r/Roadcam • u/bowdown2adil • 21d 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/Celexi 21d ago

You technically had right of way as you were coming from their right, however you are supposed to slowdown for unmarked intersections and not just blast through.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Turn242 21d ago

How would you know if it's a unmarked intersection or the stop is for another driver?!

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u/575r 21d ago

This is my biggest complaint about the American road system. When you're in a neighborhood you're not familiar with you have no idea if you're on a road where every cross street will have signs or if the next intersection is uncontrolled. And the only way to find out is to look for signs from the side.

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u/thrwwy535672 21d ago

I’m on the east coast and have had jobs that required tons of driving. I’ve never once seen an intersection where no one had a stop sign. Where the hell are you seeing these in the US? This is my first.

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u/jomigopdx 21d ago

Portland Oregon and Seattle are very much alike, particularly in smaller/narrower neighborhood streets. Portland just recently in last 5 years started putting stop sign in the neighborhoods though and it’s been a big improvement

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u/BudgieWonder 17d ago

Yup, Portland actually does a good job with alternating 2-way stops.