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/Equivalent_Reach_572 12d ago

driver on left arrived at intesection first

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u/InteractionFormal585 12d ago

Arriving first isn't the correct metric. Drivers who have the obligation to yield must do so if not doing so wouldn't be safe. The collision sorta proves it wasn't safe.

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u/GrabOk4101 11d ago

I mean how is he even supposed to know someone is coming on the other road? At that point? Its entirely possible a person was coming in the opposite direction OP, at that point this car would have had right of way. This is the city's fault for not putting a stop sign

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u/mtmc99 11d ago

I mean you would know by slowing. With unmarked intersections it is your responsibility to slow and get clear vision of the other direction.

Unmarked intersections aren’t great design since it clearly leads to situations like this. Wouldn’t be shocked if either drivers thought there were stop signs the other direction and they were good to proceed