Drivers who have been in an accident are tempted to exchange receipts and go about their business for a variety of reasons. For example, one of them is driving without an OSAGO policy. Or the damage to the cars is minor and there is no way to wait for the police to arrive. But you never know for what reasons one or both parties involved in the traffic accident decide that an amicable settlement is a good option.
Speaking of such an outcome, two possible options should be immediately identified: when an accident is not reported to the traffic police, and when one of the participants nevertheless calls the patrol squad. In the first case, the law says that if only the cars of the participants in the accident are damaged (or not affected), they can part by mutual agreement. By somehow agreeing to pay for the damage (either by reporting an accident under OSAGO or by using a receipt) or by deciding that the damage is insignificant and the time needed to is not worth restoring them.
In OSAGO everything is clear, but there is a nuance with a receipt that obliges the rescuer to pay the costs of repairing the opponent’s car. The catch is that if this paper is not notarized, but written “on the knee”, it has no legal force (for example, in court). And the injured car owner who believes in the honesty of the “offender” has great chances of being left with nothing.
Well, the scenario, when the participants of the accident informed the police about it, but then suddenly decided to disperse, has even more unpleasant possibilities of development. In general, drivers have the right to “disperse” in the only case: if they are told in plain text from the traffic police service that the traffic police will not come and the emergency citizens must draw up a European protocol.
Sometimes, both participants in a traffic accident, hastily calling the traffic police and not waiting for the officers to arrive, realize after some time that the damage to the cars is insignificant. In such a situation, it is not worth exchanging receipts for the absence of mutual claims and calmly “scatter”. When the traffic police squad arrives at the call sooner or later and does not find the heroes of the “event” there, a protocol is drawn up to allow them to leave the scene of the accident. What promises impatient citizens the deprivation of the VU. The same fate threatens them with the implementation of the European Protocol, followed by a “run” on their own company. In the same way as when drawing up a receipt by the perpetrator of the accident with the obligation to pay everything.
It should be clear: once you decide to inform the traffic police about your accident, you should not make any movement without their direct permission or instructions – under the threat of deprivation of the VU. Well, we’ve already outlined the petty legal value of any “on the hood” receipts. This piece of paper will not impress any judge later on.
Drivers who have been in an accident are tempted to exchange receipts and go about their business for a variety of reasons. For example, one of them is driving without an OSAGO policy. Or the damage to the cars is minor and there is no way to wait for the police to arrive. But you never know for what reasons one or both parties involved in the traffic accident decide that an amicable settlement is a good option.
Speaking of such an outcome, two possible options should be immediately identified: when an accident is not reported to the traffic police, and when one of the participants nevertheless calls the patrol squad. In the first case, the law says that if only the cars of the participants in the accident are damaged (or not affected), they can part by mutual agreement. By somehow agreeing to pay for damages (either by reporting an accident under OSAGO or using a receipt) or by deciding that the damages are insignificant and not worth the time it takes to repair them is.
Everything is clear with OSAGO, but there is a nuance to a receipt that obliges the rescuer to pay the cost of repairing the opponent’s car. The catch is that if this paper is not notarized, but written “on the knee”, it has no legal force (for example, in court). And the injured car owner who believes in the honesty of the “offender” has great chances of being left with nothing.
Well, the scenario, when the participants of the accident informed the police about it, but then suddenly decided to disperse, has even more unpleasant possibilities of development. In general, drivers have the right to “disperse” in the only case: if they are told in plain text from the duty department of the traffic police that the traffic police will not come, and the emergency citizens must draw up a European protocol.
Sometimes, both participants in a traffic accident, hastily calling the traffic police and not waiting for the officers to arrive, realize after some time that the damage to the cars is insignificant. In such a situation, it is not worth exchanging receipts for the absence of mutual claims and calmly “scatter”. When the traffic police squad arrives at the call sooner or later and does not find the heroes of the “event” there, a protocol is drawn up to allow them to leave the scene of the accident. What promises impatient citizens the deprivation of the VU. The same fate threatens them with the implementation of the European Protocol followed by a “run” on their own affairs. In the same way as when drawing up a receipt by the perpetrator of the accident with the obligation to pay everything.
It should be clear: once you decide to inform the traffic police about your accident, you should not make any movement without their direct permission or instructions – under the threat of deprivation of the VU. Well, we’ve already outlined the petty legal value of any “on the hood” receipts. This piece of paper will not impress any judge later on.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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