If you have hit a pedestrian who crossed the street, regardless of whether the pedestrian crossed properly or not, you have the obligation to notify the police, to not modify the traces of the accident and to not leave the place of the act. In this case you are prohibited from leaving the place of the act without the approval of the police or the prosecutor who conducts the investigation. Failure to comply with the prohibition to leave the place of the act is considered an offense and is punished with imprisonment from 2 to 7 years.
However, it does NOT constitute an offense the situation in which, in the absence of other means of transport, the driver of the vehicle involved in the accident transports the injured person himself to the nearest hospital, having the obligation to declare the personal identification data and the number of registration or recording of the driven vehicle, data which will be recorded in a special register, and to return immediately to the place of the accident.
The correct answer is: A
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 notify the police immediately, 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 the prosecutor who conducts the investigation of the place of the act, by the driver of the vehicle or by the driving instructor, in 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 punished with imprisonment from 2 to 7 years.
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(3) It is not an offense to leave 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 provide the necessary medical assistance and where he declared the personal identification data and the number of registration or recording of the driven vehicle, 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)
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