Step 3 » GENERAL learning environment Category C (C, C1)

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

However, is NOT considered an offense 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 having the obligation to declare the personal identification data and the registration number or record number of the vehicle driven, data that will be recorded in a special register, and to return immediately to the place of the accident.

The correct answer is: C

Recommendations:

Obligations and prohibitions in case of accident - Audio-Video Lesson --> Obligations and prohibitions in case of accident

Offenses related to leaving the scene of the accident or modifying the traces - Audio-Video Lesson --> Offenses regarding traffic on public roads; The difference between offenses and contraventions

OUG* - Article 77

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

(1) Leaving the scene of the accident, without the approval of the police or of the prosecutor who performs the investigation of the scene 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 development of the practical tests of the exam for obtaining the driving license, involved in a traffic accident, is punished with imprisonment from 2 to 7 years.
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(3) It is not considered an offense to leave the scene 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 provide the necessary medical assistance and where he declared the personal identification data and the registration number or record number 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)