You are driving on a divided multilane highway and see or hear the signal of an approaching emergency vehicle. You should:
- Disregard the signal if there are other lanes available for the emergency vehicle.
- Stop as quickly as you can.
- Slow down, move your vehicle to provide a clear path for the emergency vehicle, and stop. ✓
- Increase your speed to get out of the way of the emergency vehicle.
Answer: C. Slow down, move your vehicle to provide a clear path for the emergency vehicle, and stop.
Slow down, move your vehicle to give the emergency vehicle a clear path, and stop.
Why this is the answer
The Florida handbook's right-of-way guidance says you pull over and stop for emergency vehicles. On a multilane road, that means you first slow down and move out of the way so the emergency vehicle has a clear path, then stop. The bank answer matches that approach. The passage does not list every step for a moving emergency vehicle, but pulling over and stopping is the handbook action it gives, and clearing the path follows from it.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Disregard the signal if there are other lanes available for the emergency vehicle. — The handbook says to pull over and stop for emergency vehicles, not to ignore the signal just because other lanes exist.
- B. Stop as quickly as you can. — Stopping as quickly as you can may leave you in the lane and does not pull your vehicle over to clear a path.
- D. Increase your speed to get out of the way of the emergency vehicle. — Speeding up keeps you in the emergency vehicle's way and conflicts with the handbook direction to pull over and stop.
Remember it
When you hear a siren behind you, make room first, then stop; do not race ahead or freeze in your lane.