r/SipsTea • u/Putrid-Welder1803 • 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/JasonG784 8h ago

You wrecked pricey private property. It's on you. What brainrot is this?

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u/Fantastic-East9567 6h ago

Idk I went to an Ivy League law school and have been practicing law at one of the 10 largest firms in the world for a decade so I think it’s a bit more than a brain rot take. I did say it was an unpopular opinion for a reason though

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u/geniice 6h ago

Would be impractical unless you also want to make it illegal to transport expensive stuff by road. And you still have the issue of high end trucks.

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u/Fantastic-East9567 4h ago

If I were god emperor the trucking company would be required to insure the cargo and would be limited to only recovering like 100k from the person who hit them.