San Francisco Highway 101 Big Rig Rollover Crash Injures Two People
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October 19, 2011 - According to reports a big rig crash on the 101 Highway in San Francisco injured two people, closing lanes of the highway.
According to the California Highway Patrol the collision occurred at approximately 5:00 a.m. in the two southbound lanes of the 101 Highway in a vicinity near Highway 80.
The California Highway Patrol stated that the crash involved the big rig and two other vehicles, causing the big rig to rollover and burst into flames.
Authorities are unclear what lead to the motor vehicle collision and it remains under investigation. The driver of the big rig and the driver of another vehicle involved were injured in the crash. The extent of their injuries are unknown, by the California Highway Patrol.
The collision caused the southbound lanes of the 101 Highway to be closed, as well as several on-ramps to the highway, until approximately 11:30 a.m.
The car accident lawyer at Ehline Law Firm PC will be following the story and will be discussing issues of liability, damages and recovery in future editions at 50 Francisco Street, Suite 460 San Francisco, CA 94133 USA +1.415.684.7688.
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San Francisco Highway 101 Big Rig Rollover Crash Injures Two People
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October 19, 2011 - According to reports a big rig crash on the 101 Highway in San Francisco injured two people, closing lanes of the highway.
According to the California Highway Patrol the collision occurred at approximately 5:00 a.m. in the two southbound lanes of the 101 Highway in a vicinity near Highway 80.
The California Highway Patrol stated that the crash involved the big rig and two other vehicles, causing the big rig to rollover and burst into flames.
Authorities are unclear what lead to the motor vehicle collision and it remains under investigation. The driver of the big rig and the driver of another vehicle involved were injured in the crash. The extent of their injuries are unknown, by the California Highway Patrol.
The collision caused the southbound lanes of the 101 Highway to be closed, as well as several on-ramps to the highway, until approximately 11:30 a.m.
The car accident lawyer at Ehline Law Firm PC will be following the story and will be discussing issues of liability, damages and recovery in future editions at 50 Francisco Street, Suite 460 San Francisco, CA 94133 USA +1.415.684.7688.
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San Francisco cyclist’s arm crushed in collision with Muni bus
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Posted on Thursday, September 22nd, 2011 Even in areas where drivers know to expect bicyclists, unexpected dangers can rear up at any moment. This was the case for Nob Hill resident Laila Brenner, who was cycling home from work when a double-parked car forced her to change lanes. The adjustment caused her to contact an 8X-Bayshore Express bus traveling in the same direction. After falling to the ground, Brenner’s arm was crushed by the back wheel of the bus, which then continued its route without stopping.
The traumatic incident, which occurred by the intersection of Columbus Avenue and Broadway in North Beach, is under investigation; Muni official Paul Rose said that the footage taken at a nearby club is inconclusive.
Regardless of the cause of the accident—whether the illegally parked car or negligence on the part of the bus driver or cyclist—the event raises serious questions about the driver’s reaction. Rose did offer that an operator may not feel such a collision if it involved only the second half of an articulating bus.
Though police are still trying to determine whether Brenner, whose arm was so badly crushed that doctors had to wait days before addressing the multiple fractures, changed lanes illegally and why the bus operator failed to stop, the story is yet another ugly incident for the Muni system. Only last month, a woman was killed crossing the street in San Francisco’s Castro district.
Brenner’s attorney said that he plans to bring a civil case against the city. If earlier cases are any indication, the city could end up paying upwards of $6 million to settle the Brenner case.
The relationship between San Francisco’s cyclists and Muni operators continues to be an troubled one. Executive Director Leah Shahum of the San Francisco Bike Coalition said she is unsatisfied with how Muni has trained its operators to deal with the city’s growing number of cyclists. “We haven’t seen much improvement in the way of operators in a long time,” said Shahum.
The problem certainly isn’t going away. There is growing movement from legislative bodies to encourage more Bay Area workers to commute on their bikes. So far, it seems the only thing that the Muni system has done to account for the extra cyclists is devote large sums of money to accident victims. In the last five years, Muni has paid more than $91 million in injury claims and settlements.
It’s unclear exactly how much can Muni operator training compensate for the inherent vulnerability of city cyclists navigating automobile and pedestrian traffic. Bike lanes and bike-only areas remain the surest way to avoid these unfortunate incidents. But clearly, reserving massive amounts of money ($22 million this year) for injury settlements instead of investing in more effective operator training is a choice that is both costly and dangerous.
