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You are driving an ordinary passenger car behind an authorized emergency vehicle responding to an emergency with a lighted red warning lamp and its siren sounding as needed. How closely may you follow?
Blue car A follows fire engine B as it responds to an alarm with red warning lights and siren. The illustrated gap is shortened.
Correct answer: Do not follow within 300 feet.
Why
Do not follow within 300 feet of an authorized emergency vehicle operating under the emergency-response conditions in Vehicle Code section 21055. Those conditions include a lighted red warning lamp and a siren sounded as reasonably necessary. Do not use its path to get through traffic.
Verified against California Driver's Handbook · Emergency vehicles · p. 51
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