Most afternoons, around 4 and 5 p.m., Albany’s Pacific-Ninth one-way couplet is a busy place, traffic plugging all available lanes, backing up at lights. And when you hear sirens and see the flashing lights, what you’re supposed to do to let the emergency vehicles through is impossible and may actually hold them up.
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Tags: ambulances, driver manual, emergency vehicles, Ninth Avenue, Oregon rules of the road
Tags: ambulances, driver manual, emergency vehicles, Ninth Avenue, Oregon rules of the road
Lights and sirens from the rear
I wasn’t sure what to do when, driving up I-5 from Southern Oregon Monday, I heard a siren and saw an ambulance coming up from behind. I didn’t think the standard instruction in the Drivers’ Manual — pull to the right and stop — made any sense in this case.
Tags: DMV, Driver's Manual, driving rules, emergency vehicles, freeways