What to do if I hit a school fence and stop sign?
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What to do if I hit a school fence and stop sign?
My brother drove my car and accidentally drove into a school fence and hit down the stop sign as well. This was at night, what do we now? Go to police or the school or do we just wait for a letter since there were probably cameras? I’m panicking and I have no clue what to do.
Asked on September 30, 2018 under Accident Law, Washington
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
What you are supposed to do is report it to the school and with them file a police report. You can obviously gamble that there were no cameras and no one will know it is you, but if you are wrong, you will add various other offenses (e.g. leaving the site of an accident) to the cost of the damage you did.
Note that while you will not suffer points on your license since you were not driving, you, as the car's owner would be responsible for the cost to repair the fence and stop sign: the owner of a vehicle is liable, or responsible, for those whom he/she lets drive his/her car. Your brother is also liable, since an at fault driver (and if you hit stationary objects, you were by definition driving carelessly, and so were at fault) is liable for the damage he does. So the two of you together are responsible for the repair costs.
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