What is the corridor effect that the DGT recommends learning how to use in emergencies

When an accident occurs, it is very important that ambulances arrive as soon as possible to the place of events. As well as, that they can evacuate the wounded to the hospital without barriers.

An accident is also unnecessary. For example, it may happen that a person has a heart attack and an ambulance must take him to the hospital.

In these cases, when emergency service should be prioritizedeven skipping traffic lights is when you have to put into practice what the DGT calls hall effect. Eye, because there are rules.

hall effect This also applies to other emergency services, and not just ambulances: firefighters, police cars, etc.

This is a maneuver that is not always easy to implement in practice, since depends on the number of lanes on the road. And be careful if you do not carry it out, because according to article 69 of the SDA, if you do not enforce it when required, it is considered serious crimeand you might fall a fine of 200 euros.

But, What is the Hall effect? DGT makes this very clear in this Twitter video. Although we all know the quality of Twitter videos: like in 1994.

As you can see, we are talking about all vehicles pull to the side to leave a free passage through which an ambulance can moveencountering no obstacles.

The basic rule of the road states that “you must normally move to the right or stop if necessary.” But there are several options depending on the type of road that our colleague Aaron Perez from Top Gear shows us:

• dual carriageways: Vehicles traveling in opposite directions will have to lean as far to the right as possible to leave room in the center.
• Roads with two lanes in each direction: As in the previous scenario, you must clear the central part. To do this, drivers on the left lane must move in that direction, and drivers on the right must move to the right.
• Three lane roads: in this case, vehicles driving on the left side will have to keep to the middle lane. Those who walk along the central lane and the one on the right should move to the right.

Put these simple rules into practice when you hear an ambulance or police siren and you can help save lives.