Then other people would moan that we don’t pay enough.
So we pay the same as cars?
I do think we should have 3rd party insurance as a minimum though.
Like I said, relative to their impact, bicycles probably already contribute more through general taxation than cars do.
I’m actually not in favour of compulsory cycling insurance, 3rd party or otherwise. compulsion would serve as another deterrent to potential new cyclists, and contributes to the idea that cycling is dangerous, I think government backed promotion of cycling should include encouragement for people to join BC or CTC as a means of getting them informed, trained, educated and insured.
But the dangers posed by uninsured cyclists are nothing like those presented by uninsured drivers, The police can’t keep on top of those, how would they go about checking cyclists insurance?