Emergency vehicle yielding — New Hampshire Permit Test
Emergency vehicle yielding on the New Hampshire permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
Emergency vehicles such as police, fire and ambulance vehicles are equipped with sirens, flashing lights and special horns.
Knowing there are three signals matters, because one of them may reach you before the others do.
Emergency vehicles, such as police, fire and ambulance vehicles are equipped with sirens, flashing lights and special horns.
A driver should drive immediately to the right side of the road and stop the vehicle until the emergency has passed.
Every driver going right means the emergency vehicle has one clear lane instead of a puzzle to solve at speed.
Drivers should drive immediately to the right side of the road and stop the vehicle until the emergency has passed.
Drivers should avoid blocking an intersection when stopping for an emergency vehicle.
An intersection is where the emergency vehicle most needs room, and a car stopped in it is the one obstacle it cannot drive round.
Drivers should avoid blocking an intersection when stopping.
Once an emergency vehicle has passed, a driver must use their signal and turn back into the roadway only when it is safe to do so.
Several cars pull back out at once, so the driver who signals is the one the others can predict.
drivers must use their signal and turn back into the roadway, only when it is safe to do so.
On the test
What are emergency vehicles equipped with?
Sirens, flashing lights and special horns. Knowing there are three signals matters, because one of them may reach you before the others do. New Hampshire Driver's Manual, p.14: “Emergency vehicles, such as police, fire and ambulance vehicles are equipped with sirens, flashing lights and special horns.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against New Hampshire Driver's Manual, published by the New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NH.pdf (New Hampshire Driver's Manual, Rev. 11/25, New Hampshire Division of Motor Vehicles, retrieved 2026-09-14)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/NH.pages.txt (plain pdftotext over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 6, folioMarker, nonLawPages, signGalleryPages and the extraction flag, each with its basis)