Emergency vehicles & large trucks

1. Speed up to clear the intersection first
2. Pull into the nearest intersection and wait
3. Continue at normal speed but move slightly right
4. Pull to the road's edge and stop

Answer: Pull to the road's edge and stop

You must move as close as possible to the edge of the road, stay out of intersections, and remain stopped until the emergency vehicle passes.

1. Only if it stops or police say so
2. Anytime it's safe to do so
3. Only if you are already ahead of it
4. Never, under any circumstance

Answer: Only if it stops or police say so

You may not pass an emergency vehicle using its signals going your direction unless it stops or an officer directs you to pass.

1. Continue at the same speed in your lane
2. Move over, or slow if you can't
3. Stop completely in your lane
4. Follow closely to get around it faster

Answer: Move over, or slow if you can't

You must move to a lane that isn't immediately adjacent to the stopped vehicle, or slow down and prepare to stop if you can't move over.

1. Because they are changing lanes to pass
2. Because they are required to signal left first
3. They need room for a wide turn
4. To let cars pass them on the right

Answer: They need room for a wide turn

Trucks make wide turns and often move left first, so don't assume they are changing lanes and try to pass on the right.

1. Pass quickly on the right before it turns
2. Pull directly behind it in its blind spot
3. Stop past the stop line to be seen
4. Never cut in along its right side

Answer: Never cut in along its right side

Never cut in along a turning truck's right side; you could become trapped between the truck and the curb.

1. True
2. False

Answer: False

False. The handbook says fully loaded trucks can weigh more than 80,000 pounds and take the length of a football field to stop, so never cut in front of one.