Does a defendant have an obligation to make restitution to the victims of a motor vehicle accident?

People v. Guillen, supra, 218 Cal.App.4th at p. 984, 160 Cal.Rptr.3d 589.) Thus, unlike restitution fines, direct victim restitution is imposed to protect public safety and welfare, not to punish the defendant, and thus under the authorities we have previously discussed, the obligation to make restitution to the victims does not qualify as a penalty or disability from which a defendant

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is relieved by a dismissal under Welfare and Institutions Code former section 3200 or Penal Code section 1203.4.⁶