Legally, which vehicle has the right-of-way if an ambulance, a fire truck, a plice car, all with emergency lights and sirens sounding, and a U. S. postal vehicle arrive simultaneously at a 4-way-stop?
2006-08-17 16:40:18 · 10 answers · asked by gedanini3@yahoo.com 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Which one then?
2006-08-17 16:48:22 · update #1
I don't know whether it is germaine as to the state in which the situation would arise as a federal government vehicle is involved.
2006-08-17 17:58:59 · update #2
Sorry about that...I meant "germane".
2006-08-18 15:00:50 · update #3
The vehicle to the left of the postal truck proceeds first, because that vehicle does not have a vehicle to his right to yield to. The other 2 emergency vehicles do. Then the vehicle situated to the left of the first vehicle which proceeded, goes. The postal truck must yield to all of the other 3.
2006-08-17 17:05:10 · answer #1 · answered by ½«gumwrapper 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It doesn't matter. The police car will go first because he has the best acceleration and the postal vehicle will pull over and yield.
Many people think the postal vehcile has a priority, but that really is an old wive's tale. They are treated like any other vehicle on the roads.
2006-08-18 00:05:11 · answer #2 · answered by Steve R 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your question is based on the presumption that a federal vehicle has priority over state and local vehicles.
However, it's a rebuttable not conclusive presumption. Which means the emergency vehicles actually have higher priority.
2006-08-17 23:45:13 · answer #3 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The one to the left of the postal vehicle and then clockwise from thereon.
Draw it out on a piece of paper if you can't get your head around it.
2006-08-17 23:57:02 · answer #4 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even the US mail has to yield to an emergency vehicle. As to the other Three, they are all going to the same disaster!
2006-08-17 23:51:25 · answer #5 · answered by Jerry T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the US postal vehicle sure doesn't. i'm guess the rest just sit there waving at each other to say 'you go first' repeatedly, silently argueing about who goes first, during which the postal vehicle just goes because no one else is.
2006-08-17 23:50:19 · answer #6 · answered by opi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They would all turn right so it wouldn't matter. ;)
Realisitcally though since they have radios and would probably be communicating they'd work that out amongst themselves before they got to the intersection. The US Postal vehicle would just sit and wait.
2006-08-17 23:49:37 · answer #7 · answered by HowlinKyote 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What state?
2006-08-18 00:42:25 · answer #8 · answered by Carl 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not sure about that but I've seen a lot of 3-Ways cause a divorce.
2006-08-17 23:47:22 · answer #9 · answered by pickle head 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
veh coming on right be given pass.Rule should be followed.Any how for a VIPs all paths stopped.An emergency ambulance blowing horn is only exception every one to consider.
2006-08-17 23:49:28 · answer #10 · answered by Bhahagyam 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