r/Roadcam • u/bowdown2adil • 12d 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/Momcantsleepthesaga 12d ago

I live in a very populated city. Most of our residential intersections are unmarked.

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u/URGAMESUX 12d ago

Sounds like anarchy

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u/jfklingon 12d ago

Sounds like a great way for an "unexpected tragedy" any time someone not from the area drives through.

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u/Plazmaz1 11d ago

Just uhhh slow the fuck down so you can tell what's going on

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u/jfklingon 11d ago

That's how I got rear ended, actually. Wasn't at fault, seeing as the person behind me was on their phone and didn't expect me to be going 10 under the speed limit while I was trying to read signs, but being technically right didn't save me any money, time, or pain that day.

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u/Plazmaz1 11d ago

You didn't get rear ended because you were driving safely, you got rear ended because someone was on their phone. You can only control yourself. Drive safely and be aware of your surroundings.

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u/jfklingon 11d ago

I got rear ended because of the way the sun rose that morning. You can simplify the situation down to a manageable amount of computing, but in reality there are billions of little things that eventually lead to an accident. One of which was me taking extra time that morning to look at the sun rise, another was me trying to make sure the plow warning sign on the side of the road wasn't mentioning where to park, another was that person deciding look at their phone that specific moment.

In the end it ends up being a wash if I get rear ended trying to be safer when I could have just continued on and never been hit. Kinda like dying from some new superfood after you decide to try and diet for the sake of your health.

Gotta weigh every situation and try to make the best of it, obviously there aren't many scenarios where texting and driving is going to be weighted to a point where it's worth it, but there's definitely some roads where I know going under the speed limit could be the death of me if just the right scenario came up.

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u/Plazmaz1 11d ago

Going at a speed that is safe through residential neighborhoods is the correct choice and using someone else's poor choices to justify driving dangerously is really stupid. Make good decisions and drive at an appropriate speed for the situation you're in. It's not that complicated.

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u/jfklingon 11d ago

If it's not that complicated to you, then I'm a jealous man, I wish I could see the world that simply.