Emergency vehicles — Georgia Permit Test

Emergency vehicles on the Georgia permit test — 3 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

When an emergency vehicle is running its lights and siren you slow down and move over to the shoulder, or as far right as you can get, and stop.

The crew needs one clear lane, and they can only plan for it if every driver does the same thing.

If emergency vehicles are using their emergency lights (blue or red) and sirens, safely maneuver your vehicle out of their way. You should slow your vehicle and move over to the shoulder of the road, or if that is not possible, as far to the right of the roadway or lane as you can, and stop.

Georgia Driver's Manual, p.45

Pulling over for an emergency vehicle, you must not stop where you block an intersection or keep the emergency vehicle from making a turn it needs.

A car parked across the mouth of a street can hold up the truck it was trying to help.

Do not position your vehicle so that it blocks an intersection or otherwise prevents the emergency vehicle from making a necessary turn

Georgia Driver's Manual, p.45

Unless you are on official business you may not follow a fire truck answering an alarm closer than 200 feet, or park within 500 feet of one that has stopped at an alarm.

Crews run hoses across the street at a fire, and a parked car pins them where they are.

The driver of any vehicle, other than one on official business, must not follow any fire fighting apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm, or other emergency vehicles, closer than 200 feet, or park any vehicle within 500 feet of any fire apparatus stopped in answer to a fire alarm.

Georgia Driver's Manual, p.60

On the test

An emergency vehicle is behind you with lights and siren going. What do you do?

Slow, pull as far right as you can, and stop. The crew needs one clear lane, and they can only plan for it if every driver does the same thing. Georgia Driver's Manual, p.45: “If emergency vehicles are using their emergency lights (blue or red) and sirens, safely maneuver your vehicle out of their way. You should slow your vehicle and move over to the shoulder of the road, or if that is not possible, as far to the right of the roadway or lane as you can, and stop.”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Georgia Driver's Manual, published by the Georgia Department of Driver Services, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-18.