Duty Upon Striking Unattended Vehicle

1. Law
2. Georgia Code
3. Motor Vehicles and Traffic
4. Uniform Rules of the Road
5. Accidents
6. Duty Upon Striking Unattended Vehicle

1. The driver of any vehicle which collides with any vehicle which is unattended shall immediately stop and shall then and there either locate and notify the operator or owner of such vehicle of the name and address of the driver and owner of the vehicle striking the unattended vehicle or shall leave in a conspicuous placeon the vehicle struck a written notice giving the name and address of the driver and the owner of the vehicle doing the striking.
2. Any person who fails to comply with the requirements of subsection (a) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

(Ga. L. 1953, Nov.-Dec. Sess., p. 556, § 43; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1059, § 1; Code 1981, §40-6-272; Code 1981, §40-6-271, as redesignated by Ga. L. 1990, p. 2048, § 5.)

OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

Requirement to stop not extended to trains and crews.

- Requirement to stop at the scene of a motor vehicle incident does not extend to railroad trains and their operating crews. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-32.

RESEARCH REFERENCES

Am. Jur. 2d.

- 7A Am. Jur. 2d, Automobiles and Highway Traffic, §§ 331, 332.

C.J.S.

- 60 C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 46. 61A C.J.S., Motor Vehicles, § 1695.

ALR.

- Liability for injuries due to collision between street car and automobile at street intersection, 28 A.L.R. 217; 46 A.L.R. 1000.

Constitutionality, construction, and effect of statute in relation to conduct of driver of automobile after happening of an accident, 66 A.L.R. 1228; 101 A.L.R. 911.

Criminal responsibility of one other than driver at time of accident, under "hit and run" statute, 62 A.L.R.2d 1130.

Sufficiency of compliance with requirement of criminal "hit and run" statute that motorist identify himself, 48 A.L.R.3d 685.

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