Emergency Vehicles Approaching

Florida Statue 316.003 defines an emergency vehicle as fire vehicles, police vehicles, ambulances, emergency vehicles operated by municipal departments, public service corporations, Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the department of Environmental Protection, Department of Transportation and Department of Corrections as are designated or authorized by their respective department or the chief of police of an incorporated city or any sheriff of any of the various counties. While it is not specifically mention, this should include Florida Road Rangers helping vehicles on the limited access roads.

All vehicles are required to yield to any approaching emergency vehicle under Florida Statue 316.126 and the current law is as stated here: Operation of vehicles and actions of pedestrians on approach of an authorized emergency, sanitation, or utility service vehicle.—(1)(a)Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle, while en route to meet an existing emergency, the driver of every other vehicle shall, when such emergency vehicle is giving audible signals by siren, exhaust whistle, or other adequate device, or visible signals by the use of displayed blue or red lights, yield the right-of-way to the emergency vehicle and shall immediately proceed to a position parallel to, and as close as reasonable to the closest edge of the curb of the roadway, clear of any intersection and shall stop and remain in position until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed, unless otherwise directed by a law enforcement officer.