§ 312-3. Right-of-way.

A. 

Emergency vehicles. When in the performance of duty, the following vehicles shall have the right-of-way: United States Mail, police, fire, fire patrol, Bureau of Buildings, emergency repair of public service corporations, ambulances, the military and vehicles equipped with a gong or siren whistle operated by a Chief or Assistant Chief or Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner of a Fire Department, provided that such gong or siren is being sounded.

B. 

Processions. A vehicle, except as provided in this section, shall not be driven through a procession except by order of a peace officer. If the procession shall take more than five minutes to pass a given point, it shall be broken and traffic permitted to go through.

C. 

Intersections.

(1) 

Every driver of a vehicle approaching an intersection shall grant the right-of-way at such intersection to any vehicle approaching from his right except where otherwise directed by a peace officer or as otherwise provided by this chapter with respect to intersections where traffic is controlled by traffic control signals.

(2) 

Every driver of a vehicle turning to the left at intersections shall yield the right-of-way to vehicles proceeding straight across the intersection from the opposite direction.

D. 

Center line. The vehicle having the center line of the highway on its left shall have the right-of-way. In meeting, both vehicles shall keep to the right and this without regard to the center line of the highway. Slowly moving vehicles must be kept as near to the curb as practicable.

E. 

Fire apparatus.

(1) 

A vehicle must not be so driven as to impede or obstruct the progress of the apparatus of a Fire Department or any official or employee of a city, town or village in the discharge of his duty at a fire. The driver of a vehicle must not drive through or within the established fire lines or over a line of fire hose.

(2) 

On the approach of fire apparatus, as evidenced by suitable and continuous warning or street signals or audible one to another, indicating the route of apparatus, the driver of a vehicle must immediately draw up such vehicle as near as practicable to the righthand curb and parallel thereto and bring it to a standstill and keep it stationary until the apparatus has passed.

(3) 

It shall be unlawful for the operator of any vehicle other than a municipally owned or emergency vehicle on official business to follow closer than 500 feet any fire apparatus traveling in response to a fire alarm or to drive into or stop any vehicle within the block where fire apparatus has stopped in answer to a fire alarm.