Collision at a Rotary Intersection

The amount of damage does not indicate anything.


Your ststement;
i accelerated

as so as I begin to go past the intersection....


not entered but go past the intersection.


another huge problem is based on the damage you actually hit her. How did she ever get almost completely past you and you did not stop before hitting her? That suggests you actually did just accurate into the intersection without really checking for traffic. Otherwise as you saw the front of her car you would have been able to stop before hitting her.

Yes, you had the entire width of the lane traveling the other direction to see her car and yield. you did not. I doubt the snow bank extended 15 feet into the road and blocked traffic going opposite the way she was traveling. Obviously if you had been moving slow you would have seen her in the 15 feet required to cross the opposing lane. You are completely at fault.

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Quoting jk

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The amount of damage does not indicate anything.


Your ststement;
i accelerated

as so as I begin to go past the intersection....


not entered but go past the intersection.


another huge problem is based on the damage you actually hit her. How did she ever get almost completely past you and you did not stop before hitting her? That suggests you actually did just accurate into the intersection without really checking for traffic. Otherwise as you saw the front of her car you would have been able to stop before hitting her.

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sorry for my lack of clarification.
I meant to say slowly move forward in an attempt to look around the snow pile.

The thing is as soon as I slowly drove forward, and passed the intersection to look over the snow pile, we collided. My right bumper hit the left bumper of her car. So as soon as I her car in front of my car, we hit each other

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Quoting 13103806

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On my route, yes there was a stop sign. I was located where the white car is in the picture

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So your initial illustration is very, very wrong,
http://i59.tinypic.com/1enkb6.jpg

You struck the left end (rear) of her car? If so, you should not have been movng so fast you couldn't stop once you saw her.

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Quoting jk

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You struck the left end (rear) of her car? If so, you should not have been movng so fast you couldn't stop once you saw her.

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her left bumper
My right bumper collided with her left bumper.

Personally, the snow pile obstructing my view and narrow road due to snow pile up, limiting my ability to see and yield. I attempted to peek out into the intersection and we collided

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Quoting Mr. Knowitall

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So your initial illustration is very, very wrong,
http://i59.tinypic.com/1enkb6.jpg

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I believe it is still in the original position. Considering my right bumper hit her left bumper. It would have only happened if she was heading towards my right.

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Quoting Disagreeable

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Yes, you had the entire width of the lane traveling the other direction to see her car and yield. you did not. I doubt the snow bank extended 15 feet into the road and blocked traffic going opposite the way she was traveling. Obviously if you had been moving slow you would have seen her in the 15 feet required to cross the opposing lane. You are completely at fault.

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it was a one way road. we hit each other as soon as move forward a little bit, to get a better look of the cars crossing through the intersection. (my view to the right was blocked by the snow pile)

The snow pile is irrelevant, if you could not see that the way is clear you cannot proceed. You hit someone who had right of way.

So your claim is this massive snow pile extended out into the roadway beyond the white striped lane side marker and that she was driving on the edge of the road almost on the striped white line?

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Quoting Lehk

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The snow pile is irrelevant, if you could not see that the way is clear you cannot proceed. You hit someone who had right of way.

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I guess I learned my lesson...

thank you for the input

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Quoting Disagreeable

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So your claim is this massive snow pile extended out into the roadway beyond the white striped lane side marker and that she was driving on the edge of the road almost on the striped white line?

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http://i.imgur.com/yV5cx6C.png

snow was extended 1-2 feet beyond the yellow line.
my view of the road. Snow pile near stop sign on the right

my view of incoming traffic was blocked by the snowpile next to stop sign on the right (snowstorm in massachusetts last 2 days).
We collided 2-3 seconds after I slowly drove past the white stop sign line with my right bumper hitting her left bumper.

Hypothetically, should I have proceeded from the left a little more to get a better view???
even though it was somewhat a left turn lane???

No, it obviously was not in the "original intersection", where you would not have been facing a stop sign. You have specifically and repeatedly indicated that the collision occurred as I illustrated, where you had a stop sign and the other driver had right-of-way. You have specifically stated that your car was in the position of the white car which was stopped at the stop sign at the exact location I indicate.

When another car has right-of-way, while you might be able to convince an officer or prosecutor to give you a break based on a snow pile that obstructs your view, nosing into the intersection when you don't have a clear view is a failure to yield and will make you at fault for the accident.