ICBC backpeddles on bills for injured cyclists and pedestrians
ICBC says it will not bill most pedestrians and cyclists if they are involved in a collision that damages a vehicle under B.C.'s no-fault insurance plan.
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ICBC says it will not bill most pedestrians and cyclists if they are involved in a collision that damages a vehicle under B.C.'s no-fault insurance plan.
In March, Ben Bolliger got a bill from ICBC for $3,752.01, the cost to fix the windshield and hood of a car after a crash in Vancouver
When a car ran a stop sign and hit cyclist Ben Bolliger in Vancouver last July, his right arm was broken so badly he required external metal rods to put the bones back together.
ICBC is making changes to its policy on when cyclists, pedestrians and other active transportation users could be charged with damages to a vehicle when they have some responsibility for a crash. “Government and ICBC listened to the concerns raised from cycling advocates and Mr. Bolliger about the decision to bill him for vehicle damage after he was involved in a collision,"
The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) says it is changing its policy on charging cyclists and pedestrians for damages when they are at least partly responsible for a collision with a vehicle.