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Originally posted by User Name
Maybe I'm naive, but one of the main goals of the justice system should be to treat everyone equally. While the justice system is somewhat biased against the lower classes (but not as much as they want you to believe), this law would be unfair to the middle and upper classes. After all, losing a new $50,000 Chevy Corvette would be a much stiffer punishment than losing a 15 year old Toyota Corolla that costs $2,000, and both things could happen theoretically with this proposal. Instead of just switching victims, justice system bias should be eradicated completely.
And allowing cars to be taken away before a trial is ridiculous too, a gross violation of the "due process" requirement.
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The person driving the 15 year old Corolla isn't driving it because he loves it, he can't afford a new car. The guy who's driving the 50k car CAN afford a new car. How is it more unfair to the rich guy? In a $ sense it is, but in reality buying a new car won't be a problem for this guy.
I could see them forcing the person to sell the car and prevent them from registering a new one, but this is a bullshit way for a bankrupt govt to bring in more revenue. Even if all the proceeds go to DD awareness, any money they collect from that is money that they don't have to spend on current DD awareness.