After a collision, which information must you show to the other driver and to law enforcement?
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A.
Only driver's license and phone number
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B.
Driver's license, insurance, and Social Security card
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C.
Driver's license, vehicle registration, insurance, and address Correct
The answer is "Driver's license, vehicle registration, insurance, and address"
You must show your driver's license, vehicle registration card, insurance information, and current address after a collision. Choice B swaps in Social Security documentation, a substitution drivers reach for because banks and employers ask for it as formal identification; the collision exchange list does not include it.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Only driver's license and phone number
The manual's list is longer, and phone number is not one of the four required items. This answer trims the four-item duty down to what a driver typically hands to a stranger in any casual encounter.
B. Driver's license, insurance, and Social Security card
The manual requires current address as the fourth item, not any Social Security document. This answer substitutes an SSN document because banks and employers frame it as formal identification in other settings.
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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