What should you do when you see a stopped emergency vehicle on a multi-lane highway?

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What should you do when you see a stopped emergency vehicle on a multi-lane highway?

When you see a stopped emergency vehicle on a multi-lane highway, you should create space for the responders by moving over to a neighboring lane if it’s safe and reducing your speed to a safe level. If changing lanes isn’t possible due to traffic or other conditions, slow down significantly so you can pass with caution. This Move Over approach protects workers and drivers from a potential secondary crash. Staying in your lane and maintaining speed or honking and rushing past would not provide the needed safety. Stopping in your lane blocks traffic and creates greater danger.

When you see a stopped emergency vehicle on a multi-lane highway, you should create space for the responders by moving over to a neighboring lane if it’s safe and reducing your speed to a safe level. If changing lanes isn’t possible due to traffic or other conditions, slow down significantly so you can pass with caution. This Move Over approach protects workers and drivers from a potential secondary crash. Staying in your lane and maintaining speed or honking and rushing past would not provide the needed safety. Stopping in your lane blocks traffic and creates greater danger.

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