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If you are too poor to afford compensation for the damage you might cause while driving then you ought not be driving.
by someguydave 4y ago
If you are too poor to afford compensation for the damage you might cause while driving then you ought not be driving.
- nimih 4y agoI'd agree with this in a vacuum, but unfortunately the state of infrastructure in the United States[1] is such that most people--especially lower-income folks--need to drive to work, the grocery store, to ferry kids to/from school, &c. This isn't a good situation, but it's the reality at the moment. Moral "oughts" like you're providing really only hold weight if a person has a realistic alternative, imo. [1] I'm not sure the situation in other countries.
- someguydave 4y agoThe infrastructure problem would get figured out more quickly if people were jailed for driving without sufficient funds to compensate people in case of an accident. The status quo is to require all other road users to take the losses from impoverished drivers which is as equally “unfair” as your sob story.