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I can see the logic!! ..........
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Guys, I know it might sounds weird, but it seems to me that if you buy a bike in the UK and ride within the UK and not also continental Europe, getting the basic legally required third party insurance (the quivalent of our CTP in OZ) is much more difficult. It looks like the key to the problem is to obtain cover as if you are going to tour Europe regardless as to whether or not you are going to do it.
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.............+ the logic of the earlier post about Knopf ins cover: if you are asking for ins cover to ride in the EU this must include the UK, always, IMO because it would be illegal to exclude the UK under Euro law (I am no lawyer, but I bet that is the case - there are loads of instances where nations try to avoid/ignore European law, one of the worst offenders being France).
But, on the other hand, if you are dealing with UK based brokers (and not the insurers because they rarely, if ever, deal directly with Joe Soap public nowadays) then you will get someone or other on the end of the phone who does not know what day it is, nor cares frankly because they are employed in a call centre on a temporary contract.
All of this applies to the basic EU requirement for "third party" cover - the legal minimum to put a bike on the road.
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.............(I am no lawyer, but I bet that is the case - there are loads of instances where nations try to avoid/ignore European law, one of the worst offenders being France).
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I cant agree with your anti French sentiments here Dave - it's just not true. I'm sorry you feel that foreigners are somehow inadequate, or stupid, for example in your repeated anti Irish and anti Polish jokes elsewhere on the forum. Horizons could be said to be about about leaving such attitudes behind...
Buen viaje
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No, that one is actually true, there are more cases of France ignoring European Directives than any other EU state, it's one of the things I like about living here to be honest.
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No, that one is actually true, there are more cases of France ignoring European Directives than any other EU state, it's one of the things I like about living here to be honest.
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Nice one Axel!!!!!!LOL
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Alex, it's ALEX, why does everyone on here apart from Matt keep calling me Axel, and it's the same on the recumbents forum, what is it can't you lot read !!!!!
It's Alex
Sorry caught me on a ranty day as I've spent the last five minutes explaining to the woman from Orange that my name is spelt R-I-C-H-A-R-D-S.
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