Fallen traffic cone on the road: do not set it up!
Important driver rule
Created: 07/27/2022, 18:14
By: Dominik Jahn
Keep your hands off the cone: What drivers should never do now.
© Ralf Decker/dpa
If you are a car driver or a walker in the forest and on dirt roads, it is best to ignore traffic cones that appear to have fallen over.
Drivers have certainly seen a few things on German roads that make you ponder.
echo24.de
has
already reported on traffic signs that nobody knows: the halved car with four figures.
But now it's really just a shell.
But this so-called traffic cone has it all.
And drivers and walkers should keep their hands off it.
The fact that this advice to leave the cone alone as far as possible can also be very important in August has to do with the weather forecast.
Experts warn of "extreme heat".
There is a risk of forest fires.
And now the nondescript cone becomes hugely crucial.
Fallen traffic cones on the side of the road: the fire brigade posts an important explanation on Facebook
In the meantime, several fire brigades in Germany have commented on the subject via social media.
The specialist magazine
Auto Motor und Sport
picks up on a post from the fire brigade in Königs Wusterhausen.
It says: "If you see a fallen traffic cone at a fork or a crossroads in the forest or on country lanes, please leave it there and do not put it up again."
The fire brigade from Wesertal-Lippoldsberg is also fighting for the special cones.
© dpa/ Screenshot Facebook fire brigade Wesertal-Lippoldsberg/Collage Jahn
And the fire brigade from Wesertal-Lippoldsberg is also fighting for the special cones.
These traffic cones are used by emergency services for orientation.
Leave fallen traffic cones: why rules are important for drivers and pedestrians
All the posts about the cones make it clear: the traffic cones didn't just fall over.
Drivers and pedestrians are asked to leave them where they are and not to set them up again.
They serve as signposts for emergency services to find and delete the affected area in the forest or in the field more quickly.
Stadtwehr leader of the fire brigade from Königs Wusterhausen Sebastian Gellrich explained to the Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung: “We put them with the tip in the direction of travel.
Then the next responders will know where to go.
Every vehicle has such cones with it.
That often works better than technical facilities.”