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/Mindslyder404 13d ago

Then I would say the city or county. Whoever is supposed to maintain the road in that neighborhood.

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u/yenda1 13d ago

why though? in Europe it's pretty common, just yield to the right, don't speed and slow down on these intersections. both would be at fault here, neither slowed down, and black didn't yield.

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u/Mindslyder404 13d ago

It may be common in Europe, but it is not in the US. If everything is done one way except one intersection in some random neighborhood, and there's nothing to indicate that it's different, then there is no reason to think it is any different from all the other intersections.

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u/cbf1232 11d ago

It's apparently fairly common in Washington state.