I wonder if it would make sense to hand over control to the human, or at least slow down a lot, if the car detects any emergency vehicles with lights flashing.

I wonder if it would make sense to hand over control to the human, or at least slow down a lot, if the car detects any emergency vehicles with lights flashing. For emergency vehicles parked on the side of the road, there could be all sorts of reasons why you should slow down and move to the other lane. Blasting through 3ft from the vehicle at 80mph isn't the smartest move. I've been in situations where I've had to stop suddenly because a emergency vehicle was coming across my path at a cross road, where the traffic lights were green for me. But as I heard sirens and saw the reflection of blue lights, I knew to slow down well before I saw the vehicle.