There is a good chance of compensation for companies in childcare. According to the court, the decision by Minister Van Nieuwenhuizen to permanently remove the Stint was careless. The case had been brought by the manufacturer of the Stint and childcare organizations. After the accident with a Stint in Oss in September 2018, in which four children were killed, the electric wagon was banned.
According to the judge, Minister Cora van Nieuwenhuizen acted carelessly in the decision to permanently remove the Stint from the road. The Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management must have a new investigation into whether the Stint was rightly removed from the road in 2018. That has been decided by the administrative judge of the Northern Netherlands Court. In addition, Stint owners are entitled to compensation for the damage they have suffered as a result of this decision.
After the Stint was taken off the road following a ban from the Minister, childcare organizations had to find other solutions to transport children. They resorted to large cargo bikes or rented vans. Manufacturer Edwin Renzen, who has always been seen as the one who has put an illegal vehicle on the market, is happy and relieved to the verdict. The successor to the Stint has been inspected by the National Road Transport Agency.
In November 2018, the Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management was appointed by the court in the equal to take the Stints off the road temporarily for road safety reasons. The recent ruling is also a victory for the childcare organization. In her new decision, the minister must clarify how childcare organizations will be compensated.
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