Re:Why car insurance in America is too cheap
by fortran77 on Saturday February 03, 2024 @04:30PM
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Why is it so hard to go after the person's assets? In a just world, everything she owns should be sold and the proceeds handed over to her victim.
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Re:Why car insurance in America is too cheap
by bombcar on Saturday February 03, 2024 @05:04PM
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These people usually have no assets.
They own nothing and are happy. Or in jail.
It’s called being judgement proof and basically lets you ignore civil penalties.
Re:Why car insurance in America is too cheap
by selimthegrim on Saturday February 03, 2024 @08:12PM
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Oh my God is this why the city of New Orleans doesn’t pay squat on judgments?
Re:Why car insurance in America is too cheap
by ProllyInfamous on Saturday February 03, 2024 @09:15PM
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A decade ago, I was "judgment proof" after a decade of drug dealing and general degeneracy... the person I was then allowed me to be the phenomenal asshole we are all capable of channeling: fuck you, I got nothing! "Blood from a stone."
Life is so much simpler, yet more satisfying, now that I've lived long enough to secure away a few assets. God willing, we'll all live long enough to not be the pieces of shit our youth/ignorance once allowed.
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I read the other day that 20% of male Millenials are currently uninsured.
Re:Why car insurance in America is too cheap
by sokoloff on Sunday February 04, 2024 @04:25AM
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I’d expect around that percentage to not even have a driver’s license.
Re:Why car insurance in America is too cheap
by yuliyp on Saturday February 03, 2024 @05:39PM
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Most people have negligible assets beyond where they live and stuff like clothes. Legal settlements can't generally force people out of their homes.
Re:Why car insurance in America is too cheap
by SoftTalker on Saturday February 03, 2024 @09:07PM
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If they are that poor they probably are renting anyway, so there is no house or property that can be claimed.