The crime of not reporting an accident; there is a duty to call the cops, file a police report online, or call the non-emergency line to report an accident no matter what occurred.
“And then another one is we see a lot of times leaving the scene of an accident or also failure to report an accident. And so leaving the scene of an accident, anytime you're involved in any accident, whether it's damage only or there's injury or whether someone even sadly passes away, there's always a duty to stop at the accident, even if the other person leaves. And so leaving the scene of an accident is actually strict liability crime, which means that there doesn't have to be an intention to leave the scene. just means that you left the scene in general and didn't stay after an accident.”
“And it's similar to reporting an accident. So, even if you're in a minor parking lot fender bender, you always have a duty to call the cops or to file a police report online or call the non-emergency line and report that there was an accident. Even if you don't intend to, you know, try to evade law enforcement by not reporting these accidents, there's still a a requirement that you do no matter what occurred.”
Zoe explains: "And it's similar to reporting an accident. So, even if you're in a minor parking lot fender bender, you always have a duty to call the cops or to file a police report online or call the non-emergency line and report that there was an accident. Even if you don't intend to, you know, try to evade law enforcement by not reporting these accidents, there's still a a requirement that you do no matter what occurred."
Answered by Zoe Levesque · Watch clip ↗Zoe explains: "And then another one is we see a lot of times leaving the scene of an accident or also failure to report an accident. And so leaving the scene of an accident, anytime you're involved in any accident, whether it's damage only or there's injury or whether someone even sadly passes away, there's always a duty to stop at the accident, even if the other person leaves. And so leaving the scene of an accident is actually strict liability crime, which means that there doesn't have to be an intention to leave the scene. just means that you left the scene in general and didn't stay after an accident."
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