Walk It Through: The Fender Bender
A bumped car with no one in it, a driver who is hurt, a call to the police, and what leaving costs.
Backing out at a grocery store in Milford, a driver dents a parked car with no one in it.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
Two minor crashes with no impaired driver. A crash causing a death, an insurance claim and a lawsuit for the injury 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.
- Insurance identification cardA card from the insurer showing a policy meeting the State's minimums, carried in the vehicle and shown on request, on paper or on a phone.
- Unclassified misdemeanorAn offense not designated a felony, a class A or B misdemeanor, or a violation. Unless its own law says otherwise, it carries up to 30 days and $575.