Dortmund.
Zack – bumper off: An unplanned accident at the press event shows how the fire brigade and garbage disposal torment themselves through the streets of Dortmund every day.
That was certainly not planned: she wants to Dortmund fire brigade show at the press event how heavy the handcart in the parked hospital district comes around the corner – he takes the bumper of a car with him. “We have paint scratches almost every day,” says spokesman Oliver Körner. “But that’s a bit more.”
The unwanted incident at the Humboldtstrasse is the perfect example of what fire department and disposers EDG experience every day. It’s a street fight: cars in intersections, cars in front of trees, cars on the road. Minimum lane width 3.05m? Many Dortmunders obviously lack the understanding for this.
Tightly parked: “Never thought it wouldn’t fit!”
Or better: the feeling is missing. “I always make sure that there is enough space. I never thought that it wouldn’t fit anymore!”, assures Kinga Kozar. The Dortmund woman owns the red Mercedes, whose bumper is now ugly pushed forward and broken. She works at the Johannes Hospital and knows how important speed is in an emergency.
Apparently, many people feel like Kinga Kozar. Admittedly, at first glance it doesn’t seem cramped for drivers of small cars. But one cart just needs more room to turn. “We have 7811 vehicles last year tow away “Let’s do it,” says Andreas Rieck, head of parking surveillance at the public order office. And the numbers are increasing, he says – not only because parking is becoming more and more chaotic, but also because the inspectors are taking more rigorous action.
Sometimes there is simply no other way, as Michaela Voß from EDG knows. She has been with the for three years Dortmund garbage disposal responsible for finding and defusing bottlenecks. She has enough work. “To do this, we drive through narrow streets and talk to local residents. Many are not even aware of the problem,” she says. This has worked well so far – many bottlenecks have already been solved. “But in the city center there are many third-party parkers,” she says. That makes direct contact difficult.
Here in the Humboldtstraße are 2022 nine flushes failed – because the garbage truck couldn’t get through, explains Voß. “And that would have happened more often if the regulatory office hadn’t sometimes driven in front of us.” Because the office knows exactly which areas are hairy. “We know the collection times and sometimes drive off the route beforehand,” said Rieck.
Dortmund fire brigade needs lateral space to work
the Dortmund fire brigade has the same problems as the EDG, plus a few more. At 2.50m (without mirrors), the cars are similarly wide, explains fire department spokesman André Lüddecke. “But a handcart is longer and needs more space to turn.” The bumper accident on the corner of Humboldt-/Wilhelmstraße shows that exactly: The garbage truck came around the corner with maneuvering – the handcart didn’t. In addition, operations often take place at night and in the dark. Then the roadsides were even more parked up.
But not only them arrival is a problem for the fire brigade, but also for them work on site. Because in order to be able to extend the ladder to the attic, the trolley has to side supports drive out Otherwise it threatens to tip over. “That’s why we not only need space in the back, but also on the sides,” says Lüddecke. And who wants to be at fault if a fire doesn’t go fast enough?
If the garbage truck can’t get through, the road is closed
By the way: Even the garbage disposal bursts the collar. “If it doesn’t work anymore, the car just stands still for two hours,” says EDG problem solver Voss. Then the road is blocked and no one can get through. That’s how it feels!
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