Your Texas crash was not investigated by an officer, and it caused no injury, no death, and under $1,000 in property damage. When must you file the written crash report with TxDOT?
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A.
Before your next license renewal.
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B.
By the end of the calendar month.
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C.
Within 72 hours of the crash.
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D.
No later than the 10th day after the crash. Correct
The answer is "No later than the 10th day after the crash."
Under those conditions (no officer investigation, no injury or death, and no property damage of $1,000 or more), the Texas manual sets the deadline at the 10th day after the date of the crash, on the TxDOT specified form. Choice B tempts drivers who carry the 30-day cycle over from insurance claims and monthly billing and assume any state form runs on the same clock.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. Before your next license renewal.
The manual ties the report to a 10-day clock from the date of the crash, not to any driver license event. This answer assumes any DMV paperwork can wait until the next license renewal because that is when drivers next expect to visit the license office.
B. By the end of the calendar month.
The manual sets a fixed 10-day clock from the date of the crash, not a month-end deadline. This answer carries the roughly 30-day cycle drivers use for insurance claims and monthly bills over to a state deadline that runs shorter.
C. Within 72 hours of the crash.
The 10-day deadline is measured in days, not hours, and no 72-hour window applies to the TxDOT report. This answer borrows the 72-hour figure from the DWI jail-time table on an earlier page and treats it as a crash-report clock.
This question tests your knowledge of Crash Procedures in Texas. Source: Texas Driver Manual, "Chapter 11: Motor Vehicle Crashes," p.59..
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