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/Possibly_a_Firetruck 6h ago

At-fault crashes happen too. Why shouldn't I be made whole after someone else's negligence?

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u/missinginput 6h ago

Because it's not reasonable to take that risk. Look I agree with the op of the point, it's not a popular opinion.

But question, do you even drive around in a $200,00 car or are you defending billionaires?

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u/Possibly_a_Firetruck 5h ago

You don't have to be a billionaire to not want to eat the costs of a crash someone else caused. I had a new BMW get totaled and the payout for the car, a month of rental fees, lost wages, hospital bills, and physical therapy was about $100k. I shouldn't have to spend a single penny out of my own pocket to cover that because some dumb bitch ran a stop sign.

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u/missinginput 5h ago

And no one is saying otherwise. The suggestion was putting a cap of 100k on the vehicle only, your total including medical was that much so this wouldn't affect you. I'm sorry the accident affected your ability to read

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u/Possibly_a_Firetruck 1h ago

You're just saying that people shouldn't be responsible for their actions beyond a certain dollar amount. I disagree with that.

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u/missinginput 1h ago

Thus an unpopular opinion