When an emergency vehicle approches, you should stop immediately wherever you are on the road. Is it true?

Question

When an emergency vehicle approches, you should stop immediately wherever you are on the road. Is it true?

Answer 1

OMG is this ever true.

I was taking my driving test (when I was 18) and there was a fire truck on the other side of the street going the opposite way WITH a big island of trees between us.  I slowed down to a complete stop and cars were zooming by me honking like crazy.so I couldn't even merge to the right lane!!

.I didn't know if I was doing the right thing. Either I was going to pass that test or completely fail it with what I did.

At the end of the test the guy told me, "It's a good thing you stopped right there, or you would have an automatic fail".

WHEWWW!!!!! So my answer is YES-

Answer 2

that depends on traffic and what kind of road.  on a road with an aisle in the middle, you do not have to stop unless you are on the same side/direction as the emergency vehicle. in heavy traffic, it is often necessary just to stop wherever you are because you have no chance to move over, but the ideal situation is you are supposed to move to the side of the road and wait for them to pass.

Answer 3

pull as far right as possible, then stop

Answer 4

false this would cause a tremendous amount of accidents. slow down and pull to the right as far as possible, there is no need to stop unless the shoulder is bad.<

Answer 5

DO NOT JUST STOP!  You are to yield, in other words get out of my way.  Its one of my pet peeves actually, can't stand people who fail to yield.  Want proof, here's the PA Vehicle Code (and yes other states have similar laws).

Section 3325 Duty of driver on approach of emergency vehicle

a) General rule.--Upon the immediate approach of an emergency vehicle making use of an audible signal and visual signals meeting the requirements and standards set forth in regulations adopted by the department, the driver of every other vehicle shall yield the right-of-way and shall immediately drive to a position parallel to, and as close as possible to, the right-hand edge or curb of the roadway clear of any intersection and shall stop and remain in that position until the emergency vehicle has passed, except when otherwise directed by a police officer or an appropriately attired person authorized to direct, control or regulate traffic. On one-way roadways a driver may comply by driving to the edge or curb which is nearest to the lane in which he is traveling.

Answer 6

False.  FIRST get out of the way of the emergency vehicle.  THEN stop.  Do NOT stop anywhere that blocks the emergency vehicle.

Answer 7

NO!

Check with your own state's motor vehicle code.  In California, the law was recently change to reflect the idea that, if the driver cannot safely pull over to the rigfht, then the drive should make every effort possible to get out of the way of the emergency vehicle.  If the emergency vehicle is moving up the right shoulder, then it would NOT be a good idea to pull onto the shoulder and block his path.

Answer 8

Pull as far to the right as you can safely go and stop.

Answer 9

Yes and No............it depends on the situation that you are in, sometimes you have no choice but to stop where you are but the best thing if at all possible is to move to the right side as safely as possible....

Answer 10

you should pull off to the shoulder and stop until the emergency vehicle passes.  if it's a highway divided by a median then you don't need to.

Answer 11

Negative!  you should pull off the road as far as safely possible to get out of the way of ALL emergency vehicles!