Article 30(14) of the Road Traffic Rules Act provides that:(14) In the event of a traffic jam, drivers must leave sufficient space between two columns of vehicles stopped in the traffic lanes closest to the left-hand edge of the directional carriageway for the intervention vehicles to pass. The interpretation of this rule on a motorway with weaning lanes in the DARS leaflet is incorrect, as no provision is made for vehicles to move to the weaning lane. http://www.dars.si/Dokumenti/Napotki/Pravilno_razvrscanje_ob_zastoju_n... Another leaflet even says "The stopping lane should remain clear." http://www.dars.si/Dokumenti/4_publikacije_druge_zgibanke/pravilno%20r... The same is advocated by the Public Agency for Traffic Safety http://www.avp-rs.si/novice/707-pravilno-razvrscanje-na-avtocestah-v-p... http://www.mojaobcina.si/get_all_files.php?what=news&id=8127 The application of such an interpretation in practice causes problems, which can be seen in the following link: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10201155941571454 http://www.mojvideo.com/video-prebijanje-gasilcev-po-avtocesti/6922a72... Firefighters spent as much as seven minutes on a journey that could have been made in one minute. One minute means a 10 per cent increased chance of survival. You can also see why the current arrangement is not good in the calculations below, which are based on the Road Design Regulations. For simplicity, lorries are considered as boxes in the calculations according to the dimensions of the Regulations. Lane widths on a motorway designed for 130 km/h: - 3.75 m carriageway - 2.5 m weaning lane The maximum width of a lorry is 2.5 m, or 2.95 m with mirrors, so say 2.725 m with one mirror. Two lorries shall stop and reverse as specified: "Vehicles in the carriageway shall be grouped on the right-hand side up to the kerb line and vehicles in the overtaking lane shall be grouped on the extreme left-hand side up to the kerb line". This means the following: - total width of the overtaking lane and the carriageway: 2 x 3.75 m = 7.5 m - width occupied by the two lorries: 2 x 2.725 m = 5.45 m - width remaining available for the intervention vehicles: 7.5 m - 5.45 m = 2.05 m - This is insufficient for a fire truck. Even more interesting is the situation on motorways where the speed limit is 100 km/h, e.g. Vransko-Blagovica, where the lane is only 3.5 m wide. There, there would be only 1.55 m space between the two trucks for emergency vehicles. If the rule were changed or amended to show that vehicles can also retreat into the weaning lane (2.5 m), the two trucks would retreat to the far left and right, which means that firefighters could have as much as 4.55 m of space in the middle. Example: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A66_Sl%C3%BC_Nord_Stau.JPG The rule could read as follows: "Vehicles in the leftmost lane shall move as far to the left as possible and vehicles in the other lanes shall move as far to the right as possible." Such a definition would also be applicable to roads that have (will have) more than two lanes in one direction.  This is also the rule in Austria and Germany, as you can see at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBlS4uzP0B0 or in the Asfinaga leaflet http://www.asfinag.at/documents/10180/14904/de_RG-InfofolderAllgemein-... By the way, human life is worth more there, so instead of our ridiculous €200, they charge €2180 for not following the rule. Changing or amending this rule would prevent misinterpretations and allow emergency vehicles to reach the accident scene faster. Expected cost of the amendment to the Law to the public finances: 0. Expected gain if one life is saved: UNREASONABLE!