Walk It Through: The Fender Bender
Off the main lanes, insurance and policy number, and a note on a parked car.
On a busy arterial a driver taps the bumper of the car ahead. No one is hurt, but the bumper is cracked.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One bumper and one parked car. Crashes with injury, the felony grades, and the report amount the state patrol sets 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.