Walk It Through: The Ambulance and the Wrecker
A siren behind, a wrecker on the shoulder, a school bus with its arm out, and a train signal ahead.
A siren and flashing red lights come up fast behind on a four lane road.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Ordinary traffic meeting emergency and service vehicles, a school bus and a crossing. A divided highway's exception for a bus on the far side is on the school bus page.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- FelonyAn offense for which a sentence of imprisonment of more than one year is authorized. Felonies are Class A, B, C or D.
- ViolationAn offense below a misdemeanor, punished by up to 30 days in the county jail and a fine of no more than $200.
- Move over lawThe rule that a driver leaves the lane next to a stopped police or emergency vehicle, wrecker, utility, road crew or garbage truck with its lights on, or slows to at least 15 miles per hour under the limit.