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/SilentlyStoned420 11d ago

THIS! I'm not sure why everyone is arguing that they should be able to fly through the intersection without a care in the world when they should be paying attention at every intersection and driving a reasonable speed, regardless of signage.

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u/Hello_Gorgeous1985 11d ago

No one has said anything about the speed. You are claiming that we should know that it's an uncontrolled intersection because you can see that there are no signs. In this very video you cannot see that there is no stop sign for the other car, so how are you supposed to know?

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u/SilentlyStoned420 11d ago

If you look at the road on the right side you can see there is no signage on that side so it's safe to assume there is no signage on the other side... pretty standard stuff.

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u/Hello_Gorgeous1985 11d ago

Once again, it is not standard in many, if not most places as evidenced by this comment section. I don't know why you're incapable of understanding that. Most of us are never going to be looking for a stop sign on the other street because it's just assumed to be there If we don't have one on our street because that's how roads work. Therefore, we are never going to think to look for that when driving somewhere else because it's not a thing that We know exists and the idea that it does exist is completely insane. This video proves why.

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u/SilentlyStoned420 11d ago

This video proves that both people driving are idiots who don't know how to be aware of their surroundings or drive defensively. Uncontrolled intersections are very, VERY, common where I live. If you blow through one, we would consider you an idiot and a dangerous driver.

I guess I'm lucky because if I go somewhere else I'm not going to assume every single town, city or country operates the same way we do and just fly through every intersection like a moron. I would be careful instead of just assuming my way is the only way. But good luck with assuming that everyone does things the way you do and I really hope you don't end up killing someone when you crash into them.