How do I behave correctly if a wrong-way driver comes towards me on the highway or I have driven the wrong way myself?
The following information is intended to give you useful tips on the correct behavior in such dangerous situations:
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- Reduce your speed
- Keep your distance from vehicles in front
- Do not overtake!
- Drive as far to the right as possible but not on the hard shoulder
- If possible -> leave the freeway at the exit or drive to the nearest parking lot
- Follow the traffic radio and wait for the all-clear
What to do in an emergency
- Keep calm!
- Never try to stop the wrong-way driver
- Reduce your speed significantly
- Switch on the hazard warning lights, activate the headlight flasher
- Keep your distance from the wrong-way driver and neighboring vehicles
- If the wrong-way driver has driven past -> find a safe location and call 110
- Provide the position, direction of travel and description of the wrong-way driver's vehicle
- Tip: Emergency call boxes automatically inform the control center of the current location when in use
Have you become a wrong-way driver yourself
- Stay calm and reduce speed
- Switch on the hazard warning lights, use the headlight flasher
- Do not turn, do not reverse and do not cross the lane
- If you are on the left -> Stop the vehicle as far to the left as possible
- If you are on the right -> Stop the vehicle as far to the right as possible
- Get out carefully, put on your safety vest and get behind a safety barrier
- Do not run across the road!
- Call 110 and wait for help