The penalty for a hit-and-run accident conviction that caused one or more deaths (or serious physical injury) is a felony punishable by imprisonment of 5-20 years and/or a fine of $1,000-$10,000, as well as revocation of driver's license.
The definition of an open circuit is  a broken path for an electrical current due to an open switch or frayed wire. An example of an open circuit is a string of electric lights that donât work if one bulb goes out.
With electrical switches, these terms have opposite meaning: open means no flow while closed means free passage of electrons. 1  REVIEW: 2  Resistance is the measure of opposition to electric current. 3  A short circuit is an electric circuit offering little or no resistance to the flow of electrons.