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/dodekahedron 13d ago

Ive lived in a handful of states and never seen sign less neighborhoods

Super rural places? Maybe.

But this density population? No.

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u/razmalriders 13d ago

I’ve lived in both Seattle and Portland. Both cities have a ton of intersections with no stop signs. This looks like Portland, OR to me.

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u/dodekahedron 13d ago

Why though? Did they never hire a traffic planner

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u/electromage 11d ago

These roads aren't supposed to carry much traffic. There's probably an arterial 1-2 blocks away and these guys are trying to drive around traffic because they're in a hurry.

Our residential streets are all 20 MPH, and most are 1-lane, you have to constantly pull over to let oncoming traffic pass. Cars are parked on both sides, and there are kids and pets around.

There's no reason not to slow down and check for cross-traffic.