I am a new driver, and a police came up behind me with the sirens on....?

He was probably assigned an emergency call, where he was required to respond with lights and sirens, and the call may have been cancelled, or another unit may have arrived there before him, and cancelled the emergency run.

Either way, you did exactly the right thing by pulling to the side.

It's perfectly normal to be a little shaken, especially if you are a new driver. It's commendable that, even though you were nervous, you did the right thing!

I hope this solves a little of the confusion.

Was the road clear ahead of you? Maybe he was responding to something that was not urgent enough to use lights and sirens the whole way, but was urgent enough to pass you. As someone else stated, he may have been responding to a call that was canceled for some reason. He could just be a jerk abusing his authority.

The sort answer is, you will NEVER know why he turned of the lights and sirens after passing you.

As a former EMT (not police officer), we have turned on our lights and sirens we going to a call. Shortly after getting the call, we have been told by communications, that our services were not needed. So we cut off lights, and sirens. And continue to wherever we were going before.

Of course I do know police, fire, EMS use their lights and sirens, to get through stoplights, and heavy traffic.

Before anyone says this is not done, I have been in an ambulance, and a fire engine when done.

And saw a police officer, go through a light, with sirens on. To continue a few blocks down and pull into a fast food restaurant. I happen to be going to the same fast food restaurant, and I went inside and he was in line, ordering his food.

Numerous times cops get a call to go to an emergency, but before they get there someone else has determined it is not an emergency. When that happens they have to turn the lights and siren off. Cop cars behind you will always make you nervous, even when you are doing nothing wrong.

It could have been a numerous of things, a call canceled, a car resembling yours involved in a crime, he checked your vehicle and tag number and you were not the one he or they wanted. some wise guy may have done this to get by, it is not legal but I know a few that have done this. Or he could have been on a call and turned off the siren because he did not want to alert the suspect he was close and for them not to be aware he was near. Do not get to worried as long as you abide by the law everything should be okay.

i have seen the same thing many times. don't stress seeing how you were following he traffic laws. But comeing from many of my cop friends and the cops I know on base, they all say that there are some that will use there lights to go faster or go through traffic lights. Other times they turn on just the lights to get somewhere faster then turn them off so they can come up on a situation (like a robbery) with out being noticed.

The Officer could have been given a "Code 3" call and was in route lights and sirens, and at the time you puled over the call was canceled

Breathe....You'll probably have a lot of scares on the road, being a new driver. You did the right thing by pulling over. Same goes for ambulances and fire trucks. You'll be surprised by the people who don't pull over and let them go by. Good Luck to you, glad to know you are a courteous driver!

He was in a hurry to get to a call and just needed you to move over. The only way for him to get you to move was to activate his emergency equipment.

It probably was shift change at the station house...no worries.

You did the right thing.