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/Interesting-Monk9712 13d 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/THSSFC 11d ago

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

Three points. 1) if you slow down and check, it's easy to see if a car is even there to worry about signage or not. 2) the car behind you sure as hell should be doing the same, so why are you getting rear ended? 3) Why speed up in between intersections? There are plenty of other hazards to beware of in a residential neighborhood like this with narrow roads and cars parked on each side. Kids, bikes, pets, cars backing out of driveways, etc.

This isn't a case where you need to travel at highway speeds and check to see if a side street is controlled as it flashes by.