TECHNICAL ANALYSIS OF VEHICLE DRIVERS’ ACTIONS AT UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTIONS WHILE TURNING LEFT

The questions which arise at experts while carrying out road accident analysis (forensic expert examination) during technical analysis of vehicle drivers’ actions at uncontrolled intersections, in cases when turning left at a separating lawn line a traffic sign “Yield” is installed, and a traffic sign “Priority Road” is installed at the intersection facing the direction of vehicle movement which turns left, are considered. When technically evaluating drivers actions at an uncontrolled intersection in accordance with the requirements of Traffic Rules of Ukraine, forensic experts who make up a forensic report on the results of road accident analysis wonder: “How to evaluate the driver’s actions who performs a turning maneuver to the left at uncontrolled intersection, when a traffic sign ‘Yield’ is installed at a separating lawn line while turning left, and a traffic sign “Priority Road” is installed at the intersection facing the direction of vehicle movement where the vehicle turns left. Technical analysis of the driver actions who turns left at an uncontrolled intersection should be carried out in accordance with the requirements of paragraphs 10.1 and 16.13 of Traffic Rules of Ukraine. This is due to the fact that the presence of a traffic sign 2.3 “Priority Road” indicates the fact that a driver is on the priority road, and must give way to vehicles moving in the opposite direction heading straight or right when making a left turn.