Under North Carolina law, a person who stops and helps at a crash scene is generally protected from what?
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A.
All criminal charges, including reckless driving that caused the crash
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B.
Civil liability, except for intentional wrongdoing or unruly conduct Correct
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C.
Tickets for any traffic violations they committed before stopping
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D.
Their own insurance company raising their premium after the crash
The answer is "Civil liability, except for intentional wrongdoing or unruly conduct"
The Good Samaritan shield covers civil liability for a person who stops and renders aid, with a carve-out for intentional wrongdoing or unruly conduct. Choice A appeals to a driver who reads the protection as broader than it is and assumes stopping to help wipes out criminal exposure for how they were driving in the first place, which the manual never says.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. All criminal charges, including reckless driving that caused the crash
Overstates the shield, which is civil only and does not erase driving offenses that led to the crash. This answer reads Good Samaritan protection as a general immunity rather than the narrow civil-liability shield the statute grants.
C. Tickets for any traffic violations they committed before stopping
Extends the shield to routine traffic tickets, which the manual never puts inside it. This answer confuses the aid-at-the-scene protection with a broader amnesty that does not exist.
D. Their own insurance company raising their premium after the crash
Treats the shield as reaching private insurance decisions the DMV does not control. This answer mixes a state civil-liability protection with the insurance carrier's own claim-rating rules.
This question tests your knowledge of Crash Procedures in North Carolina. Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook, "Crashes," p.77..
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