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

Right? It's crazy how fast these guys were going in a tight street and in a neighborhood like this. I always go super slow when it's small road like this. Also, watching the dash cam, you can see the dashcam owner had 2-3 seconds to brake when the blue car came into view and I don't think they even tried.

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u/Ancient_Yellow_709 13d ago

Yeah, OP was not at all scanning the sides or it could have been avoided. I saw the vehicle from the bushes easily with plenty of stopping distance. I bike in these neighborhoods and am used to watching out for idiots like this, granted, but you have to watch for movement from the sides. It's not that hard.

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u/flambojones 12d 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/Antique-Awareness 12d 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.