A 3-minute lesson from the New Jersey course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Some vehicles need you to stop, pull over or give them a whole lane. This lesson covers ice cream trucks, emergency vehicles, New Jersey's Move Over law, and how to handle being pulled over by police.
At a frozen dessert truck showing flashing red lights and a stop signal arm
Yield to anyone crossing the road to or from the truck
Watch for children and be ready to stop
Stop, then pass at no more than 15 mph
No stop needed on a dual highway if you're across a safety island or raised median
Police cars, fire trucks and ambulances use sirens and red lights. Volunteer fire and rescue members responding in private vehicles (with emergency ID) use blue lights.
Never park within 200 feet of a fire department vehicle in service, and don't drive over a fire hose unless a fire, rescue or police official directs you to.
Move Over law: approaching a stopped emergency vehicle, tow truck, highway maintenance or other emergency service vehicle with flashing red, blue, amber or yellow lights, or a disabled vehicle using hazards, flares or triangles, change to a lane not next to it if safe.
On the Turnpike you see a tow truck with amber lights flashing on the right shoulder. Move out of the right lane if traffic allows. If you're boxed in, slow below the speed limit and be ready to stop as you pass.
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 approaching a stopped ice cream or frozen dessert truck with flashing lights and a stop signal arm extended, at what speed may a motorist proceed past it?
No more than 25 mph
No more than 10 mph
No more than 15 mph
No more than 5 mph
Answer: No more than 15 mph
A motorist must stop, then may drive past a stopped frozen dessert truck at a speed of no more than 15 mph.