I have driven about 4,000,000 kilometers in the last 40 years (motorcycle/car/van/semi) The other day entering the 401 from salem road. I saw 3 OPP vehicles. (1 van type and 2 fords with big v8) sitting at the top.(ready for something).(staging as I call it) At that point you get up to speed at about Lakeridge road. I just got to 100KPH then hear sirens. I check mirrors nothing visible. I take foot off gas pedal and continue. I hear siren again but much louder. Again the mirror check.(nothing) Next I hear their siren next to my door on the shoulder.As they sped by at at least 200 kph. It shook me up as my first intention was to pull over. I am sure that they scared a few others as they merged and got to the outside shoulder just after that and flew off to where-ever they were going.(3 extra cops in the last car/back seat) This is the first time in 40 years to see them do this.(pass on the right at double the speed) I have 3 different answers from pals but I am interested to see what others on this forum think is what to do in this case. The cops where excellent drivers and nothing happened except shaken nerves.

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Re: Emergency vehicles

There is no "one size fits all" answer here, really. I'd keep to the right unless the situation I'm observing and/or my judgement dictates otherwise. Seems to work. I guess the only one that would really be appropriate for everything is "don't make any sudden moves." If you're going to pull over, do it at a normal pace, don't swerve suddenly and slam on the brakes. (Not that you would, I'm just sayin'.)

viper1 wrote:

My first idea was to pull over to the right but I held steady.

There is no "one size fits all" answer here, really. I'd keep to the right unless the situation I'm observing and/or my judgement dictates otherwise. Seems to work. I guess the only one that would really be appropriate for everything is "don't make any sudden moves." If you're going to pull over, do it at a normal pace, don't swerve suddenly and slam on the brakes. (Not that you would, I'm just sayin'.)

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