{"id":90260,"date":"2018-06-02T13:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-02T06:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/should-e-bike-owners-be-forced-to-buy-insurance\/"},"modified":"2018-06-02T14:03:16","modified_gmt":"2018-06-02T07:03:16","slug":"should-e-bike-owners-be-forced-to-buy-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/should-e-bike-owners-be-forced-to-buy-insurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Should e-bike owners be forced to buy insurance?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSome cover is sensible but requiring third-party insurance will lower the use of electric bicycles when we need to encourage itThe bike hire shop owner in Cap Ferret, near Bordeaux in France, was rueful as he lent me his new e-bike last summer. \u201cYou are going to love it,\u201d he said. \u201cThey are so much fun but it won\u2019t last. They will limit the speed, make you wear helmets, show your insurance. Enjoy it for now.\u201dHe was right. It was fun (and the only way an out-of-shape holidaymaker could do the 40-mile circuit of Arcachon Bay in an afternoon). He was right about the rules too: this week, in an amendment to the motor insurance directive, the EU said that anybody with an e-bike could soon be cycling illegally unless they have third-party insurance, or a government scheme that will pay out in the event of the rider crashing into someone. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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