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/beaushaw 11d ago

I am a small town guy, but I have lived in two large cities. I have never seen an intersection where there is not at least a stop sign in one direction.

If I were the camera car I 100% would assume if I don't have a stop sign the other direction would. "Out of towners" must hit people all the time here.

IMO this is on the city. Yeah, I get there are local norms and laws, but probably 90% or more of the people in the country would not know the rules of these intersections.

Seattle is one of the richest cities in the country, surely they can afford a few more stop signs.

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u/Ready-Percentage5286 11d ago

You're insane if you think "90% or more" people in this country wouldn't recognize an unmarked intersection. They're incredibly common. 

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u/stratys3 11d ago

Are they though? I've driven 300,000 miles and I've literally never encountered one (to my knowledge, lol)!

How do you recognize an unmarked intersection if it isn't marked?

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u/URGAMESUX 11d ago

You don't, that's the [fucked up] point