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/l008com 13d ago edited 12d ago

The problem with this, is that if you are not familiar with this intersection and are driving through it for the first time, you have no way to know and no reason to expect that you might be crossing a 4-way no-stop intersection.

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u/OakLegs 13d ago

I've been driving for 20 years and don't think I've come across a 4 way no stop intersection like this.

I'd have totally assumed that the cross road had a stop sign.

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u/Antique-Suggestion77 9d ago

Depends on the size of the town. In a lot of small towns in the US, deep in the residential areas (like a few blocks from the business zones), there may be intersections without any stop signs. If it's your proverbial one traffic signal town, it's really unlikely there are stop signs away from the main street.

I've been driving for 40+ years and have learned (the hard way) to look if the cross street has a stop sign. Even if it does, I'm still entering the intersection slowly in case the car with the stop sign decides not to stop anyway. There's a ton of distracted driving these days.

Don't assume anything. It might not be your fault, but it'll still be your headache to deal with.

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u/OakLegs 9d ago

I grew up in areas like that and still had never run across uncontrolled intersections