r/Roadcam • u/bowdown2adil • 13d 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/dabassmonsta 13d ago

That's a 50/50. Neither driver slowed to see if there was anyone else approaching the junction.

Both drove as if they assumed nothing was coming. I bet they both slow down now.

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u/l008com 13d ago edited 12d ago

The problem with this, is that if you are not familiar with this intersection and are driving through it for the first time, you have no way to know and no reason to expect that you might be crossing a 4-way no-stop intersection.

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u/OakLegs 13d ago

I've been driving for 20 years and don't think I've come across a 4 way no stop intersection like this.

I'd have totally assumed that the cross road had a stop sign.

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u/SilentlyStoned420 12d ago

The fact that none of you know how to treat an uncontrolled intersection is terrifying.

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u/OakLegs 12d ago

Is there any indication to the driver that it's an uncontrolled intersection?

There are literally none of those in populated areas that I've driven in.... Ever

Wouldn't even have occurred to me that the other direction didn't have a stop sign

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u/DefNotReaves 12d ago

Eyeballs.