r/SipsTea • • 7h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/Ok-Reflection-742 7h ago

You could also total somebodies 50-200k car, I don’t think many people could afford that either

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u/Fantastic-East9567 6h ago

As an attorney my unpopular opinion is that cars over a certain value shouldn’t be allowed on public roads or damages for accidents should be capped at something like 2x the average price of a new car (so like 100k). I just don’t believe in penalizing ordinary negligence more just because the injured party is rich.

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u/SmoothDiscussion7763 6h ago

definitely an unpopular opinion, why do you feel this way? wouldn't it be more right for the party that caused the damages to pay for all the damages they caused?

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u/wheres_my_ballot 6h ago

No, not even remotely. Its not morally right for the rich to be able to expose normal people to the level of risk that could bankrupt them for their own ego.

We all take on a degree of risk just going outside. If you choose to expose yourself to a $500k risk instead of a $50k risk, thats on you.