Hi, I hope someone can clarify something I don't believe I am getting 100% clarification on with yielding to emergency vehicles in my state, Maine
In most rural towns they have volunteer firefighters and ambulance drivers, as it costs too much money to put someone at the station full time.
One town I used to live in nearly everyone it seems when called to a fire, accident etc takes their passenger vehicle, puts on the four ways and speeds to you excpecting you to pull over.
In an instance last weekend, an individual who I believe is on the fire department come up towards me on a dirt road at about 50 in a posted 35 with nothing but his four ways on. There was no red light on the vehicle and I threfore needed to make a left hand turn, so I stopped and turned as he was ready to go around me on the left...I used my directional and drove like it was a day in the park.
A friend of mine told me I can't do that. I asked what gives an individual the right to put their four ways on with no other lights such as marked emrgency vehicles do and become an emrgency vehicle...I can't do that. Unmarked police crusiers manage to have lights when they have passenger vehicles?
I tried deciphering the states law but it does not spell it out very clearly, at least to me anyways http://janus.state.me.us/legis/statu...Ach19sec0.html Title 29-A
Am I obligated to move over for someone that has just his four ways on? I would understand such as the case of an unmarked police cruiser who would be equipped with such signaling, but I can't come to terms that just because you have your four ways on automatically authorizes one as an emergency vehicle I am to yeild to?
Any assistnace would be appreciated.
Thank You

