If you have been involved in a traffic accident with a wild animal you must stop, turn on the hazard warning lights and secure the accident site (which involves, among other things, installing the reflective triangles), in order not to endanger the safety of the other participants in traffic. If the motor vehicle cannot be moved outside the carriageway, you have the obligation to install the reflective triangles in front of and behind the motor vehicle, at at least 30 meters, so that the other participants in traffic can notice you in time.
Even if your vehicle can be put back into circulation, this does not mean that you can simply leave the scene. Leaving the animal on the carriageway can endanger the safety of other participants in traffic. In such situations, you must call 112 immediately and report the accident. The authorities will be able to send authorized personnel, either to provide help to the animal or to clear the carriageway safely.
Considering that you have been involved in a traffic accident, you are obliged to present yourself at the police unit in whose area the accident occurred within no more than 24 hours, for the preparation of the finding documents. In this case the repair of the damaged motor vehicle will be done on the basis of the authorization issued by the traffic police.
The correct answer is: A
OUG* - Article 75
A traffic accident is the event that cumulatively meets the following conditions:
a) it occurred on a road open to public traffic or had its origin in such a place;
b) it resulted in the death, injury of one or more persons or the damaging of at least one vehicle or other material damages;
c) at least one vehicle in motion was involved in the event;
d) repealed;
OUG* - Article 79
(1) The drivers of vehicles involved in a traffic accident resulting only in the damaging of the vehicles and/or other material damages are obliged:
a) to take the vehicles immediately 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 shoulder, signalling their presence;
b) to present themselves 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.
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Regulation** - Article 180
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(9) For vehicles involved in traffic accidents resulting in material damages, the traffic police issues to their owners or holders a repair authorization, whose model is provided in Annex no. 1C, except for the situation in which an amicable accident report has been concluded whose validity has been attested by the authorized insurance company, under the law, in which case the repairs may be carried out on the basis of the attestation document.
Regulation** - Article 156
(1) If a motor vehicle, agricultural or forestry tractor or a trailer has broken down on the carriageway of the road and cannot be moved outside it, the driver of the motor vehicle, agricultural or forestry tractor is obliged to activate the hazard warning lights and to install the reflective triangles.
(2) The reflective triangles are installed in front of and behind the vehicle, on the same traffic lane, at a distance of at least 30 m from it, so that they can be noticed in time by the participants in traffic who are approaching. In the urban area, when traffic is heavy, the reflective triangles may be placed at a shorter distance or even on the vehicle, so that they can be noticed in time by the other drivers of vehicles.
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* OUG = GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 195 of December 12, 2002 updated (Road Traffic Code)
** Regulation = REGULATION for the implementation of OUG 195/2002 updated (Road Traffic Code Regulation)
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