As the crime described in this article is pretty common it really has some controversial sides and sometimes there's possible so it was not caused by some criminal intentions. Usually following a motor accident occurs the involved drivers must not leave the crash site, if the driver left for reasons uknown this is often classified as hit-and-run. In the Common Law tradition hit-and-run is the crime of injuring or fatally wounding an individual (pedestrian, passenger or another driver), or causing damage to personal property (motor vehicle, even a parked vehicle counts) and failing to stop and identify oneself afterwards.

Generally traffic rules in all countries require the driver to stop and exchange identification and contact information with any other driver (drivers) mixed up in incident. If the accident happened with a parked car or a stationary property, the driver must stop and produce a reasonable effort to recognize the property owner (leave a notice at the scene or take note of the license plate and identify the police) and alert them about the accident. In the event of injuries the driver must take reasonable steps to help any injured person, and report the incident to law enforcement officers.

In many jurisdictions this crime has severe legal consequences such as the suspension or cancellation of the guilty driver's license, as well as imprisonment and even an eternity revocation of a driver license. Like in many other vehicle related crimes, the possible punishment for hit and run directly depends upon the specific situation and most significant on those things of the driver. But there's one big difference, within the common accidents the guilt of the parties really has to be proven, any case where one of many drivers left the scene starts with a serious argument that literally screams - guilty. In Canada it could be punished with a prison term of up to five years.

The crime itself in the Canadian Criminal Code covers more than car accidents and is called following:
"Every person commits an offence who has got the care, charge or control of a vehicle, vessel or aircraft that's involved with an accident with another individual, a vehicle, vessel or aircraft, or in the case of a vehicle, cattle in the charge of another individual, and with intent to escape civil or criminal liability fails to stop the vehicle, vessel or, if at all possible, the aircraft, give their name and address and, where any person has been injured or generally seems to require assistance, offer assistance."

When it comes to controversial side, this type of crime can also be widely researched by psychologist worldwide, because very often it is caused by stress of the accident and not by criminal intent of the driver. Still the defendant will require Rogers Hit and Run Accident Lawyer and psychological proofs through the trial to convince the court he or she left the scene because of stress and not by any other cause.