• radix@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Whatever you pay in insurance is unlikely to cover the damages won by an injured party. That money is coming out of the pockets of people who will never cause an injury.

    Good drivers subsidize the assholes.

  • Cevilia (she/they/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    4 days ago

    In the UK you can set up a self-insurance fund. But to do it you have to set aside tens of millions of pounds in a dedicated, easily-accessible fund, and hire an expensive lawyer who knows how to do it. Probably better to just take the hit and invest the millions at that point. I don’t know. I’m not a millionaire. I’m not even a thousandaire. :P

  • TranquilTurbulence@lemmy.zip
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    4 days ago

    I’ve already paid so much money. How many people am I allowed to hit now? I still haven’t hit anyone, so I feel like I’m missing out.

  • db2@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Not quite, you’re paying insurance to cover the costs which they might decide not to do and you don’t even get a refund for services not rendered.