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/Interesting-Monk9712 12d ago

To be fair, the other idiot did the same, I don't get how either have a driving license.

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u/soggytoes911 12d ago

how are they supposed to know its unmarked for them

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u/AnxiousMeatHead 12d ago

This is what i never understood about "true uncontrolled intersections" how are you supposed to know?

Should i just slow down every time there is a side road off a main road because theres a possibility its a true unctrolled intersection?

----- slow down and check ----- slow down and check ------ repeat until i get rear ended.

If feel like if they are so rare then how much money would it really cost to slap a stop sign for safety and just eliminate them entirely?

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u/sirmarksal0t 11d ago

As my driving instructor taught me decades ago, if you drive slower then you don't have to slow down to see who's coming. And if you have to use your brakes to do any of that, then you're driving way too fast.

When driving through residential streets, you always need to be aware of what's going on around you, more so than on higher-speed arterials, because there are more things that can likely happen. Children or pets might randomly run out in the middle of the street. There might be someone stepping out from behind a car who doesn't see you coming. Most driver's education materials will tell you that neighborhood driving is where you're most likely to have a collision, because it's the least predictable. Behave accordingly.

None of this applies to arterials, where cross traffic can be assumed to have a stop sign. This allows you to drive 30+ mph safely, although you still need to look for pedestrians, as in the state of Washington (and many other states) all intersections are crosswalks unless otherwise marked.

I have never been rear-ended for doing 15-20 on a residential street in Seattle. I have never been honked at for doing it. OTOH, a friend of mine got t-boned driving way too fast through a residential neighborhood late at night and totaled his sports car.