Transportation

Road users and those riding public transit or other forms of travel can face serious risk. Our Transportation section focuses on bicycle, motorcycle, car, and pedestrian accidents, crash statistics, regulatory change, vehicle defects, and wrongful-death outcomes—providing practical guidance before and after an accident.

Marin County Lawsuit For Dangerous Bicycle Hubs Spurs Consumer Protection Legislation

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 chil

By Claude Wyle

/ 25 Jul 2007

Underage Drinking Linked to Fatal Auto Accident

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 coupl

By Claude Wyle

/ 24 Jul 2007

Passenger Killed; Distracted Driver Hits Tomato Truck

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 slowin

By Claude Wyle

/ 20 Jul 2007

Hit-and-Run Survivor Suffers Serious Head Injury: Witness Used Cell Phone To Help Police

A negligent driver struck a pedestrian in a crosswalk at Amador Valley Boulevard and Regional Street in Dublin, California Last Sunday night. The pedestrian was rushed to the local emergency room because of life-threatening head injuries. The pedestrian survived, but required 12 staples on his head.

By Claude Wyle

/ 19 Jul 2007

Justice Served for Injured Marin Bicyclist

A Marin jury recently found the driver of a Golden Gate Transit bus guilty on charges prompted by an accident that occurred on February 5, 2006. The driver allegedly attempted to run the cyclist off the road in retaliation for tapping on the bus and then intentionally striking the rider at a bus sto

By Claude Wyle

/ 18 Jul 2007

Wife Kills Husband in Tragic Auto Accident

An elderly woman accidently backed over her husband, then dragged him to his death in a tragic auto accident that occurred in San Francisco’s Chinatown district on Saturday night. This pedestrian accident occurred in the driveway of the couple’s Chinatown home, at Mason and Washington Streets. The v

By Claude Wyle

/ 17 Jul 2007

Pedestrian Struck in Berkeley Accident Dies

According to the Alameda County Coroner, a Livermore California man who was struck last month by a woman motorist while crossing Telegraph Avenue near Blake Street and thrown 45 feet, sustained serious head injuries, died last Thursday. The negligent driver was arrested on suspicion of driving while

By Claude Wyle

/ 11 Jul 2007

Marin Truck Accident Kills Innocent Goats!

Truck accidents can be just as deadly to animals as people. On July 8, 2007, a truck carrying approximately 400 goats overturned in San Rafael, California, when the truck driver attempted to make a sharp turn. Fearing a secondary auto accident, the CHP refused to free the goats from the trailer. Una

By Claude Wyle

/ 10 Jul 2007

San Francisco Driver Kills Pedestrian

The careless driving of a 77-year-old San Francisco automobile driver caused the death of a woman pedestrian on Sunday, July 1, 2007. This pedestrian death occurred at the intersection of San Fernando Way and Sullivan Avenue in Daly City, California when the driver passed a truck which had actually

By Claude Wyle

/ 6 Jul 2007

Catastrophic Highway Accident Linked to Shoddy Scaffolding

Three people suffered serious injuries early yesterday morning when scaffolding on a highway onramp near Chico, California collapsed. Miraculously, no fatalities occurred when thirty-six tons of steel crashed on top of the vehicles underneath. Three survivors suffered serious injuries, including mul

By Claude Wyle

/ 1 Jul 2007

After An Automobile Accident: Seven Deadly Sins

You’ve been in an automobile or motorcycle or bicycle accident and you were injured. Now what do you do? Call a personal injury attorney right away. The advice you receive may save your claim. If you delay, you may make mistakes that will permanently prejudice your claim and prevent you from getting

By Claude Wyle

/ 13 Mar 2007

Bicycle vs Truck Crash: Is The City At Fault For a Dangerous Intersection?

The San Francisco bicycling community has been in an uproar since the latest truck bicycle crash which happened last Monday, in which a young woman was struck by a truck while riding her bicycle at the intersection of Octavia and Market Streets in San Francisco. The driver of the commercial truck wa

By Claude Wyle

/ 6 Feb 2007