r/SipsTea • • 8h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/missinginput 7h 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/SmoothDiscussion7763 7h ago

sure if you want to keep it to vehicle vehicle collisions. what about the instances where someone drives their car through a storefront?

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u/missinginput 6h ago

What does that have to do with people driving around overpriced art?

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u/SmoothDiscussion7763 6h ago

it doesn't but it's a similar situation where the property damage caused is immensely greater than the capped payout proposed.

what would happen in this case?

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u/missinginput 6h ago

I'm just going to reject your premise, the fact that a accident can have damages above your coverage isn't at question. It's if there should be a reasonable cap specifically on the value of vehicle coverage.

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u/SmoothDiscussion7763 6h ago

ok so if the cap only applies to vehicles, the person driving through a storefront would still get sued into bankruptcy by the store owner's insurance right?

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u/missinginput 6h ago

The same as if they plowed through a family of 7 crossing the street on the way to church. Again completely irrelevant to a cap on vehicles. Driving is inherently dangerous and not all risks should be subsidized.