Walk It Through: The Fender Bender
A crash on the interstate, the information exchange, a hurt driver, and the patrol car on the shoulder.
On the interstate, a car clips another's bumper. Both are still drivable.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One minor crash. Fault, insurance claims and their deadlines, leaving the scene of an injury crash and a crash with an unattended car 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.
- Liability insuranceThe insurance every owner of a vehicle registered and operated in Idaho keeps continuously. Driving without it is a $75 infraction the first time, and a misdemeanor on a second within five years.
- Emergency first aidCare given in good faith and without pay at an accident or emergency. No civil damages may be recovered from the person who gives it unless they were grossly negligent.
- Move overThe duty, approaching a stationary police, emergency, tow or incident response vehicle with lights flashing, to slow below the posted limit and, on a road with two or more lanes each way, move out of the adjacent lane.