Other Road Users5 min read
Vehicles of general interest
Priority or benefiting from a right of way: how to react to emergency vehicles.
Updated 13 June 2026
What this lesson covers
Three categories to distinguish
Priority vehicles
How to react to a priority vehicle
Vehicles benefiting from a right of way
Service vehicles
Summary of signals
Recap
- 6 categories of priority vehicles: police, gendarmerie, fire brigade, SAMU, SMUR, customs.
- Priority only when the flashing blue light + two-tone siren are activated.
- Let the priority vehicle pass by stopping or moving aside, with hazard lights on.
- On fast roads: do not change lane and do not brake suddenly.
- Right of way (ambulances, on-call doctors, etc.): flashing blue light + three-tone siren.
- Right of way does not mean priority: facilitate passage without breaking the rules.
- Service vehicles (yellow flashing light): neither priority nor right of way, but caution is required.
- Exception: it is forbidden to overtake snow-clearing vehicles during operations.
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