CYCLE SAFETY
June 1st, 2002
BY MARK ROWECYCLISTS involved in a road accidents will automatically be deemed to be the wronged party, under planned road safety changes to European Union insurance legislation. A directive from Brussels has ruled that cyclists and pedestrians who are hit by a car will always be covered by the insurance of the motor vehicle involved, irrespective of whether or not they are to blame. The proposal, would amend the EU's Fifth Motor Insurance Directive, and will be discussed by the European Parliament this autumn. Each year 9,000 pedestrians and cyclists are killed, ...
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