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The motor vehicle driver involved in a traffic accident in which resulted only the damaging of the vehicles and/or other material damages (without victims), is obliged to take immediately 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 shoulder, signalling its presence and to appear at the police unit competent in the area where the accident occurred within no more than 24 hours from the occurrence of the event for drawing up the recording documents.

To this obligation to appear at the police unit competent in the area where 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 finding of accident, under the conditions of the law;
• the driver of a vehicle who holds an optional insurance for auto damage, 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 vehicles involved in a traffic accident in which resulted only the damaging of the vehicles and/or other material damages are obliged:
a) to take immediately 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 shoulder, signalling their presence;
b) to appear at the police unit competent in the area where the accident occurred within no more than 24 hours from the occurrence of the event for drawing up the recording documents.
(2) Are excepted from the obligations provided in paragraph (1) letter b)*):
a) the drivers of the vehicles who conclude an amicable finding of accident, under the conditions of the law;
b) the driver of a vehicle who holds an optional insurance for auto damage, 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)