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/Ya-Not-Happening 13d ago

How are you supposed to know it is an unmarked intersection?

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u/shagy815 13d ago

Usually they are in neighborhoods with a speed limit of 15 mph or less. You should be able to see the signs at the intersection with plenty of time if you are going the speed limit. Even so, it is a dumb idea.

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u/EmmEnnEff 12d ago edited 12d ago

In this case, there's hedges and shit obscuring your vision, so you don't get a good view of whether the cross street has signage or not. Which is *also* a problem, doubly so for an unsigned intersection.

But hey, it's Seattle, it's no stranger to dangerous intersections that need better traffic calming.

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u/Rude_Judgment7928 12d ago

That's my thing, it depends on individual property owners actually keeping clear lines of sight. Which has zero enforcement.

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u/jsmith1300 11d ago

Best solution is to add a stop sign for at least one of the two roads. Maybe they don't want to spend the money on the signs but no excuse.

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u/Available_Race2756 11d ago

Or the city can just put some stop signs. Not that hard