You must pull over and stop for:
- Vehicles that display blue, green or amber lights
- Authorized emergency vehicles responding to emergencies ✓
- A hazard vehicle that is parked, stopped or standing on any part of the highway
- Stopped or standing school buses
Answer: B. Authorized emergency vehicles responding to emergencies
You must pull over and stop for authorized emergency vehicles that are responding to emergencies.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says to yield to fire, ambulance, police, and other authorized emergency vehicles when they are responding to emergencies. Those vehicles show flashing red, red and blue, or red and white lights and sound a siren or air-horn. When one is coming from any direction, you should safely pull to the right edge of the road and stop, then wait until it passes. If you are already in an intersection, drive out of it first. This rule also applies when the emergency vehicle is approaching in the opposite lane.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Vehicles that display blue, green or amber lights — The handbook describes responding emergency vehicles as using flashing red, red and blue, or red and white lights, not blue, green, or amber lights as the signal for this rule.
- C. A hazard vehicle that is parked, stopped or standing on any part of the highway — The passage does not give a pull-over-and-stop rule for a parked or standing hazard vehicle; it addresses authorized emergency vehicles responding to emergencies.
- D. Stopped or standing school buses — The passage does not say to pull over and stop for stopped or standing school buses; its rule is about authorized emergency vehicles responding to emergencies.
Remember it
Flashing red, red-blue, or red-white plus a siren: pull right and wait.