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Delaying emergency vehicles can cost lives. You need to be ready to give them a clear passage, without putting yourself or other road users at risk.
If you're in the way of an emergency vehicle approaching using its flashing blue lights, headlights and/or siren, you should:
- Pull over, watching out for pedestrians, cyclists and other vehicles;
- Signal to let people know what you're doing;
- Pull in as far as you can, leaving a gap big enough for the emergency vehicle to get through;
- Keep calm; and
- Stay alert - there may be more vehicles coming.
If you're a pedestrian, keep off the road.
The following all count as emergency services:
- Police
- Fire
- Ambulance
- Mines rescue
- Mountain rescue
- Coastguard
- Bomb disposal
- National Blood Service
- Human tissue in transit
- Lifeboat launchers
Details of THINK! campaigns to get people to make room for emergency vehicles can be found in the catalogue.
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