You are involved in an accident and your vehicle is blocking traffic. You should:
- Move your vehicle off the traveled portion of the roadway, if possible. ✓
- Not move your vehicle under any circumstances.
- Wait until the police arrive before moving your vehicle.
- None of the above.
Answer: A. Move your vehicle off the traveled portion of the roadway, if possible.
Move your vehicle off the traveled portion of the roadway, if possible.
Why this is the answer
The Texas handbook says that after a crash involving only vehicle damage, you must stop at the scene or as close as possible without blocking traffic more than necessary. If the crash is on a main lane, ramp, shoulder, median, or nearby area and each vehicle can be driven safely, drivers must move their vehicles as soon as possible to a designated crash site, frontage road, nearest cross street, or another suitable place. So when your vehicle is blocking traffic and can be moved, clearing the traveled portion fits the handbook rule.
Why the other answers are wrong
- B. Not move your vehicle under any circumstances. — Refusing to move under any circumstances conflicts with the handbook instruction to move drivable vehicles out of traffic when a crash blocks the roadway.
- C. Wait until the police arrive before moving your vehicle. — Waiting for police before moving is not what the handbook says; it calls for moving the vehicle as soon as possible when conditions allow.
- D. None of the above. — None of the above is wrong because moving off the traveled portion when possible is the action the handbook supports.
Remember it
Damage-only crash and the cars still drive? Clear the lane as soon as you can.