Question 1567 · Truck theory test
What should a driver do when an emergency service vehicle approaches with flashing blue lights?
Pick an answer to test yourself.
Correct answer
React quickly, safely and carefully to allow the emergency service vehicle to pass.
Official explanation
A driver needs to know what to do when they see an emergency vehicle. A driver must react quickly, safely, and carefully to allow emergency service vehicles to pass. It is important to be alert and attentive at all times.
- Topic
- Safe & responsible driving · Sharing the Road
- Also in
- This question also appears in the bus theory test.
Practise this topic in the app
Free demo questions for every topic, progress saved, a full mock exam in the official format.
Got it wrong, or had to think? That is one of 909 questions the truck theory test can draw from. Sit the truck mock exam in the official format (100 questions, 120 minutes, pass mark 74) and see how many more you would miss.
Related questions
What should a driver do on the approach to this situation?- What should a driver do when travelling downhill on snow or ice?
- To miss out on a gear while changing down through the gearbox can result in…
- How would a driver improve efficiency?
- What is the rule relating to the “safe headway” (a safe distance between two vehicles on the road) when weather conditions are good?
- What does blue smoke coming from the vehicle’s exhaust generally mean?