Riding a Motorcycle With No Insurance? Risks You Should Know About. Last Fall Joey Palmer, a San Francisco Richmond District resident, was riding his motorcycle through the Presidio when his brakes suddenly locked up, and he crashed. He was lucky to survive the motorcycle accident with only a broken rib, and no other serious bodily injuries. Palmer, who was not carrying health insurance at...
Hot Dog Chili Sauce Recaled for BotulismAs if we don't have enough to worry about with E Coli and Salmonella in our meat and spinach and lettuce, the latest tainted food danger comes from a favorite Summer food, the hot dog.Botulism poison has been found in hot dog chili sauce from Castleberry Foods . The Augusta, Ga. Castleberry plant is where the sauce was canned. So far, at least four people...
Two motorcycle race fans suffered serious personal injuries in a car crash near the Laguna Seca exit last Sunday. Apparently over-excited by the motorcycle racing earlier in the day, a driver crashed his automobile on South Boundary Road near the exit to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. I didn't realize it was an automobile crash that snarled traffic as I and other fans tried to leave at the end of...
The cause of an auto accident that killed a Mill Valley man is still a mystery. After returning from a hike on June 18, 2007 a Mill Valley man veered off Ridgecrest Boulevard on Mount Tamalpais and down a 400 cliff. Recent toxicology tests revealed negative results. Did a dangerous condition of this Mill Valley roadway cause or contribute to this car accident and this traffic fatality? The...
No Charges in Fatal SF Truck vs. Bicycle Accident San Francisco police have not filed charges against the truck driver of a big rig that crushed to death a San Francisco Bicyclist yesterday afternoon in the city's Bayview District. According to police, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer, was driving north on 3rd Street, along with a bicyclist traveling in the same direction on 3rd. The truck began to...
This Fall, the New Jersey legislature may pass the first-ever ban on quick-release bicycle hubs. Traditional quick release bike hubs are dangerous to children because the wheels can suddenly fall off causing serious injuries. The New Jersey ban has roots in Marin County, California, where eight children suffered serious injuries when dangerous and defective hubs caused bicycle accidents. ...
Police believe alcohol and inexperience were primary collision factors in the fatal crash that killed four last night in Almaden Valley, San Jose. Erik James Sattersom sped along a curvy road with a limit of 35 m.p.h. at speeds upwards of 80 m.p.h. He lost control of his car, struck an elderly couple standing at the side of the road, and then smashed into two trees. The elderly couple,...
The mother of the 4-year-old boy who recently drowned in a Great America pool blames lifeguards for not spotting her son until it was too late to save him, but was not in the pool herself at the time of the drowning. Great America now requires all children less than 4 feet tall wear life jackets while in its pools. Will this new rule save lives? Or will it only provide a false sense of...
A recalcitrant company is refusing to pull the Meerkat 50 Youth ATV off the market, and the Consumer Public Safety Commission (CPSC) is powerless to force the recall. The ATV, marketed to children under 11, poses a high risk of serious injury or death because of numerous defects. These defects include lack of front brakes and parking brakes; and being able to start the vehicle while in gear. ...
This Sunday, the death of a young woman could have been avoided had the driver of the van she rode in paid attention to traffic ahead of him. Instead, at approximately 9:54 p.m. Pakom Lengrichaem sped along I-5 just south of the Herndon crossing at 75 mph. Lengrichaem failed to notice traffic slowing ahead and struck the rear of a tomato truck driving at approximately 15 mph. Lengrichaem...