You are the OWNER of a vehicle involved in a reportable Oregon collision, but a friend was driving and they have not filed a report. What is YOUR obligation?
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A.
No obligation: only the driver must file.
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B.
You must file the report yourself if the driver fails to report. Correct
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C.
You must call the police, but you have no DMV obligation.
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D.
Only if damage to the vehicle exceeded $2,500 and it was towed from the scene.
The answer is "You must file the report yourself if the driver fails to report."
If you are the owner of a vehicle involved in a reportable Oregon collision and the driver fails to report it, you as the owner must file the report. The 72-hour clock applies. The reporting obligation does not vanish because the driver is someone else; it cascades to the owner. This is one of the explicit triggers for the report requirement, and a police report does not replace it.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. No obligation: only the driver must file.
The owner-must-file rule kicks in when the driver fails to report. Misreading: Treats the driver's duty to file as the only duty, ignoring the explicit owner trigger when the driver fails to report.
C. You must call the police, but you have no DMV obligation.
The DMV reporting obligation cascades to the owner; calling police is not a substitute. Misreading: Confuses notifying police with the DMV report; the manual states a police report does not replace the DMV filing requirement.
D. Only if damage to the vehicle exceeded $2,500 and it was towed from the scene.
The damage-plus-towing threshold is a separate filing trigger, not a precondition for the owner-cascade duty. Misreading: Confuses two distinct filing triggers, treating the damage/towing threshold as a gate on the owner's duty when the driver fails to report.
This question tests your knowledge of Crash Procedures in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "Traffic Collisions, Your Responsibilities," p.94..
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