How to deal with hit-and-run after damaging guardrails?
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According to Article 99, Paragraph 3 of the "Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China", fleeing after causing a traffic accident that does not constitute a crime shall be punished by the traffic management department of the public security organ with a fine of not less than 200 yuan but not more than 2,000 yuan, and may also be detained for not more than 15 days. At the same time, 12 points will be deducted. The classification of hit-and-run behavior is as follows: 1. According to the severity of the consequences caused by the perpetrator, the hit-and-run behavior is divided into minor hit-and-run behavior and criminal hit-and-run behavior. 2. According to whether the perpetrator only implemented a single escape behavior after the accident, the escape behavior is divided into simple escape behavior and transformed escape behavior. 3. Whether the escape behavior caused new harmful consequences is used as the standard to divide the escape behavior into escape behavior that caused new harmful consequences and escape behavior that did not cause new harmful consequences.
Hitting the railing and fleeing is unacceptable. I must remind you that this constitutes hit-and-run, which carries severe legal penalties. If caught on surveillance, you could face fines ranging from hundreds to thousands of yuan, and your driver's license might even be revoked. I once saw a neighbor do this when I was younger—the police came knocking, and not only did they have to pay for the railing repairs, but it also affected their future car insurance rates. The right thing to do is to stop immediately, return to the scene, call 122 to report the incident, and take photos for evidence. Then, contact your insurance company to handle the compensation. Don’t gamble on luck—handling it properly might just cost you a fine, but fleeing will lead to regret.
