Walk It Through: The Fender Bender
Stop and remain, a name, address and registration, and a written notice on an empty car.
A driver hits a car at a light. The other driver is shaken but unhurt, and the car is badly dented.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One dented car and one empty one. Crashes with injury, the felony grades, and who caused the accident are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Leaving the sceneFailing to stop at an accident that injures or kills a person, or damages a vehicle driven or attended by a person, and stay until giving name, address and registration number, showing the license on request, and rendering reasonable assistance.
- Misdemeanor classHow Arizona grades misdemeanors: class 1 carries up to six months and $2,500, class 2 up to four months and $750, class 3 up to 30 days and $500.