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Go Right for Sirens and
Lights
As drivers, we all share the
responsibility of knowing and practicing correct driving
behaviors. One of the most important rules of the road
deals with yielding the right of way to emergency
vehicles. When driving, you must yield the right-of-way
to police cars, fire trucks, ambulances and other
emergency vehicles that are sounding sirens or flashing
lights. To do this:
Remain calm and move your vehicle appropriately.
Safely pull your vehicle to the right edge of the
roadway and stop.
If you are in the left lane, pull over into the right
lane as the traffic in the lane to your right moves
over.
If you cannot move to the right because of stopped
vehicles, simply move as far to the right as possible,
stop and leave a clear path for the emergency vehicle.
Remain stopped until the emergency vehicles have
passed.
If an emergency vehicle approaches while your vehicle
is stopped at an intersection, do not move unless you
can move to the right without blocking the intersection.
Once the emergency vehicle has passed, you must not
follow within 500 feet of that vehicle.
By practicing these correct driving behaviors, seconds,
and even minutes, can be dropped from the time it takes
an emergency vehicle to reach its destination. Drive
safely and be aware.
Courtesy of the Plano,
Texas Fire Department
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