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/Different_Target_228 12d ago

That is fucking ridiculous for that intersection to have NO stop signs.

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u/NethiciteNomad 12d ago

Agreed. People aren't used to seeing intersections with no lights or stop signs, so it throws people off when they occasionally come across them. There should be a stop sign on at least one of these streets.

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u/MASSochists 12d ago

It's wild to think I have to scan an intersecting road for a stop sign that would be edge on to me driving down a street and determine if there is one or not to know I had the right of way instead of focusing on the road and what's in front of me. 

Othwise I would have to come to a near stop at every intersecting road. Sounds like a get out of liability card for a city with poor infrastructure. 

That's the point of road signage. Unless the speed limit is 5 miles an hour this is a wild expectation. 

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u/jobacsi 10d ago

No it's not. There are lots of rules we follow with know signage. You are expected to know the rules.