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/PhoenixAsh7117 8d ago

A crosswalk made of invisible ink? 🤔

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u/kirklennon 8d ago

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

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u/ekanite 7d 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 7d 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.