You must make an immediate report of a crash to law enforcement when the total damage to vehicles and other property appears to be at least:
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A.
$1,000 Correct
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B.
$500
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C.
$750
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D.
$2,500
The answer is "$1,000"
North Carolina requires an immediate report to the nearest law enforcement officer when any person is killed or injured or total property damage appears to amount to $1,000 or more. Drivers taught under the state's older rule are the ones who undershoot with $500.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. $500
Below North Carolina's current reporting threshold of $1,000. This answer repeats the pre-2015 figure a longtime North Carolina driver would have been taught at the DMV.
C. $750
Not a figure the manual uses. Test-takers who vaguely recall hearing both $500 and $1,000 hedge by splitting the difference rather than committing to the current rule. This answer averages a dimly recalled older amount with the current threshold instead of picking one.
D. $2,500
Higher than the manual's $1,000 threshold. Drivers anchor on a familiar auto insurance deductible and assume the reporting rule kicks in at the same figure they already pay out of pocket. This answer treats a common collision deductible as the trigger a driver would already know by heart.
This question tests your knowledge of Emergencies in North Carolina. Source: North Carolina Driver Handbook, "Chapter 4 - Your Driving, Crashes," p.78..
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