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RESOLUTION No. 541 By Mr. Sloan A RESOLUTION RE~tJESTING AMENDMENT OF SECTION 4549.02 OF THE OHIO REVISED CODE. _ . WHEREAS, the cleficienca:es of Section 4549b02 of the Revised Code, commonly ref erred~to as the Hit-Skip Statute, make it difficult for the Police Department of this and all other..municipalities of Ohio to ascertain the identity of persons causing accidents and to maintain an adequate standard of traffic law enforcement; and WHERF~S, under the provisions of this statute, the hit-skip operator, without disobeying this statute is almost always able to leave the scene of the accident without disclosing his identity; and WHEREASs there is nothing in this law making it the duty of a motorist involved in an accident to leave his name and other pertinent information upon an unattended, damaged vehicle or upon the person of a dead or unconscious victim of an accident, or to render first aid even though such first aid would save a lif e, or to report the accident to the Police Department or other appropriate enf oreement ;: officials even though someone has been killed, .rendered unconscious or injured, or.~;.`~w'.;~`"'~~~.~: an unattended vehicle has been damaged; and ~`'~~~= ~'y ~: i _ ~.~T•V WHEREAS, under the laws of all other states, as well as the provisions of :-. - ~- ,``'?~ the Uniform Vehicle Act from which have come the laws of the other states, a motor vehicle operator involved in an accident and having knowledge thereof is required to stop and (1) give his name to any person injured or whose automobile has been damaged; (2) leave his name, addressa etc. on any unattended vehicle damaged in the accident; (3) exhibit his drivers license to anyone requesting to see the same; (4) render ,.any necessary first aide (5) report such accident to the appropriate law enforcement organization; and, WHEREAS, the Ohio sowcalled Hit-Skip Law contains none of these provisions and, in effects requires only that the operator shall briefljr stop and give his name, address, etc,F only if some person, availing himself of the earliest oppor® tunny to do so, requests the same; and WHEREAS, any injured person or the operator of a damaged vehicle does not automatically call out, "Give me your name and addresses, immediately after the accident, because at this moment he is interested primarily in the e?ctent of his injuries and obtaining medical care, or in ascertaining the extent of damage to his motor vehicle, He assumes ( 1) that the other party will give his name without being asked and (2) that_the Ohio law imposes the obligation of giving his name, address, etc.9 just as does the law of every other state, The hitrskipper is gone within a f ew seconds, without disobeying the statute, He has no other obligation under Ohio Law, although someone is dead or dying; and-