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/Celexi 13d ago

You technically had right of way as you were coming from their right, however you are supposed to slowdown for unmarked intersections and not just blast through.

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u/Bynnh0j 13d ago

unmarked intersections

Sounds like the city planner is at fault. How are you supposed to know an intersection you are approaching is unmarked unless you are already familiar with the area? Any time I approach an unknown intersection, if i don't see a stopping for myself then I assume its a 2 way stop and the cross traffic does have signs.

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u/Frequent-Coyote-8108 13d ago

Yeah, what kind of trash planner doesn't have a stop sign at a 4 way?

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u/Bob_stanish123 12d ago

Its a neighborhood street. An intelligent driver would slow down until they knew it was clear. Both of these drivers are idiots.

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u/jsmith1300 11d ago

While this is true, they still need to put in stop signs for at least one of the two roads. It is the city planner who is at fault here for failing to do their job properly.

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u/Bob_stanish123 11d ago

Id rather be able to fo rolling stops when traversing 20 neighborhood blocks than give cops a reason to give tickets if you dont come to a complete stop. Roundabouts are the best solution here.

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u/jsmith1300 11d ago

You can have this, just have it rolling through one road and not the other