Crashes — Georgia Permit Test

After a crash in Georgia you stop immediately in a safe place and notify the nearest law enforcement agency if anybody was hurt or killed, or if the property damage is over $500.

Below that figure it is between the drivers; above it the state wants a record of what happened.

Notify the nearest law enforcement agency immediately if anyone is injured or killed, or if property damage exceeds $500.00

At a Georgia crash you give your name, your address, your license plate number and your driver’s license number to anybody else involved, and you get the same from them.

Those four details are what an insurance claim runs on, and they are hard to get later.

Give your name, address, license plate number, and driver's license number to anyone else who was involved in the crash. Get the same information from the other driver

If you damage an unattended vehicle in Georgia you must either find the owner or leave your name, your address and the name of the owner of the vehicle you were driving somewhere they will find it.

A dent with no note is a hit and run, whatever you meant to do about it later.

If you damage an unattended vehicle, you must either locate the owner or leave your name, address, and the name of the owner of the vehicle you were driving, in a conspicuous place where the owner will find it.

Georgia asks you to warn approaching traffic after a crash if you can do it without risking yourself or anybody else, using the hazard lights and reflective triangles where you have them.

The second crash at the scene is the one that hits the people standing in the road.

Warn approaching motorists if you can do so without jeopardizing your own safety or that of others. Activate your hazard lights, if possible, and use reflective triangles, when available

Georgia says not to move or lift somebody injured in a crash unless it is absolutely necessary, because unskilled handling can cause worse injuries.

A spine injury you cannot see is made permanent by the wrong pair of hands.

Do not move or lift the victim unless it is absolutely necessary.

Georgia’s Good Samaritan Law holds anybody harmless from civil damages for what they do, or fail to do, while giving emergency care.

Fear of being sued is what stops people helping, so the law takes that fear away.

Georgia has a Good Samaritan Law. This law holds any person harmless for civil damages arising as a result of any act or omission in rendering emergency care.

Where a crash happens on a multilane highway or an expressway and nobody looks seriously hurt, the drivers involved have a duty to move their vehicles off the roadway to a safe place.

A stopped car in a fast lane is what turns one crash into three, so clearing it is the duty.

When a traffic crash occurs on a multilane highway or expressway, and if there is no apparent serious injury or death, it is the duty of the drivers of the vehicles involved to move their vehicles from the roadway to a safe location along the shoulder, emergency lane, median, or any other safe refuge.

Above what property damage must a Georgia crash be reported to law enforcement?

Over $500. Below that figure it is between the drivers; above it the state wants a record of what happened. Georgia Driver's Manual, p.138: “Notify the nearest law enforcement agency immediately if anyone is injured or killed, or if property damage exceeds $500.00”