If you arrive at the scene of a traffic accident and see that the emergency services and help are already organized, are you obliged to stop and help?

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The General Traffic Regulations (Article 129) require those who are involved in an accident, witness it or have knowledge of it to help or to call for help (PAS protocol: protect, alert, help), and the Criminal Code punishes failure to render assistance (Article 195). However, someone who notices an accident without being involved must do what concerns them unless their cooperation is manifestly not needed or the authority or its officers have already arrived at the scene (Article 129(3)). If help is already organized and you are not involved, there is no obligation to stop; doing so unnecessarily could obstruct the road and the work of the emergency services. Therefore: Saying that the obligation is limited to interurban roads is incorrect, because the rule applies equally on urban and interurban roads. Saying that you must always stop in all cases is incorrect, because the obligation disappears when help is already organized and you are not involved.

If you arrive at the scene of a traffic accident and see that the emergency services and help are already organized, are you obliged to stop and help?

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