"Scott en Aztlán" wrote:
>
> On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 16:52:37 -0700, Cartlon Shew >
> wrote:
>
> >I understand that you're supposed to do this, but are you required to
> >stop if you see a firetruck coming from the opposite direction?
> >
> >Even if there's a median?
> >
> >I always thought yielding meant getting out of the way, but a lot of
> >folks around here think it means stop wherever you happened to be.
>
> Common sense says get out of the way if/as soon as you can. As long as
> the emergency vehicle has a clear path to get through, you can stop
> pretty much wherever it is safe to do so.

If you have time and space to pull to the right to get out of his way,
do it. If you don't, stop where you are and let the ambulance driver
solve the problem. Wherever you are, be predictable. That's a good
general rule too.

> In most places, one need not yield to an emergency vehicle on the
> other side of a divided highway. Logically, that ambulance is not
> going to jump the concrete median and turn across your path, so why
> would you need to stop?

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Cheers,
Bev
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