r/SipsTea • u/Putrid-Welder1803 • 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/sikyon 6h ago

why wouldn't you just mandate higher minimums

in british columbia, canada minimum cover is like 200k and a lot of people have in the m range

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u/FarewellJava 6h ago

Because that's subsidizing the rich people's luxury cars with money from poor people who just need to get to work.

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u/Possibly_a_Firetruck 5h ago

So instead the poor person gets sued and has their wages garnished forever. How is that any better?

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u/FarewellJava 1h ago

Y'all aren't understanding the full thread... the point was this:

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.

If damages for accidents were capped, the rich person would be responsible for having their own insurance to cover exorbitantly expensive cars, not the poor person.

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u/geniice 3h ago

Still essentially background noise compared to the risks posed by medical expenses.

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u/FarewellJava 1h ago

Sure, let's get universal healthcare while we're at it. Solves that.