You’re at an intersection with a fire truck, an ambulance, and a car. You need to decide the order they should go. There are some common mistakes people make when solving such puzzles:
- First, not recognizing the priority of emergency vehicles. By law, fire trucks and ambulances with sirens and lights on have the right – of – way. But many wrongly assume one emergency vehicle has more priority or don’t account for them correctly.
- Second, ignoring the importance of the vehicles’ intended paths. People often focus on vehicle types and miss details like if they’re turning left or going straight.
- Third, forgetting yielding rules at intersections. Some wrongly think a vehicle’s size or speed determines priority.
Now, let’s solve this puzzle. We have a fire truck on the right and an ambulance coming from above. Emergency vehicles with active sirens and lights always go before regular cars. So the car must yield to both.
Between the fire truck and the ambulance, since both are going straight, the fire truck goes first according to traffic rules. So the correct order is:
- Fire truck
- Ambulance
- Car