A 3-minute lesson from the Connecticut course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Some vehicles always come first. Pull over and stop for emergency vehicles, stop for a school bus with flashing red lights — even from the other direction — and always yield to trains.
Know the rule
Yield to police vehicles, fire engines, ambulances and other emergency vehicles using a siren, air horn, or red or blue flashing lights.
When you see or hear one approaching from any direction, pull over to the right edge of the road (or as near as possible) and stop. Stay stopped until it passes, unless a state or local police officer or a firefighter directs you otherwise.
Stop for a school bus stopped with red lights flashing, whether it's on your side of the road, the opposite side, or at an intersection you're approaching.
On a two-lane road, a school bus coming toward you stops with red lights flashing. There's no median, so you must stop too. When the lights go off, wait until every child is completely off the road before moving.
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.
Who has the right-of-way when an emergency vehicle approaches with its siren or flashing lights on?
You, if you have a green light
It depends on the color of the emergency lights
You, if you were there first
The emergency vehicle; pull right and stop
Answer: The emergency vehicle; pull right and stop
You must yield the right-of-way to an emergency vehicle using a siren or flashing lights and stop at the right edge of the road.