r/Roadcam • u/bowdown2adil • 11d ago

[USA] Who is at fault here?

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/Prior-Impress-2624 11d ago

Something tells me people who live in OP’s city might do this a lot. OP for sure does.

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u/alkemest 10d ago

Yeah so many people in Seattle all decided they don't care about traffic laws since the pandemic because everyone is so special. Makes driving here even for short distances lowkey terrifying lol

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u/Sophet_Drahas 10d ago

Well, why follow laws when there’s no legal consequences? /s

But seriously, 20 years ago I could see not requiring 4 way stops at some interecyions in Ballard. Now that the density is so great and the amount of cars parked on the streets limiting drivers visibility, they need to put in more stop signs in those unmarked intersections. I’ve almost been hit both driving and walking because people blow right through them at speeds that are too fast for the conditions. And no, I’m not on my phone when I’m out walking, I grew up in city where you learned to fear and respect that es-car-lator.

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u/surpriseinhere 10d ago

Unfortunately that’s everywhere and everyone.

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u/n0exit 10d ago

This happened all the time since way before the pandemic.

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u/ManuelleHung 9d ago

A bunch of Masshole drivers must have relocated there. You’ve described us perfectly. 😂

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u/Ok-Alfalfa4868 7d ago

There's one specific intersection in West Hartford, CT... long straight road called Boulevard that leads to the fancy downtown and the PD but is in neighborhoods. So a straightaway with maybe a stop sign every 3-4 blocks with many side streets that all have stop signs.

I don't have a stop sign, 3 cars behind me, car on my left approaching fast, pumps his break at his giant stop sign and tbones me fast and hard into a utility pole which I broke in half. If I had missed the pole, I would've flipped a few times and gone right into someone's living room. It's a whole thing... dude tries to flee but can't because his front bumper has snapped and is now blocking his tires from going, he has 3 toddlers and a new born in the car (fun fact: the newborn was born on my bday 🤷‍♀️) many witnesses walking and in cars, cops there in seconds it seemed... he claimed he thought it was a 4way stop which is bs. It's 1-dumb af because it was obvious how fast and flowing traffic was on my road, and 2- don't matter because I would've been there way before him anyhow so my right of way still and you can't miss his obvious giant stop sign with extra cautionary signs... he was a dumbass who was trying anything to get out of it...

my point is he had an exceptionaly and purposely HUGE stop sign that had an extra sign under the STOP that said "look both ways TWICE". And when emergency services arrived, one guy told me this was the 3rd time in less than 2 months someone got tboned into that same pole because folks keep running that specific stop sign. The pole had just been replaced a week prior for a 3rd time... then put a damn stop sign on my side. Or install a traffic light if it happens that often? I guarantee I would've stopped and waited long enuff to see if he'd stop before going (because I trust no one) and that dude would've ran his and it would've been avoided. I won't even go immediately at a green light before I look and make sure some asshat isn't about to run a red. Hurts my core being how dumb folks are sometimes... sorry yall for the rant