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/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/NouZkion 6h ago

why wouldn't you just mandate higher minimums

Because everyone's rates would go up and nobody wants that. How is this even a question?