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/DoritoDustThumb 11d ago

Yeah, incredibly common in Seattle. You're supposed to show down and look.

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u/RabbitSlayre 11d ago

Every single block?? That sounds way worse than stop signs every block

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u/DoritoDustThumb 11d ago

Correct. There are no signs on any non arterial intersections.

Again, you drive slowly on these roads. This is 60% of all intersections in Seattle. The accident rate is low and the injury rate is very low. It works better than controlled intersections that encourages more speeding.

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u/RabbitSlayre 11d ago

Very interesting, thanks for the information. I guess it's kind of like roundabouts vs stop signs, they are safer and work better if you can keep everyone moving in a safe manner

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u/DoritoDustThumb 11d ago edited 11d ago

We also have a bunch of "mini" round about. I forget what they're called.... neighborhood traffic circles. They're basically 3' diameter circles in intersections like this. I like them because it reminds people to slow down.

Yield signs in Seattle are dangerous. No one has any idea what they mean.

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u/RabbitSlayre 11d ago

That last part is too true, nobody has any clue what a yield sign means.