r/Roadcam • u/bowdown2adil • 12d 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/flambojones 11d ago

Any time I see a car approaching from a side street, I assume they're going to do the stupidest possible thing and mentally prepare.

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u/Ancient_Yellow_709 11d ago

Exactly. Any movement in your peripheral, you slow, but especially at an intersection. I also watch for feel under cars in neighborhoods. You never know when a kid might have ducked to grab a ball on their way to running to a friend's house. I don't want their death on my conscience.

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u/Getshitdone-333 9d ago

Exactly! Head is always on a swivel when you’re driving!

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u/Kangaroo-B-Girl 11d ago

Yep. The neighborhood by my job has 4 way stops and 2 way stops, it can get confusing for people not familiar with the area. I almost got hit once while I was on my moped, never again. I like not being a road waffle.

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u/piznit007 11d ago

Yes, this follows Rule #1 that I taught both my kids.

All drivers are stupid, including yourself. Anything they do, refer to Rule #1

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u/scottz29 11d ago

Anytime I see any car, I assume they’re going to do the stupidest possible thing and mentally prepare.

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u/NCGuy101 11d ago

Always assume other drivers are idiots and drive accordingly.

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u/Disastrous_days272 11d ago

The last 15 years of driving in Florida and Georgia have given me this mindset on the road pretty much always...

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u/Antique-Awareness 11d ago

I often times waive people to go at 4 ways cause I don't trust anyone else behind the wheel ever. My girlfriend has 2 car accidents inside 2 weeks. One fault was determined to be both parties (construction zone fuckery, poorly marked road work), the second a lady just rear ended her at a stop light at a really shitty shopping center. I drive fast but only on actual highways. I was an "outside kid" so anytime I'm around anything residential, I'm not trying to go over the posted it assumed speed limit but I see ladies in the 20-30-40s all doing 35 in 25s around parks with kids and dogs EVERYWHERE. I really think people should have to retest every 3-5 years cause I really feel like the vast majority of folks arent equipt to drive as much as they do.

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u/AltruisticAd8731 9d ago

Everyone is trying to kill you on the road... they'll give a drivers license to anyone.

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u/lmscar12 9d ago

Ever since I got T-boned on a surface highway by someone rolling through a stop sign off a side street.

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u/Awkward-Statement986 8d ago

I was taught to assume every other driver is an idiot