The Second Court of Cassation of General Jurisdiction has given an explanation about leaving the scene of an accident.
The driver, without fear of being deprived of his rights, can leave the scene of an accident if only his car is damaged in it and no one else and nothing. In fact, such accidents cannot be considered violations, which means that the driver cannot bear any responsibility for them under the law.
The reason for the clarification was the incident on the Moscow ring road – two cars collided there Mercedes—Benz, and the driver of one of them, seeing no damage to the other, just left. Traffic police opened a case against the fugitive and the court stripped him of his driver’s license for a year.
But at the Second Court of Cassation, it turned out that the driver had no reason to linger at the accident site – the second car suffered no damage, not even a scratch.
“During the proceedings in court, N. challenged his guilt in committing the alleged administrative offence, consistently stating that since the damage was only done to his vehicle, he was not obliged to remain at the scene,” the RG quotes the statement as saying. of the Court of Cassation.
But before you leave the scene of an accident, make sure that only your vehicle has been damaged. Otherwise you are not allowed to leave the scene of the accident.