Last month, Walk San Francisco and the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition rallied in front of City Hall to call for leaders to declare a state of emergency regarding pedestrian and cyclist deaths in the city. This was prompted in part by the July 21 death…
First of all, it may be important to know that I don’t sell insurance, and that I have spent my entire professional life fighting for people who have been harmed by the careless conduct of others, usually against insurance companies. And, because I also ride…
Late last month, Uber announced it had fired Anthony Levandowski, a star engineer brought in to lead the Uber self-driving automobile efforts. Levandowski is accused of stealing trade secrets from his prior employer, Google and has been in the spotlight as we watch a clash…
The San Francisco Bay Area continues to be plagued by fatal traffic accidents, after a total of three deadly crashes occurred within a five hour span earlier this month. The first, a crash where at least one person died on northbound Highway 880, south of…
Uber Technologies Inc, the ride-share giant and one of the companies pioneering the self-driving car movement, has suspended its pilot program for driverless cars last month after one of their vehicles equipped with the nascent technology crashed on an Arizona roadway in late March. This self-driving car crash is chilling…
A driverless car is driving itself down the street, when a man steps into a crosswalk. The car, unable to stop itself in time, must make a quick decision. Does it hit the pedestrian, or veer off of into other vehicles, potentially harming others? This would be a terrible…
Summer means road trips with the entire family, and for some of us that also includes our four legged friends. While we are all strapped in with lap and shoulder harnesses, our beloved pets often are left hopping around the car, and greatly exposed in…
I am happy to announce that George Choulos and Claude Wyle, San Francisco bicycle lawyers, of Choulos, Choulos & Wyle, have just obtained a unanimous jury verdict in favor of an injured San Francisco bicycle rider who was struck from the rear by the passenger…
The “Hot Cop of the Castro” is in hot water after being identified as the driver in a felony hit-and-run recently. Christopher Kohrs, or the “Hot Cop” as he is known around the city, appeared in court for the first time since being charged with…
San Francisco bicycling hit a monumental milestone a couple weeks ago, when the bicycle barometer on Market Street recorded it’s one millionth trip for 2015 alone! This amazing milestone represents a massive increase in San Francisco cycling traffic when compared to the numbers even just…
