4162 - 62 Amend 4549.02 - Hit-skip statute

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imposes the obligation of giving his name, address, etc., justi as does the law of every other state. The hit-skipper is gonel within a few seconds, without disdDeging the statute. He has no other obligation under Ohio law, although someone is dead or dying, and WHEREAS, the enactment of necessary amendments to Section 4549.02 of the Revised code is essential to the public safety. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, that the General Assembly of the State of Ohio be and it is hereby requested and urged to enact amendments to Section 4549°02 of the Revised Code which will require the operator of any motor vehicle, having knowledge that he has been involved in an accident, to immediately stop and (1) leave, in writing, with any person injured and the owner, operator or attendant of any motor vehicle damaged in such accident, his name, address and the registered number of the motor vehicle he was operating; (2) leave such in- formation, in writing, upon any unattended vehicle damaged in the accident; (3) upon the request of any such persons exhibit his driver's license; (4) in the event any person is injured or an unattended vehicle is damaged in said accident, after completing any first aid which he has undertaken, report such accident by the nearest means of communication and give his name, address and the registered number of the motor vehicle he was operating to the police dep~artment of the municipality wherein the accident occurred. If the accident occurred outside a municipality, he shall report such information to the sheriff or the nearest office of the highway patrol; and that the secretary be and is hereby authorized and directed to transmit certified copies of this resolution to appropriate committees and officers of the General Assemblp of~ Ohio.