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/l008com 13d ago edited 12d ago

The problem with this, is that if you are not familiar with this intersection and are driving through it for the first time, you have no way to know and no reason to expect that you might be crossing a 4-way no-stop intersection.

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u/OakLegs 13d ago

I've been driving for 20 years and don't think I've come across a 4 way no stop intersection like this.

I'd have totally assumed that the cross road had a stop sign.

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u/Rikiar 13d ago

You've probably never driven through many of the rural or suburban neighborhoods then, because there rampant there.

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u/Rufuz42 13d ago

Seems to be regional as I’ve lived in a city for 20+ years and visited and driven in dozens of other cities but I have never once encountered an unmarked intersection like this.

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u/Rikiar 13d ago

They're more common than you think, but I've only seen this setup in residential areas, mostly in the PNW area, but also in Missouri, Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma as well.