You must not follow any emergency vehicle that has its siren or lights operating within…?
- 50 metres
- 150 metres ✓
- 350 metres
- 25 metres
Answer: B. 150 metres
You must stay at least 150 metres behind an emergency vehicle that has its siren or lights operating.
Why this is the answer
The handbook's advice on sharing the road with emergency vehicles sets a following distance: when a fire truck is ahead of you, you must hang back at least 150 metres. The same section tells all vehicles on both sides of the road to pull over and leave a clear path when an emergency vehicle is using its siren and flashing lights. Keeping that much space gives the crew room to work and stops you from crowding a vehicle that may stop or change direction suddenly.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. 50 metres — Fifty metres is much closer than the handbook's stated minimum following distance for an emergency vehicle, so it would leave too little room.
- C. 350 metres — Three hundred and fifty metres is far beyond the distance the handbook names, so it is not the required figure.
- D. 25 metres — Twenty-five metres is the shortest choice offered and is nowhere near the gap the handbook requires you to keep.
Remember it
When a fire truck is ahead of you with lights and siren going, picture two and a half football fields of space and stay back.