You strike an unattended parked car and cannot locate the owner. What does Florida law require you to leave behind?
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A.
Your driver license tucked under the wiper
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B.
A note with your name, contact info, and license plate number Correct
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C.
A dated photo of the damage on the windshield
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D.
Nothing, because only law enforcement is required to log the crash
The answer is "A note with your name, contact info, and license plate number"
Florida requires a written note listing your name, contact information, and license plate number when the owner cannot be located. Drivers who treat the responding officer's crash report as covering their own notification duty are the ones who pick the "nothing to leave" answer.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Your driver license tucked under the wiper
Leaving a driver license behind is never allowed; the manual asks for a written note, not the credential itself. This answer reads "leave your identifying information" as surrendering the physical license, the way you would hand it to an officer at a traffic stop.
C. A dated photo of the damage on the windshield
Photos are useful for your own records but are not what the statute requires you to leave for the owner. This answer treats step 6's photograph-the-scene instruction as satisfying the written-note requirement stated in the paragraph on unattended vehicles.
D. Nothing, because only law enforcement is required to log the crash
Florida places the notification duty on the driver who caused the damage, not on responding officers. This answer assumes the officer's crash report already covers owner notification, so a personal note would be duplicate paperwork.
This question tests your knowledge of Crash Procedures in Florida. Source: Florida Driver Manual, "Your Responsibilities After a Crash," p.77..
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