[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by DenverChief

So I'm curious as to the collective CP etiquette when dealing with an emergency vehicle. I'm not interested in what the law says only what YOU do when you see an emergency vehicle as a driver on the public roadway.

I'm going to present several scenarios and you tell me what you think you would do.


A. You are driving on a two lane road (one lane in each direction) separated by a double yellow line. On either side of the road are multiple turning points, such as business entrances and other public roadways. An emergency vehicle approaches from behind you, what do you do?

pull off to the right as soon as possible without wrecking anything. 1st right turn available. Don't slow down too much.


B. You are driving on a two lane road (one lane in each direction) separated by a double yellow line. On either side of the road are ditches and there are no entrances or roadways to turn onto. An emergency vehicle approaches from behind you, what do you do?

Pull to the right as far as possible and then stop. Unless you just can't pull over far enough to allow vehicle to get buy then i would actually speed up a little until a turn option presented itself.

C. You are driving on a two lane road (one lane in each direction) separated by a double yellow line. On either side of the road are multiple turning points, such as business entrances and other public roadways. An emergency vehicle approaches from in front of you (traveling in the opposite direction), what do you do?

slow down safely and then stop, pull to the to shoulder side of road. Coming from other direction i don't turn off because you don't know where the emergency vehicle is going to turn. You might turn into his path. Just slow and stop.


D. You are driving on a two lane road (one lane in each direction) separated by a double yellow line. On either side of the road are ditches and there are no entrances or roadways to turn onto. An emergency vehicle approaches from in front of you (traveling in the opposite direction), what do you do?

Just slow and stop, pulling as far to the right as safely possible. Let emergency vehicle get past you as soon as possible. Emergency vehicle can see you, don't do anything unexpected

Would love to hear what you guys think is appropriate and feel free to explain why you do what you do.