In the US - in most (all?) states that I am aware of - the law requires that, on an un-divided highway, you "Yield the Right-Of-Way" to emergency vehicles.
Ambulance and Fire Truck drivers can take down your license plate numbers and you can get a ticket or fine for not yielding to them.
If the ambulance has it's flashing lights, and/or sirens activated, you should pull over and act as if you would for any other emergency vehicle. (Such as a police car or fire truck.)
Yes. You have to pull over for an ambulance, a fire truck, or a cop car.
Yes, you merge to the right as far as possible, without causing (or being involved in) a vehicular collision, and come to a full stop until the emergency vehicle has passed.
Because when you see it in your rear-view mirror, It reads AMBULANCE, and you know to pull over to let it pass.
To YIELD or to give the right-of-way.
So that if you see it in your rear-view mirror, you can read it instantly, and pull over to let the ambulance go by (which is the law in most if not all states).
of course... the dead guy i n the hearse is in no big hurry.
If the ambulance isn't using its lights and sirens, just follow normal traffic laws. If it is, you'll need to pull over to the side of the road and wait for it to pass.
As soon as it is safely possible, you need to slow down and pull over to let the ambulance pass. If there is no way to safely get off the road, at least pull as far to the right as you can. Just don't do anything abrupt in traffic that might cause an accident.
The spot is associated with untimely emergencies
It is written that way because when you look in the rear-view and side-view mirrors, you can see "AMBULANCE" written correctly, and can pull over to the right side of the road to let it through.
The protocol for drivers who hear police or ambulance sirens, in America at least, is to pull one's car over to the side of the road and stay idle until the cop car or ambulance is safely ahead.
Pull to the side of the road so it can go past you.
As an EMT, I work on the ambulance a lot and I've seen many ways people try to get out of the way of an ambulance. On ANY road, when an emergency vehicle is coming, SLOW DOWN, or STOP and pull to the RIGHT. That is the correct way to yield right of way to an ambulance. This will help ambulance crews AA whole lot.
If the ambulance was using red lights and/or siren, you are obligated to yield the right-of-way. You are likely responsible for this collision.