Hawaii driving lesson · Rules of the Road & Right-of-Way
Emergency vehicles, processions and leaving your car
A 3-minute lesson from the Hawaii course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
When a siren sounds, what you do in the next few seconds matters. This lesson covers yielding to emergency vehicles, moving over for stopped ones, funeral processions, and the steps for leaving your car unattended.
Know the rule
When you hear a siren, bell or horn, or see flashing red or blue lamps on an emergency vehicle, provide a clear path and STOP. Don't panic and jam on the brakes.
Approaching a stopped emergency vehicle with lights flashing, slow down or stop as appropriate and, if possible and safe, move over so an empty lane separates you from it.
Funeral processions and convoys have the right-of-way at intersections. They usually use headlamps, and the first and last vehicles usually have distinctive markings.
You're boxed in on a busy street when an ambulance with its siren on pulls up directly behind you. Don't stop dead or force your way over. Keep moving slowly until a gap lets you pull out of its path, then stop.
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.
Driving with more than how many people in the front seat may constitute illegal interference with the driver?
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Answer: 3
More than three people in the front seat may interfere with the driver, which is prohibited.