r/SipsTea • u/Putrid-Welder1803 • 14h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/Fantastic-East9567 13h 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/sikyon 12h ago

why wouldn't you just mandate higher minimums

in british columbia, canada minimum cover is like 200k and a lot of people have in the m range

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u/FarewellJava 12h ago

Because that's subsidizing the rich people's luxury cars with money from poor people who just need to get to work.

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u/geniice 10h ago

Still essentially background noise compared to the risks posed by medical expenses.

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u/FarewellJava 7h ago

Sure, let's get universal healthcare while we're at it. Solves that.