The fire department is reminding motorists to “move to the right for sirens and lights.”
Capital City Fire and Rescue Fire Marshal Daniel Jager said there have been several instances lately where drivers haven’t seen fire trucks and engines en route to an emergency.
“The other common issue is that people do not always move to the right side and come to a stop,” Jager said. “They move to the left lane, they move to the right lane, and then they keep driving. This is not the proper way to yield to emergency apparatus.”
State law requires motorists to slow down and pull to the right when emergency vehicles are approaching.
Jager said taking any other action, such as stopping in the lane of travel or moving to the left, is dangerous since the drivers of the emergency vehicles travel in the left lane and anticipate that motorists will move to the right.
Comments (4)
Add commentFailure to yield can have unfortunate results.
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Egan
If you're in the left lane on Egan and there are cars to your right and a emergency vehicle approaches from behind, should you move right toward the other cars (who may or may not have moved over), leaving the left shoulder clear?
Or should you pull off as far as you can on the left shoulder, leaving the left lane clear?
Seems to me the latter option makes more sense, but only if everyone in the lane makes the same decision.
move over
Hopefully the cars in the right lane would make room for you to move over. Usually you have a little bit of time to make these decisions before the emergency vehicle is right behind you. Generally, on Egan, you can see emergency vehicles coming from pretty far away and react accordingly.
@Lat
Put on your right blinker and start slowing down. You'll be able to get over safely...