Funeral Processions

[Iron Woode]

If you're on the opposite side of the road where the ambulance doesn't need to be? I thought it was only the law to get out of the way if you were in the way. I could be wrong, my driver's ed was admittedly pretty crappy.

The law here is that you must (on a 2 or more lane road with lanes traveling in the same direction) pull over to the nearest curb and stop.

 

[master_shake_]

life belongs to the living amirite?

 

[02ranger]

The law here is that you must (on a 2 or more lane road with lanes traveling in the same direction) pull over to the nearest curb and stop.

You lost me a little there. If I'm on a 4 lane road driving North for example, and an ambulance is coming southbound with no traffic or impedences on their side of the road, does the law say I have to pull over? I know if you're going the same direction as the ambulance you should pull over, I also know if it's a 2 lane road, both lanes going opposite directions, you have to pull over. It's just on 4+ lane roads that I'm uncertain.

 

[master_shake_]

You lost me a little there. If I'm on a 4 lane road driving North for example, and an ambulance is coming southbound with no traffic or impedences on their side of the road, does the law say I have to pull over? I know if you're going the same direction as the ambulance you should pull over, I also know if it's a 2 lane road, both lanes going opposite directions, you have to pull over. It's just on 4+ lane roads that I'm uncertain.

in ontario you can not impede emergency vehicles.

if it is a 4 lane with a median you are ok but if its just a 4 lane pull over.

http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/driver/handbook/section2.10.11.shtml

 

[who?]

In Arkansas you have to pull over and stop until the emergency vehicle has passed regardless of how many lanes there are just as you have to stop for a school bus when its' red lights are flashing.

 

[02ranger]

in ontario you can not impede emergency vehicles.

if it is a 4 lane with a median you are ok but if its just a 4 lane pull over.

http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/dandv/driver/handbook/section2.10.11.shtml

In Arkansas you have to pull over and stop until the emergency vehicle has passed regardless of how many lanes there are just as you have to stop for a school bus when its' red lights are flashing.

OK. I guess I should probably look that up to find out what the law actually is here. I just reasoned it out that if I know I'm not in their way then there's no reason to stop, but to be fair not everybody is capable of making that judgement correctly.....