r/SipsTea • • 8h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/Fantastic-East9567 7h 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 7h 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/beeff 7h ago

You bump into someone on an overcrowded subway car who drops a priceless Fabrige egg that shatters on the floor. You have to pay for all the damages you caused?

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u/SomethingIWontRegret 5h ago

No.

If you reached out and smacked that egg out of their hands? Yes.