Costs add up as more cyclists take to public roads and suffer tumbles

By Phillip Thomson
Updated April 23 2018 - 9:50pm, first published March 19 2014 - 3:00am

Falling off your bike in Canberra can earn you as much as a year sitting at your desk. Cyclists claiming money from the ACT Insurance Authority after coming off their bikes have been paid as much as $100,000 each, more than the yearly salary of an APS6 public servant.

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