Loading ...CANADA – Posting as PSA – ‘Flabbergasted’: Cyclist gets $3,700 ICBC bill after collision, for not having bike insured
A Vancouver cyclist says he’s flabbergasted after being handed a $3,752 ICBC bill after reportedly being struck by a driver.
“I was hit by a car that ran a stop sign,” he says. “It was a terrible ordeal. I was thrown about 14 to 15 metres and landed on a curb. My bike was snapped right in half and I will never, ever have full range of motion in my right hand again.”
“ICBC deems that because I was driving an uninsured vehicle, I was riding my bike, that I am uninsured and therefore share fault. I have to pay out of pocket to pay to repair the driver’s windshield and I guess a dent to the hood,”
“You can’t insure bicycles but what you can do it is purchase home insurance or renters insurance that includes an umbrella policy that would cover you in the case of any bike accidents or any other type of negligence that you were involved in that lead to harm to another individual,”