Within how many days must you report a collision to DMV if property damage exceeds $1,000 or anyone is injured?
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A.
10 days Correct
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B.
5 days
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C.
30 days
The answer is "10 days"
The DMV filing window is 10 days when property damage tops $1,000 or anyone is injured or killed. Choice B slots in the five-day deadline the manual gives one section later for notifying DMV that you sold a vehicle, a clock drivers meet in the same read-through and carry into the collision-report line.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. 5 days
Five days is not the collision-report deadline in the California manual. This answer borrows the five-day clock the manual prints one section later for notifying DMV when you sell a vehicle, and drops it into the collision-report slot.
C. 30 days
Thirty days is not the DMV collision-report deadline in the California manual. This answer carries over the 30-day collision-reporting window used in other states rather than California's tighter 10-day clock.
This question tests your knowledge of Crash Procedures in California. Source: California Driver Manual, "Reporting a Collision," p.78..
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