05/28/2026
🚒When emergency vehicles are responding with lights and sirens, every second counts.
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New York State Vehicle & Traffic Law §1144 requires drivers to yield the right of way, move to the right side of the roadway, and stop until the emergency vehicle has safely passed:
Ҥ 1144. Operation of vehicles on approach of authorized emergency
vehicles. (a) Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency
vehicle equipped with at least one lighted lamp exhibiting red light
visible under normal atmospheric conditions from a distance of five
hundred feet to the front of such vehicle other than a police vehicle or
bicycle when operated as an authorized emergency vehicle, and when
audible signals are sounded from any said vehicle by siren, exhaust
whistle, bell, air-horn or electronic equivalent; the driver of every
other vehicle shall yield the right of way and shall immediately drive
to a position parallel to, and as close as possible to the right-hand
edge or curb of the roadway, or to either edge of a one-way roadway
three or more lanes in width, clear of any intersection, and shall stop
and remain in such position until the authorized emergency vehicle has
passed, unless otherwise directed by a police officer.”
Move over. Slow down. Pay attention. Help us get there safely so we can help others. 🚒
When firefighters rush out the door to answer a call, they expect the road to be the path to the emergency, not the emergency itself. But in Ferguson,
