If you were involved in a traffic accident in which the death or injury of the bodily integrity or health of a person resulted, you are obliged to immediately notify the police and call the national single emergency number 112, not to modify or erase the traces of the accident and not to leave the scene. Therefore, in the case of answer A, even if you give or do not give first aid to the victims, the position of the vehicle cannot be changed.
After notifying the police, the position of the vehicle CANNOT be changed in all situations. If the accident resulted in the death or injury of the bodily integrity or health of a person the position of the vehicle CANNOT be changed, even if you have notified the police; in this situation you are obliged to immediately notify the police and call the national single emergency number 112, not to modify or erase the traces of the accident and not to leave the scene.
However, if the accident resulted only in the damaging of the vehicles and/or other material damage (without victims), the position of the vehicle can be changed, and the police must be notified 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 driver of the vehicle involved in a traffic accident resulting only in the damaging of the vehicles and/or other material damage (without victims) is obliged to immediately take the vehicle out of 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 present himself to the police unit competent in the area where the accident occurred within no more than 24 hours from the occurrence of the event for the drafting of the finding documents.
There are exceptions to this obligation to present yourself to the police unit competent in the area where the accident occurred within no more than 24 hours from the occurrence of the event:
We recommend that you also consult the articles of the updated road legislation found a little below.
The correct answer is: C
OUG* - Article 77
(1) The driver of a vehicle involved in a traffic accident resulting in the death or injury of a person is obliged to take measures to immediately notify the police, not to modify or erase the traces of the accident and not to leave the scene.
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(3) It is prohibited for any person to change the position of the vehicle involved in a traffic accident resulting in the death or injury of one or more persons, to modify the state of the scene or to erase the traces of the accident without the consent of the police investigating the accident.
Penal Code*** - Article 338
(1) Leaving the scene of the accident, without the consent of the police or the prosecutor investigating the scene, by the driver of the vehicle or by the driving instructor, during the training process, or by the examiner of the competent authority, during the practical tests of the examination for obtaining the driving license, involved in a traffic accident, is punishable by imprisonment from 2 to 7 years.
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(2) With the same penalty is sanctioned the act of any person to modify the state of the scene or to erase the traces of the traffic accident resulting in the killing or injury of the bodily integrity or health of one or more persons, without the consent of the on-site investigation team.
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(3) It is not an offence 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, himself transports the injured persons to the nearest medical unit able to provide the necessary medical assistance and where he has declared his personal identity data and the registration number of the vehicle driven, recorded in a special register, if he returns immediately to the scene of the accident;
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* OUG = GOVERNMENT EMERGENCY ORDINANCE no. 195 of December 12, 2002 updated (Road Traffic Code)
*** Penal Code = PENAL CODE of July 17, 2009 updated (LAW no. 286/2009)
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