In Maine, when must a driver report a crash to the police right away?
Correct answer: When damage is $2,000 or more, or someone is hurt or killed.
Answer options
- AOnly when one of the drivers is hurt
- BWhen damage is $2,000 or more, or someone is hurt or killed Correct
- CWhen damage is $500 or more, or someone is injured
Why
Under Maine law (29-A M.R.S. section 2251), a crash that injures or kills anyone, or causes apparent property damage of $2,000 or more, must be reported immediately to the state police, sheriff's office or local police. Damage alone can trigger this duty even when nobody is hurt, and the officer, not the driver, then files the written crash report.
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Topic: Crashes and insurance License: Car permit
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