How Do You Yield To An Emergency Vehicle?
The most important thing for an emergency vehicle to accomplish is to safely arrive on the incident scene. The following steps will provide you with the required information needed to safely move your vehicle out of the way of an emergency vehicle. Please read the steps carefully to help your community get emergency vehicles where they are needed quickly and safely. Remember, not yielding to an emergency vehicle is illegal and could delay life saving treatment to someone you know! Safely and slowly move to the right side of the road as much as possible and come to a complete stop. Carefully watch the traffic in front and behind you to avoid causes an accident. If you are stuck in traffic or cannot move to the right because the road has no shoulder or any other obstacle, just stop. A vehicle that is stopped, is easier for an emergency vehicle to maneuver around. Try to position your vehicle parallel with the road to give maximum roadway for the emergency vehicle to pass on the left. Nev
