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After protecting the scene of an accident, what should a driver do regarding notification?

1.Notify law enforcement and emergency services, and remain at the scene to provide accurate informationCorrect answer
2.Only notify the motor carrier's dispatcher; calling law enforcement is not the driver's responsibility at all
3.Leave the scene once traffic starts backing up badly, and file a written report later on that same day
4.Notification is only required in cases where the accident actually involved a fatality of some kind

Explanation

After protecting the scene, a driver should notify law enforcement and emergency services and stay at the scene to give accurate information, rather than assuming someone else has already called it in or leaving before help arrives. No codified federal regulation specifies this exact driver duty (state law generally governs the duty to remain at an accident scene), so it is attributed to standard driver-training content under 49 CFR 383.111(a)(1)(ii). The wrong options each shortchange the notification duty: notifying only a dispatcher skips law enforcement and emergency services entirely, leaving before help arrives abandons the scene, and the duty to notify does not turn on whether the accident happened to involve a fatality.

Source: 49 CFR 383.111(a)(1)(ii)

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