On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:32:50 -0700 (PDT), CJB wrote:
So you have your credit card details entered into the system. You pick
up a bike and start cycling. You then get knocked off

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So
whilst you are awaiting for an ambulance in this traffic choked city
your booked time for the bike goes beyond the 30 minutes free time,
and then starts charging at the rate of £1 an hour or whatever. I
wonder how you get the charging process to stop as to lie on a trolly
(there are no beds available) in a corridor in the nearest A&E? CJB.

Doesn't matter. With the small bit of good luck that you clearly hadn't
used that day a passer by or CCTV camera will catch the number plate of
the vehicle that hit you and you will claim against their insurance.

The official line is if you are in an accident you should telephone the
Contact Centre although it isn't clear what they do next.

If it turns out the accident was your fault because you rode through
a red light on the pavement while swigging from a bottle of vodka,
making a call on your mobile phone, wearing sunglasses at night and
crossed the solid white line in the middle of the road then the bike
hire includes third party insurance although there is a £250 excess.
Although the policy does have a reasonable precautions clause you might
fall foul of.