You have been involved in a road accident as the driver of the vehicle. After administering first aid to the injured persons, are you allowed to leave the scene of the accident before the arrival of the police?
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Correct answer
NO
Explanation
The photo shows the scene of an accident: a damaged car in the ditch on the left and an overturned trailer loaded with wood across the road. As a driver involved in an accident with injured people, you must not leave the scene after giving help until the Police arrive. The answer is: no.
The Road Traffic Act states that if someone is killed or injured in an accident, the driver is obliged to help the victims, call the emergency medical service and the Police and stay at the scene of the accident, and if calling for help required him to leave - to return immediately; until he has been tested by the Police, he must also not drink alcohol. Leaving is fleeing the scene of an accident, which increases criminal liability. You wait for the police officers and give your statement.
Legal basis: Art. 44 para. 2 point 1, 2a and 3 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); Art. 178 of the Criminal Code