Emergency vehicles

An emergency vehicle is a police, fire or ambulance vehicle (or other designated vehicle) that displays a blue flashing light AND sounds a siren (two- or three-tone horn) at the same time. Only then must you give it priority and, if necessary, make way. A vehicle showing only a flashing light (for example a recovery truck, or a stationary ambulance without a siren) does not need to be given priority, but does require extra caution. What you do: stay calm, do not brake suddenly, and move safely to the right as soon as you can. Do not drive through a red light or into an intersection to make room if that creates danger — make space without committing a risky offence yourself. On the motorway, in a traffic jam form an emergency corridor (left lanes move left, right lane moves right) so the emergency services can get through.