I am outraged to report that a motorcyclist, a U.S. Marine from Union City, just recently home to the San Francisco Bay Area from Afghanistan, was killed by a drunk driver. While we are all outraged at wrongful deaths and always when the fatal crash…
Beverly Hills, CA – The LAPD has confirmed that one male police officer is dead, and one female officer injured, after their involvement with an oncoming big rig this past Friday morning. The incident, which involved the big rig and the officer’s police cruiser, occurred at the intersection of Loma…
Two drivers were seriously injured earlier this month in connection with a three vehicle collision on Vallecitos Road, Livermore, north of the main entrance to Ruby Hills. The accident occurred shortly before 6:30am when the driver of a pickup truck side swiped the left rear side of a Honda civic,…
If you have been reading my posts or watching the news, you know that pedestrian injuries are occurring at epidemic rates in San Francisco. With over 1,000 pedestrian-vehicle accidents occurring in 2013 alone, something must be done. A school in the Portola district is taking…
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), an independent federal agency charged with the protection of American’s from unreasonable risk or serious injury due to consumer products, issued a recall this past Monday for a line of SRAM bicycle brakes. The SRAM Hydraulic Road Rim Brakes…
Wannabe rideshare drivers beware, if you drive for Uber or Lyft, your insurance may not cover you. Lyft, Uber, Sidecar, and the multitude of other rideshare services cropping up around San Francisco and the nation at large have attracted many drivers looking to make some extra money on…
San Francisco – The family of a six year old girl who was killed by a rideshare driver has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the rideshare company Uber. Sofia Liu, who was walking with her mother and brother at Polk and Ellis Street, was killed on…
The San Francisco Cab Drivers Association (SFCDA) is fighting back against rideshare startups, using the same technology that made them so popular. SFCDA members have been taking photographs, recording license plate numbers, and gathering information about rideshare contractors, and compiling an onl
San Francisco – A pedestrian is in critical condition after being struck by an SUV early Wednesday morning. The hit and run, which occurred just outside City Hall, serves as a grim reminder as to the state of pedestrian safety in San Francisco today. Police are still searching for the driver,…
Thinking of being a rideshare driver? Think again. Apparently, many drivers are ditching their rideshare gigs, fearing insurance backlash. Adrian Anzaldua, an ex-Lyft driver, started driving full time for the company in October, but quit in December after hearing concerns surrounding his contractor
A seven year old boy was struck Wednesday morning in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco, adding to the already impressive(horrendous) number of pedestrian accidents this year alone. The driver did stop after hitting the victim, and all reports indicate the child will be fine. This child wa
The San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and Walk SF have a vision for a safer future for San Francisco pedestrians and bicycle riders. And the San Francisco Board of Supervisors now share this vision: zero traffic deaths in ten years’ time. Vision Zero, a policy for eliminating…
