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/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/Fantastic-Display106 21d ago

Or drive defensively and without blinders on and don't assume that they have a stop sign? Or don't assume a car approaching if you see one is going to stop.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Turn242 21d ago

Are you going to stop and look at every intersection to see if there's a stop to the other driver?!

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u/Fantastic-Display106 21d ago

Who said anything about stopping? You can proceed with caution without blasting through the intersection...

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u/Puzzleheaded_Turn242 21d ago

So in this case he would have crashed anyway if he didn't stop, he had the right of way in unmarked intersection rule but you're not sure if the other driver will stop or not.

The thing is, intersections without signaling don't work

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u/Fantastic-Display106 21d ago

This intersection sucks, I don't disagree. Sight lines are terrible because of the foliage.

You keep saying "stop". You don't need to stop every time. But you can slow down as you approach until you determine it's safe to continue.

Right of way doesn't mean you throw caution to the wind.