Introduction
On 12 October 2020 the controversy over whether electric bicycles are motor vehicles and are hence subject to the Law of Compensation to Victims of Road Accidents 1975 (the Road Accidents Law) came to an end with the Supreme Court ruling in a majority opinion of two judges (Yitzhak Amit and David Minz) against the dissenting judgment of Justice Daphne Barak-Erez.(1)
According to this judgment, the Road Accidents Law sets a social arrangement which aims to compensate anyone who suffers bodily injury in a road accident. Compensation is granted by commercial insurers that cover motor vehicles and where the insurer is unknown or there is no insurance policy, compensation is provided by the Karnit Road Accident Victims Compensation Fund (Karnit Fund).