Emergency vehicles — Connecticut Permit Test

Emergency vehicles on the Connecticut permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

You must yield to police vehicles, fire engines, ambulances and other emergency vehicles using sirens, air horns, or red or blue flashing lights.

Whatever they are going to is worse than your delay, and the seconds you cost them are the ones that count.

You must yield the right-of-way to police vehicles, fire engines, ambulances or other emergency vehicles using sirens, air horns or red or blue flashing lights.
Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.16

When you see or hear an emergency vehicle coming from any direction, pull over to the right edge of the road, or as near to the right as you can, and stop.

Emergency drivers are trained to expect the road to open on the right. A car that stops anywhere else blocks the lane they were told to use.

When you see or hear an emergency vehicle approaching from any direction you must pull over to the right edge of the road, or as near to the right as possible, and stop your vehicle.
Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.16

You must stay stopped until the emergency vehicle has passed, unless a state or local police officer or a firefighter directs otherwise.

One siren is often two vehicles. Pulling out after the first is how a driver meets the second head on.

You must remain stopped until the emergency vehicle has passed, unless otherwise directed by a State or local police officer or a fire fighter.
Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.37

If you are in an intersection when an emergency vehicle approaches, drive through the intersection before you pull over.

Stopping in the box leaves you blocking the very route the emergency vehicle is about to take.

If you are in an intersection, drive through the intersection before you pull over.
Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.37

On the test

Which vehicles must a driver yield to?

Emergency vehicles using a siren or flashing lights. Whatever they are going to is worse than your delay, and the seconds you cost them are the ones that count. Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.16: “You must yield the right-of-way to police vehicles, fire engines, ambulances or other emergency vehicles using sirens, air horns or red or blue flashing lights.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Connecticut Driver's Manual, published by the Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.