Road scene · Emergency vehicles
Give way to an ambulance with its lights and siren on, even when your light is green.
What it means
The plate-yellow car waits at a stop line beside a green traffic light. From the right, an ambulance with red and blue lights, and red arcs showing its siren, is crossing the intersection along a grey arrow heading left. Your green would normally let you go, but a vehicle using its alarms takes priority over it. A siren or flashing lights alone is enough, so you hold back and let it through.
Listen and look for sirens and flashing lights as you near the lights.
Stay behind the line and let the emergency vehicle pass.
Never pull out in front of one; move off only when it is clear.
Right.Not quite. The answer is A.
Emergency vehicles using their alarms have priority even against your green light.
Source: Road Rules 2014 (NSW) rule 79
Right.Not quite. The answer is B.
Make way for an emergency vehicle by moving left, out of its path, as soon as it is safe. Never swing right across its way.
Source: Road Rules 2014 (NSW) rule 78
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