Expert assessment of the term "crossroad"and the definition of its boundaries

Traffic police statistics show that the most common types of road accidents began hitting vehicles, most of which occur at crossroads of roads. An objective investigation of circumstances traffic incidents and identification the true culprit of the accident is the main task of the persons investigating of the circumstances of the accident. However, the investigation into circumstances of incident is inextricably linked to a clear understanding where, in what place there was a traffic accident and who of the participants used a preferential right to movement. The solution of these issues is often hampered due to insufficiently precise wording of the terms used in the Rules of the road Russian Federation. In particular, this disadvantage concerns the term "crossroad." In the various literature devoted to the issues of traffic safety, examples are given that allow to determine the configuration and boundaries of the crossroad. However, the vast majority of the examples based on the simplest form of three - or four-way crossroad. In this work, the authors analyzed requirements and came to the conclusions that the necessity of changing the existing term "crossroad".lwe