Giving way to Emergency Vehicles

Don’t break the law

Advice online says you should not break the law to make way for police, fire and ambulance vehicles – this includes entering bus lanes or running red lights.

Things to avoid

• Moving through a red light - which will also result in you having three penalty points on your licence.
• Ducking into a bus lane to clear the path
• Entering a yellow box junction
  Do not try to speed or outrun an emergency vehicle, only allow the emergency vehicle to overtake only when there is space to do so and it is safe.
  

• If you are in a one-way street or a road where the other lane is blocked, you should continue at a reasonable speed as the emergency vehicle follow until you can pull over.

  Don’t use the hard shoulder

  When driving on a motorway emergency services are likely to use the hard shoulder if lanes are slow moving, so don’t use the lane but instead pull over to the inside to wait for the emergency vehicle to pass.

  Of course, many drivers will be willing to break the rules in order to let an emergency vehicle to help it pass more quickly and make its way to the incident, but it is worth noting that you are liable for any offences committed.