{"id":31604,"date":"2015-10-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/councils-to-cover-injuries-as-footpaths-open-for-cyclists\/"},"modified":"2015-10-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-10-09T00:00:00","slug":"councils-to-cover-injuries-as-footpaths-open-for-cyclists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/councils-to-cover-injuries-as-footpaths-open-for-cyclists\/","title":{"rendered":"Councils to cover injuries as footpaths open for cyclists"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Transport Minister Stephen Mullighan has shrugged off suggestions a new law allowing cyclists to use footpaths could cause legal troubles in the case of an accident.<\/h3>\n<p>Pedestrians injured on a road have legal coverage, but Leon Byner put the question to Mr Mullighan on FIVEAA: what about on footpaths?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy understanding is that they would be covered,\u201d Mr Mullighan said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCouncils are required to have a very significant public liability insurance policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>LISTEN to Stephen Mullighan here:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mullighan said it was already legal for cyclists 12 years and under \u2013 and chaperones \u2013 to use footpaths.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a series of laws now which require very particular and very careful behaviour of all cyclists at the moment when they\u2019re on footpaths,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/crows-could-surprise-but-don-pyke-still-looks-like-next-coach-says-caroline-wilson\">CARO WILSON LOOKS AT THE COACHES SHUFFLE &#8211; AND TAKES A BIG SWING<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO: <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/shows\/rowey-bicks\/paul-connors-convinced-patrick-dangerfield-will-be-a-cat\">CONNORS 100% CONVINCED DANGERFIELD WILL BE A CAT IN 2016<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transport Minister Stephen Mullighan has shrugged off suggestions a new law allowing cyclists to use footpaths could cause legal troubles in the case of an accident. Pedestrians injured on a road have legal coverage, but Leon Byner put the question to Mr Mullighan on FIVEAA: what about on footpaths? \u201cMy understanding is that they would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21174,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[249,231],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-31604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-leon-byner","category-show"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Councils to cover injuries as footpaths open for cyclists - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/show\/councils-to-cover-injuries-as-footpaths-open-for-cyclists\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Councils to cover injuries as footpaths open for cyclists\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Transport Minister Stephen Mullighan has shrugged off suggestions a new law allowing cyclists to use footpaths could cause legal troubles in the case of an accident. 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