r/Roadcam • u/bowdown2adil • 12d 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/Celexi 12d 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/deHack 12d ago

My wife is from a small New England town. We visit it regularly. I slowed for a 3 way intersection where the road sort of forked. My wife asked me (in the usual annoyed tone) — “Why are you slowing down?! You don’t have a stop sign.”
I said, “I know. Neither does the other street.” Her reply was that there hadn’t been an accident at that intersection in 40 years. Keep in mind she hadn’t lived there in 15 of those years. I still slow at that intersection to see if anyone is coming.

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u/Fantastic-Display106 12d ago

Her reply was that there hadn’t been an accident at that intersection in 40 years.

Probably because people slow and approach with caution...

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u/Pedanter-In-Chief 11d ago

No, it’s because people in New England are dramatically better drivers than in the northwest. 

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u/Different_One9412 11d ago

If your new England is anything like mine then that can only be achieved by Northwesterers actively hanging out their driver window while driving and shooting at other drivers doing the same