Ordinance 3211 - Laserfiche WebLink

• accident, or witnesses of any such accident, to the Chief of the Washington State Patrol when requested by hir in compliance with Chapter 10 of the Washington iviator Vehicle Act. .,very required accident report shall be made on a form prescribed by the Chief of the Washington State Patrol and each authority charged with the duty of receiving such reports shall provide sufficient report forms in compliance with the form devised. Section 135: REPORTS WHEN OPERATOR DISABLED. Whenever the operator of the vehicle involved in any accident, concerning which accident report is required, is physically incapable of making the required report and there is another occupant other than a passenger for hire therein, in the vehicle at the time of the accident capable of making a report, such occupant shall make or cause to be made such report. Upon recovery such operator shall make such report in the manner required by law. Section 136: PEACE OFFICERS TO MAKE REPORTS OF ACCIDENTS. Any peace officer of the 6ity present at the scene of any accident or in possession of any facts concerning any accident whether by way of c€ficial investigation or otherwise shall make report thereof in the same manner as required of the parties to such accident and as fully as the facts in his possession concerning such accident will permit. Section 137: REPORTS CONFIDENTIAL. All required accident reports and supplemental reports and copies thereof shall be without prejudice to the individual so reporting and shall be for the confidential use of the Chief of Police, the City Attorney, or other peace and enforcement officer as provided herein and in the Washington Motor Vehicle Act, except that any such officer may disclose the identity of a person reported as involved in an accident when such identity is not otherwise known or when such person denies his presence at such accident. No such accident report or copy thereof shall be used as evidence in any trial, civil or criminal, arising out of an accident, except that any officer above named for receiving accident reports shall furnish, upon demand of any person who has, or who claims to have, made such a report, or, upon demand of any court, a certificate showing that a specified accident report has or has not been made to the Chief of Police or to the Chief of the Washington State Patrol, as the case may be, solely to prove a compliance or a failure to comply with the requirements that such a report be made in the manner required by law. Section 138: REMOVAL OF DEBRIS AFTER ACCIDENT. When there has been any accident or any wrecked or damaged vehicle is removed from the roadway of a public highway , any glass, debris or other injurious substance dropped from such vehicle shall be removed from the roadway by the operators involved unless they be incapacitated. Section 139: REPORTS BY P RSONS REPAIRING DAMAGED VEHICLES. Any person engaged in the business of repair to motor vehicles or any person who may at any time engage in the repair of any motor vehicle or other vehicle owned by any other person, shall be and is hereby required to maintain a complete record of any and all vehicles repaired, the nature of the repair to which indicates the damage or injury could have been caused by collision with any person or property. Such report shall be made out and kept posted currently in duplicate, showing the name of the person for whom such repair is done, the date -40-