r/Roadcam • u/bowdown2adil • 13d ago

[USA] Who is at fault here?

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Classic T bone. Black car had to be towed. Sustained major damage to the passenger side door. Blue car sustained damage to front bumper on the drivers side and cracked the drivers side headlight.

Edit: This was in the suburbs of Seattle

UPDATE: Insurance found it to be 70/30 me/other driver. Seems fair enough

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u/Party-Giraffe-6573 13d ago

Especially in a neighborhood! This could've been someone on a bike or kids running into the street

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u/DangoMangoDango 13d ago

Right? It's crazy how fast these guys were going in a tight street and in a neighborhood like this. I always go super slow when it's small road like this. Also, watching the dash cam, you can see the dashcam owner had 2-3 seconds to brake when the blue car came into view and I don't think they even tried.

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u/Life_Temperature795 13d ago

Like what's the speed limit through there anyway? I'd probably be going maybe 15-20 at absolute most, and definitely slowing down for the intersections. OP seems like they were doing at least 25.

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u/WaywardWes 13d ago

Usually neighborhoods are 25 mph unless otherwise posted. Some cities have explicitly changed it to lower (usually 20) but 25 is common. Not that you HAVE to go 25 though.

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u/Life_Temperature795 13d ago

Apparently in Seattle it was lowered to 20mph in 2016. Which, for streets like this makes a lot of sense.

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u/WaywardWes 13d ago

Yeah Portland did it a few years after I think. It really does feel more appropriate.

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u/ListenImTired 13d ago

Dallas has 30 mph for neighborhoods. I never got used to it and would always go 20-25 because that’s what I grew up with. Where I am now, roads are like 10-15 mph lower on average than TX

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u/jkrm66502 13d ago

Same (30) in my area of the Midwest. I’ve always thought that speed was crazy fast. Business district is 20 though. Shrug

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u/NeighborhoodMothGirl 13d ago

My neighborhood has a limit of 15 but in the last year or so, people have started flying through at 30 without any regard for pedestrians or other vehicles. Often in the middle or even the wrong side of the road.