New Posts For Thread: Do cyclists have to have insurance?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30880063/do-cyclists-have-to-have-insuranceOr do you just have to accept the cost if they damage your car or cause a smash by jumping a red light?Sorry to hear of your 'accident' bix, a similar incident happened to me on my motorcycle. Yours, like mine, must have been some time ago as I think they last installed 'HALT' signs in 1965.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30880063/do-cyclists-have-to-have-insurance?post_id=551957181#551957181Sorry to hear of your 'accident' bix, a similar incident happened to me on my motorcycle. Yours, like mine, must have been some time ago as I think they last installed 'HALT' signs in 1965.Sun, 21 May 2017 03:32:16 -0500I think that trick cyclists have to have some form of insurance.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30880063/do-cyclists-have-to-have-insurance?post_id=551956219#551956219I think that trick cyclists have to have some form of insurance.Sat, 20 May 2017 19:19:35 -0500Never a single day or should I say a single hour go by without seeing dozens of Cyclists jumping red lights or riding on pavements or swerving in and out of traffic cutting up motorists, flimsy bikes shouldn't be on the same road as such powerful machttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30880063/do-cyclists-have-to-have-insurance?post_id=551956205#551956205Never a single day or should I say a single hour go by without seeing dozens of Cyclists jumping red lights or riding on pavements or swerving in and out of traffic cutting up motorists, flimsy bikes shouldn't be on the same road as such powerful macSat, 20 May 2017 19:17:40 -0500Cyclists cause lots of accidents by disregarding the rules of the road and causing cars to take preventative action and hitting another car.THE UK’S INDEPENDENT FACTCHECKING CHARITY:11,929 incidents involving cyclists were included - accounting forhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30880063/do-cyclists-have-to-have-insurance?post_id=551956171#551956171Cyclists cause lots of accidents by disregarding the rules of the road and causing cars to take preventative action and hitting another car.THE UK’S INDEPENDENT FACTCHECKING CHARITY:11,929 incidents involving cyclists were included - accounting forSat, 20 May 2017 19:10:58 -0500No. Cyclists don't have to have insurance but many of them do. Whereas motorists have to have insurance but many of them don't.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30880063/do-cyclists-have-to-have-insurance?post_id=551951815#551951815No. Cyclists don't have to have insurance but many of them do. Whereas motorists have to have insurance but many of them don't.Sat, 20 May 2017 08:03:13 -0500Many cyclists, myself included,have insurance included in their membership of British Cycling, CTC, or Cycling UK. Fortunately you also get free legal assistance which enabled me to claim against the motorist who came over a "Halt sign" and t-boned mhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30880063/do-cyclists-have-to-have-insurance?post_id=551950533#551950533Many cyclists, myself included,have insurance included in their membership of British Cycling, CTC, or Cycling UK. Fortunately you also get free legal assistance which enabled me to claim against the motorist who came over a "Halt sign" and t-boned mSat, 20 May 2017 03:16:59 -0500Household insurance covers you for public liability whether you're on a bike or on foot. But the number of cases of cyclists or pedestrians causing damage to a car by jumping a red light is minute. It must be, or the insurance companies wouldn't inclhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30880063/do-cyclists-have-to-have-insurance?post_id=551950485#551950485Household insurance covers you for public liability whether you're on a bike or on foot. But the number of cases of cyclists or pedestrians causing damage to a car by jumping a red light is minute. It must be, or the insurance companies wouldn't inclSat, 20 May 2017 03:00:00 -0500I think you can take them to court but you would have to google it .https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30880063/do-cyclists-have-to-have-insurance?post_id=551950433#551950433I think you can take them to court but you would have to google it .Sat, 20 May 2017 02:38:20 -0500Or do you just have to accept the cost if they damage your car or cause a smash by jumping a red light?https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30880063/do-cyclists-have-to-have-insurance?post_id=551950419#551950419Or do you just have to accept the cost if they damage your car or cause a smash by jumping a red light?Sat, 20 May 2017 02:20:58 -0500