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

The driver of the vehicle who has hit a pedestrian who crossed the street, regardless of whether the pedestrian crossed in compliance with the traffic rules or not, is obliged to notify the police, to not modify the traces of the accident and to not leave the place of the act. In this case leaving the place of the act without the approval of the police or of the prosecutor who performs the investigation is prohibited. Non‑observance of the prohibition of leaving the place of the act is considered an offence and is punished with imprisonment from 2 to 7 years.

However, it is NOT an offence the situation in which, in the absence of other means of transport, the driver of the vehicle involved in the accident transports himself the injured person to the nearest hospital, this one being obliged to declare the personal identification data and the registration number or record of the vehicle driven, data which will be recorded in a special register, and to return immediately to the place of the accident.

The correct answer is: C

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OUG* - Article 77

(1) The driver of a vehicle involved in a traffic accident in which the death or injury of a person resulted is obliged to take measures of immediate notification of the police, to not modify or erase the traces of the accident and to not leave the place of the act.
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Criminal Code*** - Article 338

(1) Leaving the place of the accident, without the approval of the police or of the prosecutor who performs the investigation of the place of the act, by the driver of the vehicle or by the driving instructor, being in the process of training, or by the examiner of the competent authority, being during the performance of the practical tests of the exam for obtaining the driving licence, involved in a traffic accident, is punished with imprisonment from 2 to 7 years.
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(3) It is not an offence leaving the place of the accident when:
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b) the driver of the vehicle, in the absence of other means of transport, transports himself the injured persons to the nearest medical unit able to grant the necessary medical assistance and at which he has declared the personal identification data and the registration number or record of the vehicle driven, recorded in a special register, if he returns immediately to the place of the accident;
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* OUG = GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 195 of December 12, 2002 updated (Road Traffic Code)
*** Criminal Code = CRIMINAL CODE of July 17, 2009 updated (LAW no. 286/2009)