PRINTER'S NO. 2854
No. 2126 Session of 2003
INTRODUCED BY DAILEY, BARRAR, BUNT, CRAHALLA, DALEY, DENLINGER,
GINGRICH, HARHAI, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, TURZAI AND YOUNGBLOOD,
OCTOBER 27, 2003
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, OCTOBER 27, 2003
AN ACT
1 Amending Title 75 (Vehicles) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
2 Statutes, further providing for duty to give information and
3 render aid.
4 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
5 hereby enacts as follows:
6 Section 1. Section 3744 of Title 75 of the Pennsylvania
7 Consolidated Statutes is amended by adding a subsection to read:
8 § 3744. Duty to give information and render aid.
9 (a) General rule.--The driver of any vehicle involved in an
10 accident resulting in injury to or death of any person or damage
11 to any vehicle or other property which is driven or attended by
12 any person shall give his name, address and the registration
13 number of the vehicle he is driving, and shall upon request
14 exhibit his driver's license and information relating to
15 financial responsibility to any person injured in the accident
16 or to the driver or occupant of or person attending any vehicle
17 or other property damaged in the accident and shall give the
18 information and upon request exhibit the license and information
1 relating to financial responsibility to any police officer at
2 the scene of the accident or who is investigating the accident
3 and shall render to any person injured in the accident
4 reasonable assistance, including the making of arrangements for
5 the carrying of the injured person to a physician, surgeon or
6 hospital for medical or surgical treatment if it is apparent
7 that treatment is necessary or if requested by the injured
8 person.
9 (b) Report of accident to police.--In the event that none of
10 the persons specified are in condition to receive the
11 information to which they otherwise would be entitled under
12 subsection (a) and no police officer is present, the driver of
13 any vehicle involved in the accident after fulfilling all other
14 requirements of section 3742 (relating to accidents involving
15 death or personal injury) and subsection (a), insofar as
16 possible on his part to be performed, shall forthwith report the
17 accident to the nearest office of a duly authorized police
18 department and submit to the police department the information
19 specified in subsection (a).
20 (b.1) License and financial responsibility information.--
21 (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, police
22 departments shall, upon request, furnish at no cost a copy of
23 any information relating to a person's license or financial
24 responsibility received under subsection (a) or (b) to all of
25 the following:
26 (i) Any person involved in the accident, his
27 attorney or insurer.
28 (ii) The Federal Government.
29 (iii) Branches of the military service.
30 (iv) Commonwealth agencies.
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1 (v) Officials of political subdivisions.
2 (vi) Agencies of other states and nations and their
3 political subdivisions.
4 (2) The copy of the information provided under paragraph
5 (1) shall not be admissible as evidence in any action for
6 damages or criminal proceedings arising out of a motor
7 vehicle accident.
8 (3) Police departments may refuse to furnish the
9 information requested under paragraph (1) whenever there are
10 criminal charges pending against any persons involved in the
11 vehicle accident unless the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal
12 Procedure require the production of the documents.
13 (c) Duty of occupants if driver disabled.--Whenever the
14 driver of a vehicle is physically unable to give the information
15 or assistance required in this section and there are other
16 occupants in the vehicle at the time of the accident who are
17 physically able to give the information or assistance required
18 in this section, each of the other occupants shall fully reveal
19 the identity of himself and the identity of the driver of the
20 vehicle and of the owner of the vehicle of which they are
21 occupants and shall otherwise perform the duties of the driver
22 as set forth in subsection (a).
23 Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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