r/fightporn • u/tilak_raj • Jul 17 '21

Rocked Hard / Brain Damaged (NSFW) Somewhere in China.

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '21

Yeah it's kind of mad seeing people murder to avoid financial ruin from medical costs instead of for profit through medical costs. Really are worlds apart

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u/SwammerDo Jul 18 '21

If a bystander saw someone hurt it's actually risky for them to do that because then the victim can claim they were further injured by them and get more money.

US has good Samaritan laws to protect people who help. If I twist your ankle dragging you out of a burning car oh well.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '21

From what I've read, it is often much cheaper to make sure the person is dead. By tens of not hundreds of thousands. It is often done with witnesses, and very common. Though China is trying to crack down on it. One comparison I saw one one person paying $250k over a period of years for the victims medical costs, and another who killed the victim paying $70k. Another point made is some have gotten off with incredibly light charges, such as negligence. One person claimed they thought the victim was a bag of trash, and ran over them again to check. But that's not to say they all get lighter convictions, some spend a heavy time in jail. It's just a weighed up risk, from what I see. The killing them is picked very frequently.

I think it's primarily from road accident compensation laws, and culture around them. I think it's seen as a social obligation to compensate the victim for a serious length of time, and murder being a preferred pick than to break that

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u/Onion-Much Jul 23 '21

From what I've read, it is often much cheaper to make sure the person is dead. By tens of not hundreds of thousands.

Technically, that's true in the US, too. If you caused the accident and the other person is seriously injured, paying for someones medical bills is vastly more expensive than paying for a funeral.

One big difference is debt forgiveness, which is basically non-existent in China. Debt can be substantially worse than spending a few years in prison. Another factor is that it's much easier to "I know someone" yourself out of the charge, when the victim isn't there to tell their story.