If you participate in a road accident in which people are injured, are you obliged to immediately stop the tram, without posing any threats?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
The question is about the duties of a tram driver involved in a road accident. If you are involved in a road accident in which people are injured, you must stop the tram immediately, without causing danger - the answer is YES.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver involved in a road accident to stop the vehicle without endangering road safety. Stopping is necessary to help the casualties, call an emergency medical team and the Police, and secure the scene. You stop the tram so that you do not expose passengers to injury through sudden braking and do not cause another accident. Driving away without helping the injured may be the crime of failing to give help, and for a person who caused an accident and fled the scene the law provides for a more severe penalty.
Legal basis: Art. 44 para. 1 point 1 and para. 2 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)