You hit and injure a domestic animal while driving in Oregon. What must you do?
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A.
Drive home, then call your insurance company to report the collision.
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B.
Move the injured animal off the road and continue on your way.
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C.
No obligation: wildlife and pet collisions are not regulated.
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D.
Stop, check injuries, and notify the owner or, if not found, law enforcement. Correct
The answer is "Stop, check injuries, and notify the owner or, if not found, law enforcement."
Stop and make a reasonable effort to check injuries, then notify the owner first; if you cannot locate the owner, report the incident to local law enforcement. What you can safely do depends on traffic hazards and the animal's behavior. Choice A borrows the routine drivers know for a two-vehicle crash, exchanging information and calling insurance from home afterward, but Oregon's animal rule requires an on-scene stop and an attempt to reach the owner before law enforcement, not a phone report later.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Drive home, then call your insurance company to report the collision.
The manual requires you to stop at the scene and follow the notify-or-report procedure. This answer applies the after-the-fact insurance-call routine drivers know from two-vehicle crashes, ignoring Oregon's requirement to handle an animal collision at the scene.
B. Move the injured animal off the road and continue on your way.
You must check injuries and notify the owner, or report to local law enforcement if the owner cannot be found. This answer treats clearing the roadway as the whole duty, which satisfies a good-Samaritan instinct but skips Oregon's required attempt to contact the owner or law enforcement.
C. No obligation: wildlife and pet collisions are not regulated.
Hitting a domestic animal triggers a stop, check, and report duty. This answer extends the rule of thumb that a wildlife strike need not be reported to domestic animals, which Oregon treats as owned property: you must stop, check injuries, notify the owner, and report to local law enforcement if the owner cannot be located.
This question tests your knowledge of Emergencies in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "Animals," p.75..
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