After stopping at a collision scene where someone is hurt, what should you do right away?
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A.
Call 911 right away for medical help Correct
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B.
Exchange insurance information with the other driver
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C.
Move both vehicles off the road
The answer is "Call 911 right away for medical help"
The manual is explicit: call 911 right away when anyone is hurt, before you exchange information or move any vehicle. Showing your license, registration, and insurance comes later in the same list, once help is on the way. Choice B is the very next step in that list, and a driver who learned the no-injury routine first applies it here and skips the injury check the manual puts ahead of it.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Exchange insurance information with the other driver
Showing your license, registration, and insurance is required at a collision, but the manual places it after calling 911 when someone is hurt. This answer applies the no-injury insurance-exchange step ahead of the injury-first 911 call the manual puts first.
C. Move both vehicles off the road
The manual tells you to move your vehicle out of traffic only when no one is hurt; with an injury, calling 911 comes first. This answer carries the move-out-of-traffic step from the no-injury script into a scene where someone is actually injured.
This question tests your knowledge of Crash Procedures in California. Source: California Driver Manual, "What to Do if You Are in a Collision," p.77..
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