California's Move Over law requires:
- All vehicles to stay in the right lane at all times.
- Trucks to use the left lane.
- All vehicles to vacate the lane closest to an emergency vehicle that is stopped with its lights flashing. ✓
Answer: C. All vehicles to vacate the lane closest to an emergency vehicle that is stopped with its lights flashing.
California's Move Over law requires drivers to vacate the lane closest to an emergency vehicle that is stopped with its lights flashing.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says that when you approach a stationary emergency vehicle with flashing emergency signal lights, you must move over and slow down. That instruction applies to all drivers, not just trucks, and it is about making room near a stopped emergency vehicle. The answer that says all vehicles must vacate the lane closest to that vehicle matches this rule. The handbook also repeats the move-over-and-slow-down duty for emergency and road work vehicles with flashing lights.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. All vehicles to stay in the right lane at all times. — Staying in the right lane at all times is not the rule; the handbook tells drivers to move over for a stopped emergency vehicle with flashing lights, so a fixed lane choice can conflict with that duty.
- B. Trucks to use the left lane. — Trucks using the left lane is not stated in these passages and does not describe the move-over requirement for all vehicles.
Remember it
When you see flashing lights on a stopped emergency vehicle, think move over and slow down, not stay put.