Pulling over for an emergency vehicle
A free practice question for the Virginia permit test, with the answer explained.
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An ambulance behind you has its siren and red lights on. What should you do?
The rule
When a police car, fire truck, rescue vehicle or ambulance comes up behind you with a siren, flashing lights or both, yield at once: pull to the road's right edge and stop until it has gone by.
An emergency vehicle coming from behind with a siren or flashing lights gets the right of way. Pull over to the right edge, stop, and wait until it has gone by.
From the Virginia Driver's Manual, section 3, page 16. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DMV have the final word.
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