Under Road Rule 78 (1), drivers must move out of the path of an approaching police or emergency services vehicle (including an ambulance) that is displaying a flashing blue or red light or sounding an alarm.
It is against the law to follow within 300 feet of any fire engine, law enforcement vehicle, ambulance, or other emergency vehicle when their siren or flashing lights are on.
All states have laws about how closely you can follow a moving emergency vehicle while it's using its lights and siren. But the allowed following distances vary by state. Additionally, you're never allowed to pass a moving emergency vehicle while it's using its lights and siren.
Keeping clear of law enforcement and emergency vehicles
If a police, emergency, enforcement or escort vehicle has its red, blue or magenta lights flashing or its siren on, you must: Get out of its way. Give way and stop if necessary, even if you have a green traffic light.
When passing a stopped emergency vehicle with flashing blue or red lights: if the speed limit is 80km/h or less, you must slow down to 40km/h. if the speed limit is over 80km/h, you must slow down safely and move over.
This duty will see police officers travel at speed well in excess of the posted limits and officers need to be reminded that the maximum permissible speed allowed during an intercept is 140 km/h.
In other words, the police do not need to obey traffics laws, but only if they are exercising a power or performing a function as required. This means that the police are lawfully allowed to speed, drive through red lights and do other acts which would ordinarily be a traffic offence.
Meaning, the lights are left on because they aren't having an effect on the driver's ability to see the road, they aren't (usually) bright enough to bother other drivers, and because of that, it just didn't occur to the crew to turn them off.
Drivers are required to travel at 25 km/h when driving through an emergency service speed zone.
You have run a red light if your vehicle crosses the white stop line – which is the first unbroken line if there is a pedestrian crossing area – after the lights have turned red. Sensors under the road and just before the white stop line are timed with the lights to trigger the camera (or cameras).
Police/Emergency Vehicles
When being approached by an emergency vehicle using audible and visual signals (lights and/or sirens), Illinois law requires you to immediately pull to the right side of the road and allow the emergency vehicle to pass.
If the emergency vehicle is traveling on the opposite direction of a divided highway or divided street, you do not need to pull over. Do not disregard the presence of the emergency vehicle by continuing to drive.
Backing up requires drivers to turn their heads and bodies to the right to see beyond the headrest and through the back window. To improve balance, drivers should drape their right arm over the seat's back while their left hand grips the steering wheel. Reverse slowly.
State ambulance services are covered by your state government Australia-wide, so you don't need separate insurance. State road ambulance services are covered by your state government across Australia, except for Qld and SA.
Many patients can walk to the ambulance. Patients with mental health issues, or injuries that don't prohibit walking can walk to the ambulance.
What is the distance you must stay behind an emergency vehicle? Stay at least 500 feet behind any moving emergency vehicle (fire truck, ambulance, patrol car) displaying flashing warning lights and sounding a siren.
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Ambulance services are measured on the time it takes from receiving a 999 call to the vehicle arriving at the patient's location. It should take 8 minutes for the ambulance to arrive if the call is life threatening or an emergency. Ambulance services often send more than one vehicle to try to meet the 8 minute target.
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One of the first reasons the emergency service do this is when they have a patient on board whose condition means the sirens would cause "distress or discomfort". The ambulance will flash its blue lights for cars to give way, but will have no noise.
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“While there is no specific offence committed in flashing lights to oncoming motorists to warn of a speed camera, police would generally warn motorists not to do this as it may unnecessarily distract other drivers, especially at night,” the spokeswoman said.
Western Australia and Northern Territory are the only two locations that don't follow these rules. In the Northern Territory, posted speed limits can be as high as 130km/h, while default speed limits are 60km/hr for built-up areas, and 110km/h in rural areas.