Step 3 » GENERAL learning environment Category B (B, B1)

The driver of the vehicle involved in a traffic accident in which only the damaging of the vehicles and/or other material damages resulted (without victims), is obliged to immediately take the vehicle outside the carriageway or, if the condition of the vehicle does not allow this, to move it as close as possible to the curb or the shoulder, signalling its presence and to appear at the competent police unit in whose area the accident occurred within no more than 24 hours from the occurrence of the event for the preparation of the finding documents.

For this obligation to appear at the competent police unit in whose area the accident occurred within no more than 24 hours from the occurrence of the event, the following exceptions are provided:

• the drivers of the vehicles who conclude an amicable accident report, under the conditions of the law;
• the driver of a vehicle who holds optional auto damage insurance, and the traffic accident resulted only in the damaging of his own vehicle.

The correct answer is: B

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OUG* - Article 79

(1) The drivers of the vehicles involved in a traffic accident in which only the damaging of the vehicles and/or other material damages resulted are obliged:
a) to immediately take the vehicles outside the carriageway or, if the condition of the vehicles does not allow this, to move them as close as possible to the curb or the shoulder, signalling their presence;
b) to appear at the competent police unit in whose area the accident occurred within no more than 24 hours from the occurrence of the event for the preparation of the finding documents.
(2) The following are excepted from the obligations provided in paragraph (1) letter b)*):
a) the drivers of the vehicles who conclude an amicable accident report, under the conditions of the law;
b) the driver of a vehicle who holds optional auto damage insurance, and the traffic accident resulted only in the damaging of his own vehicle.

* OUG = GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 195 of December 12, 2002 updated (Road Traffic Code)