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January 31, 1983
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,egal advisor gives wreck advice
Laws require driver responsibility
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V 1 ' 1 ,.^During 1981 in Texas,
" '58,017 automobile accidents
! 11 ere reported and in the first
alfjof 1982 there were 222,991
they txkknts reported. There are
| ! ! )tne things drivers should be
( ance jpre of if involved in an auto-
e( j y while accident,
hat Ifoflr * nvo * vec l * n a collision,
exas law requires that a motor-
,, Hrovide his name, address,
Htration number of the car
°h er eis driving and the name of his
"nt) totor vehicle liability insurer.
J havf fpon request he must show' his
v dlippver's license to the driver,
ling ccupant of or any person
tehding the vehicle struck.
, w j ( j m anyone is injured, there is a
gal duty to render reasonable
, isistance. This may include ear
ning or making arrangements
11 nuc if|r the carrying of anyone in-
d letuT
If yottiJ
race
take
jured to a doctor or a hospital if
necessary, or if requested by the
injured person.
Failure to stop and give infor
mation and aid in an accident
involving death or personal in
juries could result in a convic
tion carrying a maximum sent
ence of five years imprisonment
and a $5,000 fine. If there is
damage to the vehicles but no
personal injuries, failure to give
information and aid is a misde
meanor. The maximum penalty
is confinement in jail for a term
not to exceed one year and a fine
not to exceed $2,000.
The,requirement to give in
formation and aid applies to all
drivers involved in an accident,
regardless of who was at fault. It
also applies to a driver who
causes an accident even though
his car does not collide with
another.
ow gas prices
may buffer tax
I by Stephanie M. Ross
Battalion Reporter
■though the new federal
asoline tax will add 5 cents to
very gallon of gasoline bought,
)tne local service station owners
ty that declining gasoline prices
lean the consumer won’t feel
le pinch as much.
■ he 5 cent per gallon tax,
asset! by Congress on Dec. 6,
ill be paid to the government
y oil refineries and then passed
ft to retailers and consumers,
■n an interview with U.S.
lews and World Report, Secret-
■ of Transportation Drew
jewis said that because of the
l resent oversupply of gasoline,
pe refiners and distributors will
ind ii difficult to pass the entire
be on to the consumer.
College Station Exxon station
wner Rudy Prigge said that he
loesn’t know if the refiners will
iass the entire tax onto the re-
lailer. If the refiners do pass it
'into him, he doesn’t know if he
gflpass the entire tax to his cus-
omers. He said he must sell his
[asoline at competitive prices in
•tier to be competitive with
ither stations.
chugging taught
o law enforcers
es
by Pamela Haisler
Battalion Reporter
J|he Texas Engineering Ex-
nsjon Service off ered a course
veek at Texas A&M to teach
enforcement agencies and
rity departments how to de
listening devices.
(Course instructor Charlie
aylor said the course taught
iudents how to find eavesdrop
ing devices hooked up to tele
hone lines, radios and compu-
:rs.
■Taylor, president of Data
-oss Prevention Inc., said the
■haipB'se offers students hands-on
on c j[faining with some of the most
vthal , B e rn d e b u gg* n g devices.
,, --dj He said changes in technolo-
1 ' jy, and the rapid increase in
e ^' 111 ophisticated methods of eaves-
' )f hopping inspired the course,
ull *^ Most of the students are em-
um) [ iloyees of police, private secur-
listenlfor corporate security depart-
.j s t er . hents, said Taylor, who has
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A driver who damages an un
attended vehicle or a fixture leg
ally upon or adjacent to a high
way or street has a legal duty to
stop and make a reasonable
attempt to locate the owner of
Failure to stop and give
information and aid in
an accident involving
death or personal in
juries could result in a
conviction carrying a
maximum sentence of
five years imprisonment
and a $5,000 fine.
the vehicle or fixture. The driv
er who strikes a fixture must
provide his name and address,
been involved in eavesdropping
countermeasures for 10 years.
“This is the first time a course
of this type has been taught at a
major university,” he said.
Patrick Dalagher, head of the
law enforcement training di-
vison of TEEX, said the course
resulted from a survey of law
enforcement officers and secur
ity people who indicated a need
for instruction in this area.
Since December the training
division has added many courses
that meet the needs of security
departments and modernize its
instruction areas.
The countermeasures course
is an excellent example of the
training modernization TEEX
has undergone, Dalagher said.
An advanced course on the
subject will be taught in March,
and the beginner’s course will be
repeated in April at Texas
A&M.
the registration number of his
vehicle and if requested exhibit
his driver’s license.
The driver who damages an
unattended vehicle must give
the name and address of the
driver and owner of his vehicle
and a statement of the circumst
ances of the collision to the own
er of the damaged vehicle. If the
owner of the damaged vehicle
cannot be located, the informa
tion shall be left in a visible place
on the vehicle.
When the damage to any
vehicle or fixture in any accident
is $250 or more, all drivers in
volved must file a written report
with the Department of Public
Safety within 10 days of the acci
dent. This is done by filing a
Driver’s Confidential Accident
Report which is available from
any police or DPS office.
Also, the name, address and
phone number of all witnesses
should be obtained. Don’t forget
to get the name, address, phone
number, license numbers, name
of the automobile insurance car
rier and policy number from all
other drivers. Avoid admitting
guilt in the collision. The acci
dent should be reported to an
auto insurance agent as soon as
possible.
Students needing the assist
ance of an attorney to handle
criminal or civil actions stem
ming from a traffic accident
should contact the Students’
Legal Department. The depart
ment cannot represent students
in court cases which result from
a collision, but it can give advice
and reccomend a private attor
ney if necessary.
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Gas prices in the College Sta
tion area have been declining
weekly for the past three
months, Prigge said. If they con
tinue to decline, the consumer
may not even notice the added
tax.
Ronnie Fox, a College Station
Mobile station owner, said that
the tax will definitely be passed
on to the consumer because cur
rently all the gasoline taxes are
paid directly by the consumer.
Fox said that 9 cents per gallon is
for taxes — 5 cents in state taxes
and 4 cents in federal taxes.
Eighty percent of the new tax
will be used to complete the in
terstate highway system and re
pair roads and bridges. The
other 20 percent will be used for
mass-transit improvements.
Lewis expects the additional
tax to generate about 5.5 billion
dollars a year, and create
170,000jobs in construction and
related industries.
According to U.S. News and
World Report, in 1984 Texas
will receive $843.7 million in re
venues from the tax, a 92.3 per
cent increase from 1982.
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