Political Theory

Re: How to deal with accidents

duffmann808 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:00:59 GMT

Rubén:

nirgrahamUK:

you assume that when two cars crash, one or the other driver, or both, must have been reckless.

flawless logic.

I am not assuming anything. A member of my family was at the window and saw the car zig-zagging before crashing onto a tree and cupsizing. Passengers had to be retrieved from the outside.

You also said....

"How would a 100% market society deal with the reckless drivers who caused such accidents?"

Reckless drivers would have committed an offense similar to rape. They would have interfered with someone elses personal rights, thereby having committed a crime. Was this question actually asked?

Re: How to deal with accidents

Rubén — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:27:23 GMT

nirgrahamUK:

you assume that when two cars crash, one or the other driver, or both, must have been reckless.

flawless logic.

I am not assuming anything. A member of my family was at the window and saw the car zig-zagging before crashing onto a tree and cupsizing. Passengers had to be retrieved from the outside.

Re: How to deal with accidents

duffmann808 — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:20:18 GMT

Rubén:

While enjoying the last few debates, I went to the window and witnessed two traffic accidents (I live on Main Avenue). There are several critically wounded people.

How would a 100% market society deal with the reckless drivers who caused such accidents?

In a 100% market society markets would dictate everything. If there is a reckless driver they would be subject to the proper fines, fees or suspensions levied by either their insurance company or the private authority that dictates the rules of the private roads. The market would dictate what those should be and would help to regulate the senselessness that some drive with. Drivers would be able to feel safe and like their money is being spent on the correct things, and not the false promise of hope and advancement with no actual showing of it.

Re: How to deal with accidents

DBratton — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:58:11 GMT

Rubén:
How would a 100% market society deal with the reckless drivers who caused such accidents?

In a stateless society roads will be private. The road owner will deny access to anyone known to be reckless.

The present system assigns fines and sometimes will temporarily ban poor drivers. But even the worst drivers usually get to drive again. If roads were private there would be no reason for an owner to ever allow someone with a history of bad driving to use his road again. So the incentive to drive responsively would be higher.

Re: How to deal with accidents

banned — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:28:21 GMT

Rubén:
How would a 100% market society deal with the reckless drivers who caused such accidents?

How would a state deal with them?

Re: How to deal with accidents

Stranger — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:23:51 GMT

Rubén:

While enjoying the last few debates, I went to the window and witnessed two traffic accidents (I live on Main Avenue). There are several critically wounded people.

How would a 100% market society deal with the reckless drivers who caused such accidents?

Make them pay back the damage they caused.

Re: How to deal with accidents

eliotn — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:21:12 GMT

Knight_of_BAAWA:
What are you going to have for breakfast on May 12, 2015?

I was thinking about some Anarchy-O's, with chocalate milk and Freedom eggs.

Re: How to deal with accidents

fezwhatley — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:36:12 GMT

same way it happens now, perhaps. except the state funded police wouldnt be involved.

Re: How to deal with accidents

nirgrahamUK — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:17:04 GMT

Rubén:

While enjoying the last few debates, I went to the window and witnessed two traffic accidents (I live on Main Avenue). There are several critically wounded people.

How would a 100% market society deal with the reckless drivers who caused such accidents?

you assume that when two cars crash, one or the other driver, or both, must have been reckless.

flawless logic.

Re: How to deal with accidents

Knight_of_BAAWA — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:36:24 GMT

What are you going to have for breakfast on May 12, 2015?

Re: How to deal with accidents

Rubén — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:33:22 GMT

aestheticbend:

And a legal system requires a state?

I have always assumed so. The point of my posting this is precisely how would the specifics of an alternative system be.

Re: How to deal with accidents

hayekianxyz — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:06:51 GMT

Too easy.

Re: How to deal with accidents

aestheticbend — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:03:18 GMT

And a legal system requires a state?

Re: How to deal with accidents

Rubén — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 22:00:13 GMT

scineram:

I wonder what do you want to do. Lynch them?

No, that is why there is a legal system specifically geared to deal with such issues.

Re: How to deal with accidents

Knight_of_BAAWA — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:52:52 GMT

Presumably their insurance rates would go up, their insurance company would compensate the injured parties, or if there is no insurance, some agreement to compensate would be worked out.

Kinda like now.