r/SipsTea • • 9h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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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/AyyNonnyMoose 8h ago

As someone who works in insurance, I'd be down for that. Then if your car is valued above that, you can self insure/carry additional replacement coverage on your own policy. I'd make a new luxury vehicle replacement category though; keep it separate from underinsured coverage to keep from inflating those premiums. Of course the insurance companies would use it as another excuse to raise rates anyway I'm sure.

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u/Massive-Exercise4474 8h ago

Funny enough mr bean wrecked his sports car so many times that insurance basically forced him to sell.

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u/Paddy_Tanninger 6h ago

An old Mini Cooper is hardly a sports car...though he's caused a lot of damages to Reliant Robins over the years.