(A) Yielding right of way to authorized emergency vehicles with siren or flashing lights.
(1) Upon the immediate approach of an authorized emergency vehicle, when the person who drives the authorized emergency vehicle is giving audible signal by siren or displaying alternately flashing red, red and white, or red and blue lights, a person who drives another vehicle shall do the following unless otherwise directed by a law enforcement officer:
(a) Yield the right of way.
(b) Immediately drive to a position parallel to and as close as possible to the right hand edge or curb of the highway clear of any intersection.
(c) Stop and remain in the position until the authorized emergency vehicle has passed.
(2) This section does not operate to relieve the person who drives an authorized emergency vehicle, a recovery vehicle, a utility service vehicle, solid waste hauler, a road, street, or highway maintenance vehicle, or a stationary survey or construction vehicle from the duty to operate the vehicle with due regard for the safety of all persons using the highway. (IC 9-21-8-35(a), (d))
(B) Prohibition against following fire apparatus responding to fire alarm or parking within block where apparatus has stopped in response to alarm. A person who drives a vehicle that is not on official business may not do any of the following:
(1) Follow any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm at a distance closer than 500 feet.
(2) Drive into or park a vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm.
Penalty, see § 70.99
Statutory reference:
Driver required to yield to emergency vehicles, see IC 9-21-8-35
Following fire apparatus prohibited, see IC 9-21-12-7