Zaragoza city council announced last week that it wants to make insurance mandatory for all cyclists and electric scooter users. The measure was proposed by the far-right party Vox and agreed to by the conservative People’s Party (PP). They say they want to end the ‘legal uncertainty’ when a cyclist is involved in an accident. If the measure passes, the northeastern Spanish city would be the first in Europe to force cyclists to take out civil liability insurance. Cyclists slam proposed mandatory insuranceCycling organisations have come out strongly against the idea. “Zaragoza would be an excep…
