This is really a fascinating area that I know nothing about... A Republican lawmaker in Wisconsin, who incidentally has penned legislation protecting municipalities from lawsuits related to potholes, is now hoping to protect insurance companies and negligent drivers from liability during car accidents via Wisconsin Assembly Bill 29. The idea is basically that medical compensation for injuries will be at the insurance company negotiated rate of the bad driver, even though the injured bicyclist has been paying full premiums. The injured party would not be able to bring up that fact in court, or to seek damages in that respect. Wisconsin has Republican control of all its branches of government, so it's possible that this legislation will be signed by Governor Scott Walker. When it happens, it will be a bad day for us bikers.
Link: http://www.madisonbikeblog.com/2013/02/proposed-wisconsin-bill-will-benefit.html and http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/writers/steven_elbow/critics-say-bill-would-reward-negligent-drivers-while-providing-little/article_9525a118-85e0-11e2-a27f-001a4bcf887a.html
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