Barclays bike in London an accident..who pays?
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This happened some time ago now but always wondered who pays?
I was sitting in a car at the lights at Marble Arch.
I am on the inside with a van beside me and on the other side of the van a new BMW.
Lights change and just as I am about to move off a Barclays/Santander bike shoots across in front of me (travelling the same direction as a pedestrian would), I brake and the van who has started to move off on a green light just manages to stop, but the BMW who cannot see the bike because of the van and has a green light is moving and t bones the cyclist. The cyclist is knocked flying but is OK, not so the BMW.
Fifty Thousand dollar question, as the cyclist paid to hire the bike, is he covered by insurance for the damage to the BMW or will the BMW driver have to claim from the cyclist personally?
I was sitting in a car at the lights at Marble Arch.
I am on the inside with a van beside me and on the other side of the van a new BMW.
Lights change and just as I am about to move off a Barclays/Santander bike shoots across in front of me (travelling the same direction as a pedestrian would), I brake and the van who has started to move off on a green light just manages to stop, but the BMW who cannot see the bike because of the van and has a green light is moving and t bones the cyclist. The cyclist is knocked flying but is OK, not so the BMW.
Fifty Thousand dollar question, as the cyclist paid to hire the bike, is he covered by insurance for the damage to the BMW or will the BMW driver have to claim from the cyclist personally?
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