Ch. 1 · Common Conduct

When an emergency vehicle approaches at a location other than near an intersection, you must pull over to the left side of the road and yield.

[True / False · Easy]

Answer: ✓ True

Explanation

The Rules of the Road state that when an emergency vehicle approaches at a location other than near an intersection, you must pull over to the left side of the road and yield. While a complete stop is not required as it is near an intersection, you are obligated to pull over to the left and yield.

Driving school curriculumStage 1 – Topic 5: Priority for emergency vehicles

Hikari

So do I have to stop completely here too, like at intersections?

Yui

Nope! Away from intersections you just pull left and yield—no full stop required, so the statement is true.

Hikari

Got it, so the full-stop rule only applies near intersections.

Yui

Right! Just remember: near intersections = stop; elsewhere = yield.

Source: Ch. 1 Common Conduct · Section (第２節信号、標識・標示に従うこと) · 第５章第２節５「その他のところでは、道路の左側に寄つて進路を譲らなければなりません。」

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Source content excerpted from the NPA “Rules of the Road” instructional manual, in the public domain under Japanese Copyright Act Article 13(2). Explanations are AI-assisted and copyrighted by the MenkyoQuest editorial team.