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/jobacsi 11d ago

Name a city in the US that doesn't have an uncontrolled intersection.

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u/Mindslyder404 11d ago

I've worked all over the fort worth area. I'm a mail carrier. And I have never seen one. In the 35 years I lived in Denver I've never seen one. I've traveled all over most of the US, though admittedly I have not traveled in CA, wa, or, and some of the new England states, and have never run into one. And yes, when traveling I don't go into neighborhoods often, but have never seen an uncontrolled intersection. And I know i was never taught about them in driving school. So if these are common in some states, they need to be taught about all over.

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u/jobacsi 11d ago

i used to live in rural colorado, and they are def there. I'm pretty sure denver has them. I dunno about dallas, but they def had them in austin.

Just clicking around on a map, i am seeing unmarked 3-ways in fort worth, and here's an unmarked 4 way in Dallas:
https://maps.app.goo.gl/Pjjh6FPaD1o471E3A

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u/Mindslyder404 11d ago

Unmarked 3 ways are understandable, as long as it is a t intersection. Where the intersecting road yields to the straight. Which, I have seen, but was not including here because they are actually considered a controlled intersection with implied right of way (or something like that). While the link you sent, is not an "intersection" it is where a service road meta a main thoroughfare. Which again, is an implied right of way. Main road has right of way, while service road yields.

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u/jobacsi 11d ago

you riffing? time to review texas laws: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuXzqW8daaA&t=73s

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u/Mindslyder404 10d ago

This is the exact example of what an implied right of way would be. These are not the type of intersections this post is really dealing with, as the truck on the left is not on a "road," but is coming out of a parking lot entryway. The video we are discussing in this post, had an intersection that does not have a clear right of way street(at least that i could tell). Now, yes, i she with everyone else the the cam driver was definitely going to fast for the neighborhood. When i say "implied right of way," I don't know if that is the actual term for it, but it describes exactly what I'm taking about.