If you are involved in a crash with an unattended vehicle, you:
- May leave the scene without attempting to make contact with the vehicle's owner.
- Must contact the vehicle's owner or leave a note. ✓
- Must stay near the vehicle until its owner comes to move it.
- Should call a tow truck.
Answer: B. Must contact the vehicle's owner or leave a note.
You must try to contact the vehicle's owner or leave a note with your information.
Why this is the answer
The Florida handbook says that after a crash with an unattended vehicle, you must make every attempt to locate the owner and notify law enforcement. If you cannot find the owner, you must leave a note with your name, contact information, and license plate number. That makes contacting the owner or leaving a note the required action. The note rule applies when the owner cannot be located, and it gives the owner a way to reach you about the damage.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. May leave the scene without attempting to make contact with the vehicle's owner. — Leaving without trying to find the owner or notify law enforcement goes against the handbook's requirement to make every attempt to locate the owner.
- C. Must stay near the vehicle until its owner comes to move it. — The handbook does not require you to stay beside the vehicle until the owner appears; it requires you to try to locate the owner and notify law enforcement, then leave a note if needed.
- D. Should call a tow truck. — Calling a tow truck is not what the handbook lists for this situation; the required steps are trying to locate the owner, notifying law enforcement, and leaving a note if the owner cannot be found.
Remember it
Remember it as: find the owner, notify law enforcement, and leave your details if you cannot.