Milford chronicle., 1951-12-07
Car Insurance
Mandatory Soon
liz Accident Cases
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commissioner, local or state police.
justices of the peace, and sheriffs' /
Offices.
Reports Compulsory
The leafet cautions: Remember |
these requirements: You must re-
port the accident regardless of who
is to blame. If the driver Of a car
involved is physically incapable of
reporting, the owner shall make the
report. Be smart-get a report
form now and keep it in your car.
Failure to report an accident is
punishable as a first Offense by
a fine of not more than 500 or inn
prisonment of not more than 10
1 days, and by suspension Of Ii
/ cense."
Both operating and registration
licenses can be suspended under
the new law. In fact, the commits
siOner is required to suspend the
licenses for a person involved in a
repOrtable accident within so days
unless that person has been re-
leased from liability; been found
by final judgment of a court not
to be liable; executed a written
/ agreement providing for the pay
ment of all claims, not over $1l,-
COO. resulting from the accident !;
or has deposited with the commits
sioner security in an amount suf-
ficient to pay the claims.
Suspension Automatic
Mr.. Keller pointed out that sus-
pension of registration applies not
only to the car involved in the
accident, but to all cars of the
owner, and that suspension is au'
tomato. 1t remains in force unit
one of the requirements just LISTED
is met. or until one year hai
elapsed without court action TO
damages being filed.
! The security provisions do no
apply, however, to person who's
car was properly parked when in
volved in a reportable accident, 0
was being operated without hi
- permission.
The leafet points out that "yO
must. regardless of any insuranc
r you carry, report an accident
= which a person is killed or injul
= ed. or total property damage e.
ceeds $780," After that require
- ment, the law does not apply VI
=. =, der any of the following cOnd
70 tions:
s9 Insurance Provisions
1. "TO the driver or owner
:, ,e such owner had in effect at Il
d time of the accident an autOmObi
:, liability policy with respect to q
car involved.
2. "To the driver, if not the Ow
er of such motor vehicle, if the
was in effect at the time Of t
). accident an automobile liabili
'o policy or bond with respect to
operation of motor vehicles
owned by him.
8. "TO the driver or owner, who
liability for damages RESULT
from the accident is, in the JUG
ment of the commissioner of mot
Oe vehicles. covered by any 9th
... form of liability insurance poll
or bond"
Minimum coverage for insuran
must be 1000 for property dal
age. $4,000 for injuries or dea
sustained by one person, and 81
os- GOO for all personal injuries
alf deaths resulting from one ac
ASK dent.
ro- Affects NOn.ResidentS
Owners of more than Is cars n
as qualify as self-insureTs.
As Non-residents owning or Op
'rO- ating vehicles in Delaware are s
leir iect to the law, and if they do
ned comply their driving privileges
,ec- the state will be withdrawn,
leafiet states.
uch The publication emphasizes
call "in order to avoid the security ?
snts alties of the law, you must
ain, with the commissioner OF me
ohi- vehicles satisfactory informal
that you carried adequate ins
, on ance at the time of the accid
l of Provision for furnishing such
.tter formation is included in your
[ of cident report"
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