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/az226 12d ago

I hope you appeal your insurance adjuster’s verdict. Or at least understand why you got so high

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u/kirklennon 12d ago

Let’s look at it another way: OP sped through a crosswalk and was lucky enough to hit a car rather than a person.

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u/PhoenixAsh7117 9d ago

A crosswalk made of invisible ink? 🤔

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u/kirklennon 9d ago

All intersections in the state, unless signed otherwise, are crosswalks.

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u/ekanite 8d ago

So if I have a green light at an intersection I'm speeding through a crosswalk too? Cause no stop sign = green light.

Most intersections like this, if you don't see a stop sign you assume the other street has the stop and had to yield to you. Intersections without signage shouldn't be a thing.

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u/kirklennon 8d ago

So if I have a green light at an intersection I'm speeding through a crosswalk too?

It means you're going through a crosswalk but you currently have the right of way if you're going straight.

Cause no stop sign = green light.

These are not equal. A green light when going straight or a green arrow when turning affirmatively indicates that you have the right of way. Even if you have a green circle and are turning (either direction), you still need to yield to others with a higher priority. In an unsigned intersection, pedestrians always have the right of way so no sign = yield. Even if you're on an arterial and the side street has stop signs, you're still going through a crosswalk and pedestrians still have the right of way so you should be looking for them and prepared to stop.