By Office Jenni Eby
Wyoming Department of Public Safety
This week’s Traffic Tuesday question focused on accidents and what information to collect.
During snowstorms when there are a lot of minor crashes and long police response times, drivers are sometimes “ordered in” to the police department after a crash. That means that if both vehicles are driveable and no one is injured, the drivers are asked to exchange information and come in to the police department to make a crash report on another day. What information do you need to exchange for both drivers?
- Only driver names
- Only names and phone numbers
- Only names, phone numbers, and vehicle information
- Names, phone numbers, vehicles information, and insurance information
- I’m not sure, I’ll check back on Thursday!
The answer is 4) Names, phone numbers, vehicle descriptions and insurance information.
Make sure to get the first and last name of the other driver, their phone number, the name of their insurance company and the policy number, and the vehicle description. Remember CYMBAL for the vehicle description: Color, year, make/model, body style (2 door/4 door/pickup/van, etc), additional (damage, bumper stickers, things that make it unique), and license plate number.
