We do not base our decision on the retroactivity of those amendments. SeeColonial Penn Ins. Co. v. Allstate Ins. Co., 214 N.J. Super. 453 (App.Div. 1986) (1983 amendments prospective); but seeCokenakes v. Ohio Casualty Ins. Co., 208 N.J. Super. 308 (Law Div. 1985) (holding to the contrary). We believe, however, that the 1983 amendments are instructive as to legislative intent.
Therefore, the amended, more restrictive provision of N.J.S.A. 39:6A-4 may not be applied to the accident in question. See Colonial Penn Ins. Co. v. Allstate Ins. Co., 214 N.J. Super. 453, 456 (App.Div. 198 6). Plaintiff is therefore eligible to recover personal injury protection benefits even though she was not actually struck by a motor vehicle.