Yield To Emergency Vehicles

Emergency vehicles, such as ambulances, when in service will notify other drivers by means of a visual, flashing blue or flashing blue and red lights, and/or an audible signal. Under the Tennessee Rules of the Road, a driver should yield to in service emergency vehicles

In Erin, Tennessee two people were sent to the hospital after a crash involving an a car and an ambulance in Houston County Tennessee. The crash happened around 5 p.m. Friday on Highway 49 in Erin. Local media reports tell us that it’s unclear whether the ambulance had it’s emergency lights lit-up when another vehicle ran into it.

Both drivers were transported to Vanderbilt Medical Center and their condition is unknown at this time. As an experienced Nashville personal injury lawyer I always suggest that drivers should exercise special care when you come upon an ambulance.

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Yield To Emergency Vehicles

Being a traffic patrol officer in Nashville is dangerous enough but when you add heavy rain and limited visibility the danger quotient goes off the charts. As an experienced Nashville automobile accident attorney I have all the respect in the world for the men and women of the Metro PD and the Tennessee Highway Patrol who put their lives on the line daily to make the roadways safe for you and I.

Reference an article on the website of the Nashville Tennessean reporting on an accident in which a Traffic patrol officer 42, year-old, Frank Campbell, an 18-year veteran of the MPD. According to the article Officer Campbell stopped to assist two drivers whose vehicles had slid off a rain-slick entry ramp from I-440 to I-40.

It appears that Officer Campbell was sitting in his patrol car when a pickup truck driven by an Ashland City man went out of control and slammed into officer Campbell’s patrol car. Neither Officer Campbell nor the pickup truck driver was seriously injured. Police believe that the pickup driver was traveling too fast for the conditions.

As an experienced Nashville automobile accident attorney I regularly remind people that even if they are driving within the posted speed limits they must also take into account the roadway conditions to determine their speed at any given time. Wet pavement can be just as treacherous as snow and ice. When driving under such conditions you must slow down, dirt and oil accumulations make the roadway slippery. Another problem one faces in rainy conditions is hydroplaning. Water accumulates or pools on the road and your tires can lose contact leaving you to become a physics problem.

Tennessee law requires that motorists coming on to an emergency vehicle along a highway immediately reduce their speed and yield the lane closest to the emergency vehicle. If possible the driver must yield the right-of–way by making a lane change into a lane that is not adjacent to the emergency vehicle.

If you or a loved one is injured or killed in a Tennessee automobile accident by a driver who was going too fast for the conditions you owe it to yourself to contact the experienced Nashville automobile crash lawyers at Phillip Miller & Associates to learn about your rights and remedies.