars in Europe. Again, Romania ia one of the countries that produce Chevy.
same in the Netherlands if there is no emergency lane people have to move over like this to pretty common true out EU i think
OK, first time I got road rage sitting at home. Wierd.
MAKE AND KEEP THAT FREAKING RESCUE LANE MOFOS.
Wow, I got myself pissed off.
Ian noted the engine sound of the ambulance. It's a 5-cylinder diesel, therefore it must be either a VW Transporter with the 2.5 engine, or an older Mercedes Sprinter. I think it's the former
it was vw transporter T5 2.5TDI 4wd with 180 horsepower 5 cylinder
Duster is a Dacia model, Dacia being a Romanian car maker. They produce affordable non-fancy cars.
The most stressfull drive video ive seen, was a ambulance needed to get to a hospital in London and they had to get there Quick because they was carring maybe a hearth or other bodypart That a patient was needed. I Think one of the motorcyklist helpers quit afterwards. Wish i could give you the link. Sincerly me
09:52 Dacia Duster . littlte sister company by Reanault . Size like Jeep Compas
I wonder if any country or city has considered having a mini for emergency response, I know they couldn't transport but they could prolly get on site the quickest and try to keep a patient alive until the the reg ambulance arrives?
Some countries do have doctors/paramedics that respond on motorcycles (including slovenia) but those are not on the roads during winter
@@naizeylines oh cool. Thanks for the knowledge!
@@brandontoler2382 I get shivers every time I see those guys responding because I just know somebody somewhere is in a really bad state
@@brandontoler2382 there also some actual Mini Coopers in service at various emergency services, however most of them play only minor roles and aren't used for any frontline tasks. But there are many other car based emergency vehicles across Europe, like e.g. emergency doctor cars, chief cars, mini rescue cars and quick attack units for fires
In some european countries there are first responders rescue units on motorbykes,
American cars are not that uncommon in Europe, I live in The Netherlands and used to drive a Pontiac Trans Sport. Ford 150's and Dodge Ram 1500's are pretty popular.
F150s are super rare across Europe, but RAM 1500s are somewhat popular
6:29 oh there is, it is law that drivers have to make emergency lane usualy right to leftmost lane and to be honest, drivers in the middle lane are doing pretty bad job since they stand almost at the dashed line, but so far, ive seen it only in DE done as it should be
You see that you do not need a 4WD SUV for the snow.
Also why having smaller cars is safer for everyone.
06:01 that because must need in USA make driving courses not only excam /tests and not only "parents or older broder teaching drive "
Interesting one here if you have some spare time and have not seen it ( Quality ain't great but it is old ) - Police High Speed Escort from the outskirts of London into Central London - The Liver Run th-cam.com/video/JNi7uMEGmOs/w-d-xo.html
Rescue lane looks different
you did rally from Slovenia
rip ears
Engine will be typical euro-vam so 2.2 - 3.5 L Turbo Diesel.. If I had to guess by the sound I'd say around the 3.0L
The problem most people have getting out of the way is they don't know where the corners of their cars are..
See people stopping with 2M (6ft8 ish) to spare around them.. See it all the time..
it was vw transporter T5 2.5TDI 4wd with 180 horsepower 5 cylinder
10:00 Dacia Duster,, also called Renault Duster on some countries. Budget 4wd or FWD SUV. Commonly sold with Renault based 1.3l 4-cylinder + turbo combo or 1.6 diesel that is joint effort from Mercedes and Nissan/Renault (who owns Dacia). Had one, but due brick like aerodynamics and bit low power 1.3l petrol I sold it (8-9l/100km with 1.80e/litre hurts a bit...)
And no, it has nothing to do 60/70's Duster. ;)
More about Duster; th-cam.com/video/2E44dNQkQXs/w-d-xo.html&ab_channel=ScottishCarClan
MF still overexposes his cam to bring out his eye color. Damn that's dedication
Why do people call everyone for "MF" when they did NOTHING wrong?
well i watched this 2x now this is Highway A1 from Ljubljana twords Koper the worst part IMO i drive on it every day since it's a highway merge and also an exit right after the merge so always the worst part IMO all the year and back in 2011 Slovenia still had toll boths so that made jams eaven worse in summer time
The Duster is a Dacia (pronounced dacha) its a Romanian company
Go SOX ⚾️
I hate when people are disrespectful the ambulance have to save a life and seconds are counted. And I don’t like peoples who don’t use their turning signal lights. If not good video ! 👍