I would like to send out a reminder to all those people that were in too big a hurry today (Oct. 8) to pull over and stop for the emergency vehicles trying to make it through town on Highway 27.
Not only is it the law, as listed in this extraction from the Alberta Traffic Safety Act: Yielding to vehicle with siren:
65(1) When an emergency vehicle on which a siren is operating is overtaking, approaching or meeting another vehicle, the person driving that other vehicle shall, unless otherwise directed by a peace officer, yield the right of way to the emergency vehicle and drive the vehicle, to a position that is clear of any intersection and parallel to and as close as practicable to the right curb or edge of the roadway, and stop and remain stopped in that position until the emergency vehicle has passed and the person driving the other vehicle has determined that no other emergency vehicles are approaching.
But someday you might be the one waiting for that emergency vehicle.
I will guarantee that the time you spend waiting for an emergency vehicle does not compare with that which you lose letting one go by safely.
Karen Swaenepoel
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