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Information Sheet – Electric Bicycles

Electric Bicycles What is an Electric Bicycle? An electric bicycle (or e-bike) is a bicycle with a motorised assistance. There are two types of legal motorised bicycles:- Those that require the cyclist to move the pedals to maintain electrical assistance (pedalec); and Bicycles with a handlebar throttle, that allow a cyclist to travel without using […]

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Case Study – The Motorised Bicycle

Hendricks v El-Dik & Insurance Australia Limited T/AS NRMA Insurance (No 4) [2016] ACTSC 160 This decision involved a Plaintiff cyclist who was injured when he was struck by a motor vehicle driven by the First Defendant. The Plaintiff had been cycling home from his workplace. His route took him along a cycle path which […]

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