Crash duties — Idaho Permit Test
Crash duties on the Idaho permit test — 11 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
If you are involved in a crash you must stop as near to the scene as possible without blocking traffic.
Leaving the scene is a separate offense from whatever caused the crash, and a worse one.
Stop as near to the scene as possible without blocking traffic
Idaho's Quick Clearance law requires anyone involved in a crash on an interstate or major divided highway that causes no death or injury to safely move the vehicle to a shoulder, median or emergency lane.
A damaged car left in a live lane is what the second crash hits.
Idaho's “Quick Clearance” law requires anyone involved in the crash (on an interstate or major divided highway), that does not cause a death or injury, to safely move the vehicle to a shoulder, median, or emergency lane
Give any help you can if someone is injured. Idaho's Good Samaritan Law protects you from civil liability if you act in good faith.
The fear of being sued is what stops people helping, and the law removes it for anyone acting honestly.
Idaho's Good Samaritan Law protects you from civil liability if you act in good faith
Do not try to move an injured person from a wrecked vehicle unless you have the necessary medical training or there is an immediate danger such as fire.
Moving somebody with a spinal injury can do more harm than the crash did.
don't try to move an injured person from a wrecked vehicle unless you have the necessary medical training or there is an immediate danger, such as fire
You must report to police any crash in which someone is injured or property damage is more than $1,500.
Below that figure it is a private matter, and above it the state wants a record of what happened.
You must report to police any motor vehicle crash in which someone is injured or property damage is more than $1,500
At the scene you exchange names, addresses and driver's license numbers of the injured, names and addresses of witnesses, and names, addresses and insurance policy numbers of the other vehicle owners.
The list is what an insurer and a court will need, and it is much harder to collect afterwards.
Exchange information at the scene with the other people involved in the crash, including names, addresses, and driver's license numbers of the injured
If you provide false information after a crash you may be guilty of a misdemeanor.
The exchange is a legal duty, and a false name in it is an offense in its own right.
If you provide false information you may be guilty of a misdemeanor
If you hit an unattended vehicle or other property you must make a reasonable effort to find the owner, and if you cannot, leave a note about the crash with your name and phone number.
Driving off without a note is leaving the scene, whether or not anybody saw it.
leave a note telling about the crash with your name and phone number
You must also notify police after hitting an unattended vehicle if the damage was more than $1,500 or someone was injured.
The note settles it with the owner; the report is what the state requires above that figure.
You must also notify police if the damage was more than $1,500 or someone was injured
After a crash with an uninsured driver and a court judgment, the department may suspend the uninsured driver's privileges until you have been paid, or for up to six years.
It is the only pressure available when there is no insurer to claim against.
the department may suspend the driving privileges of the uninsured driver until you have been paid, or for up to six years
You may move vehicles that pose a traffic hazard before the police arrive.
Waiting with a car in a live lane costs more than the evidence a photograph would have preserved.
You may move vehicles that pose a traffic hazard before the police arrive
On the test
Where must a driver involved in a crash stop?
As near to the scene as possible without blocking traffic. Leaving the scene is a separate offense from whatever caused the crash, and a worse one. July 2026 Idaho Driver's Handbook, p.121: “Stop as near to the scene as possible without blocking traffic”
How this works
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against July 2026 Idaho Driver's Handbook, published by the Idaho Transportation Department, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-16.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/ID.pdf (July 2026 Idaho Driver's Handbook, Idaho Transportation Department, retrieved 2026-09-14)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/ID.pages.txt (pdftotext -layout over that PDF; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json (sha256, folio offset 0, folioMarker, nonLawPages and the extraction flag, each with its basis)