A 3-minute lesson from the Arizona course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
When a police car, fire engine or ambulance approaches with a siren or lights, clear the way. Arizona's Move Over Law also protects anyone stopped beside the road with flashing lights — including tow trucks and ordinary cars.
Know the rule
When an emergency vehicle approaches using a siren, lights or other warning device, yield: move to the right side of the road and stop until it has passed.
On a four-lane highway with at least two lanes going the emergency vehicle's direction, yield by changing into a lane not adjacent to it. If that's impossible or unsafe, proceed with caution and reduce speed.
On the freeway you see a tow truck with flashing lights on the right shoulder. Signal and move one lane left. If traffic beside you makes that unsafe, slow down and pass with caution.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
When an emergency vehicle approaches with siren or lights, what must you do?
Pull to the left and stop
Yield, move right, and stop
Slow down but keep driving
Stop immediately in your lane
Answer: Yield, move right, and stop
You must yield right-of-way, move to the right side of the road, and stop until the emergency vehicle has passed.