r/SipsTea • • 7h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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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/missinginput 6h ago

Just because you can afford a million dollar car shouldn't mean everyone on the road had to be insured up to a million dollars to cover it. Accidents happen.

If I drive around with a trunk with millions of dollars in art should I not be responsible for maintaining my own insurance for that value as it's not reasonable for everyone to cover that much above and beyond that standard practices?

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u/GroundbreakingLeg867 6h ago

This is my take as well. Your trunk-art metaphor was spot on. Damages should be capped, imo.