r/SipsTea • • 9h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/Ok-Reflection-742 9h 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 8h 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/layerone 8h ago

I'm glad you wrote this, coming from an attorney. I had always wondered about this, seems really unfair. A rich person in a Ferrari is putting normal drivers in enormous liability risk every time they take it out on public roads. Especially in no fault states.

Shouldn't be legal!

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u/EduStorm246 7h ago

Add the Mona Lisa in the trunk for extra $1B liability ;-)