How should you respond to emergency vehicles with lights and sirens?

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How should you respond to emergency vehicles with lights and sirens?

When you see emergency vehicles using lights and sirens, the immediate step is to yield by moving to the right edge of the roadway and stopping. This creates a clear, unobstructed path for them to pass and reduces the chance of a collision. Once you are safely to the right, stay stopped until the emergency vehicle has passed or until an officer tells you to proceed. Avoid actions that would keep you in the lane or speed up to "get out of the way," as those can block or slow the emergency vehicle and create danger. If you’re on a divided highway or a one-way street, the same principle applies: pull as far to the right as safely possible and stop. If traffic makes an immediate pull over unsafe, slow down and continue cautiously until you can safely move to the right and stop.

When you see emergency vehicles using lights and sirens, the immediate step is to yield by moving to the right edge of the roadway and stopping. This creates a clear, unobstructed path for them to pass and reduces the chance of a collision. Once you are safely to the right, stay stopped until the emergency vehicle has passed or until an officer tells you to proceed.

Avoid actions that would keep you in the lane or speed up to "get out of the way," as those can block or slow the emergency vehicle and create danger. If you’re on a divided highway or a one-way street, the same principle applies: pull as far to the right as safely possible and stop. If traffic makes an immediate pull over unsafe, slow down and continue cautiously until you can safely move to the right and stop.

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