Article 210. All traffic accident which occurs in public roads, as well as areas of public access, will be attended by a traffic inspector of the National Police Force and informed to the Transit Courts for transaction, unless when there are fatal accident victims.
The driver or owner of the vehicle in the accident can choose which towing company to use to move the vehicle. In case the vehicle can’t be moved immediately, the same will be moved off the road.
Note: remember not to move your car until after the traffic inspector arrives. Also, your policy includes towing services.
Article 211. After a traffic accident occurs, the police’s traffic inspector will write a report of what happened which is called “parte policivo”, and this shall include:
1. General information on the drivers and their vehicles, and what ever other person or property involved.
2. Names of the injured or deceased person(s).
3. Name of the witnesses if they are still in the area/place of the accident.
4. Description of the visible damages to the vehicles or public/private property.
5. Map of the area.
6. Description of what occurred.
7. Proof of intoxication by alcohol or stupefying substances.
8. Any other information that the A.T.T.T. requires.
In the report the inspector will give the site and the date of the hearing to the involved drivers by giving them a ticket with the number of the date and the signature of both parties. The court hearing should be done in a period of fifteen (15) days starting from the date of the traffic accident.
Note: in case one of the involved drivers does not want to accept the notification of the date of the hearing, any witness whom the police officer (who is writing the report) assigns can sign the citation. In any case, the traffic inspector will give each driver a copy of the citation.
Article 212. Injured people involved in the accident will be cited to the hearing and are obligated to appear in front of the Traffic Court, unless there is justified cause given by el “Instituto de Medicina Legal” who determines that the person can’t attend.
Note: your policy includes legal services.
Article 213. The traffic inspector which arrives at the accident site will take necessary means for the conservation of the life of injured persons and the protection of material possessions; the inspector can take photos, film, declaration of witnesses with the intention to reach them, and any other proof which will help in the investigation of the facts, which has to be send to a Traffic Judge entitled to oversee the case.
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