In most driving situations drivers can make successful trips through
intersections. The majority of the time the driver can plainly see the
approaching traffic and can safely drive through the intersecting street to
continue on his or her way.
Occasionally, there are factors in motion such as intersections on a curve
or hilly area that present an obstructed view of approaching vehicles.
These are hard to understand unless a sight triangle study is done to
ascertain just how much distance a driver could see down the road to the
hazard when it presented itself.
This information is critical to time and distance studies concerning
liability in failure to yield or stop at an intersection.
