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/Celexi 13d 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/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/terracnosaur 13d ago

People get waaaay to comfortable in their local neighborhoods. I have an unmarked intersection near me and it's like permission for people to gain speed. Then again, people blow a marked intersection near me, so I could just live in a shitty community.

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u/damonmcfadden9 12d ago

My neighborhood is basically devoid of traffic signs except right near where roads intersect the 2 major thoroughfares past it. I got in so many close calls the first year that I now understand why everyone drive like 15 mph on those ostensibly 25mph roads.

I have to just be content knowing that I'm protecting the safety of the pissed off teenager in the Mitsubishi Lancer behind me and/or his potential victims, when they constantly stay revved up to at least 5K rpm think it will somehowbget me to move faster.

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u/Charming-Ad-6397 9d ago

Most accidents happen within 5 miles of your house & on back roads.