Care shall be taken by all persons parking vehicles to avoid injury to any other parked vehicles and, in all cases of collision or other injury with or to another vehicle, caused by the parking of any vehicle, the operator of the moving vehicle shall be, prima facie, responsible unless the vehicle which is already parked is parked in violation of the provisions of this chapter. In all cases where any vehicle shall strike another vehicle in the process of parking, irrespective of whether such striking shall be in the presence or absence of the owner of the vehicle so struck, it shall be the duty of the operator of the moving vehicle to report the fact to the police authorities or to the Mayor. Any operator of such moving vehicle who drives away from the scene of such collision without reporting the collision as aforesaid shall be deemed guilty of an offense under this chapter, irrespective of whether the accident was the fault of such operator.
(1991 Code, § 19-18) Penalty, see § 71.99