San Francisco cyclists celebrate Golden Gate Bridge-cycle path
Posted on Wednesday, 7 September 2011
When construction crews lanes for cyclists and pedestrians limited to San Francisco's famous Golden Gate Bridge last month, representatives of the bridge 6,000 monthly cycling and 10,000 monthly walking safety concerns. Fortunately Bridge responds representatives, by creating new temporary lanes, and triggered despite disputes between pedestrians and cyclists, no one was hurt. And to the delight of the San Francisco cyclist, cycling this weekend are back in full force.
Of course this message is especially pedestrians not bright for all lovers of the Bay Street. During the bridge, Western bike trail opened importance will includes the Eastern sidewalk, pedestrians not in a position, the bridge for months. "Visitor probably a little bit confused East with the partial closure of the sidewalk, as they realize that they may be not quite over the range", said bridge spokeswoman Mary Currie.
This is the latest phase of the project 661 million seismic retrofit to ensure, that the Golden Gate Bridge can survive an 8.3 earthquake. The majority of the bridge is ten feet wide, but it is so slender as 5.5 meters, which explains why just a sidewalk can share cyclists and pedestrians while the other is updated.
The retrofit of the project planned completion is 2016, but is a good sign, the Western sidewalk a month early that they a little bit about the process, or at least not too far behind are. In the meantime continue the iconic enjoy San Francisco cyclist. When should next to stop, so that pedestrians once again Golden Bridge can be sure gate about the construction on the Eastern sidewalk.
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Are San Francisco police officers on cyclists?
Posted on Wednesday, 24 August 2011
In past we have California unbalanced bike laws, written, which all too often cyclists more than motorists, which after motorcycle accidents responsible. Last year reported bicycle times magazine also of fatal motorcycle accidents, police rather blame cyclists as drivers for the accidents. And with new data from the San Francisco Police Department indicates that on cyclists, especially in the market could be Street, the main artery of the city.
San Francisco disturbing increase in the number of pedestrian and bicycle accidents reduce, the SFPD has implemented a safety campaign traffic. This is a promising campaign, and I hope that it reaches to save the declared aims of cutting down on dangerous traffic conditions and life. But StreetsBlog reports that the view on the quotations of the SFPD has so far issued, it may be placing on the market of disproportionate blame cyclists for past collisions. While increased enforcement in market Street last week, for example, the SFPD issued 83 citations, especially for cyclists and no motorists.
Vehicle driver not cards have been dealt, "for the driver actually traffic rules out there were that of the officers at the time, on this day", said spokesman Albie Esparza SFPD. San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr offer not much more clarity. "It is only the vehicle code violations, in General." Actually, it said to the pedestrians, "he."If everyone is a bit mad at me, but it is more secure, then that's fine. "It is in fact, that her hand is thrown up on is called."
San Francisco experienced already 8 tragic accidents this year pedestrian and cyclists are every day in danger, because they are protected frame of the same metal and glass, to enjoy the vehicle driver. Reports from 2005 to 2009 there were more than 2,200 bike accidents in San Francisco alone, the Bay of the citizen bike accident Tracker. And a look on death traffic statistics California cyclists, pedestrians and motorcyclists are particularly vulnerable to dangerous streets in San Francisco.
So while those who use the streets, pedestrians and cyclists alike, must do more, make up the road to ensure safety, the city should not be unnecessary legal cyclists traffic injuries across the Board for pressure.
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San Francisco Muni bus accident underscores dangerous left turns
Posted on Thursday, 25 August 2011
We have written much about the tragic result of San Francisco bus accidents on this blog. Muni bus fatal in the past accidents settlements have cost the city millions lawsuit, and far too many San Francisco have claimed mainly the life-based. Over the weekend, new urbanites Emily Dunn was defeated and killed by a Muni bus in the city of Castro. The police report pointed out that Dunn was hit 95% in the crosswalk of a Muni bus makes a left turn, an action that is called often as unsafe.
Earlier this year Muni agreed a record settlement of $5,36 million of the family by David Wheeler, a racing cyclist, who was killed at a Muni in nearby ocean beach. According to the documents, in the San Francisco Superior Court of the Muni drop operator Roy Timmons failed to stop, before you are links and took an unusually tight RADIUS. The description of this accident is equivalent to Dunn's collision over the weekend.
The bus has plagued by an unusually large number accidents that round left by dangerous Portland, Oregon. Last year, the Oregonian, reported that although links train accidents were "alarming", the city refused, a "no links"-policy. And last December, a group of five Portland residents launched a $30 million lawsuit against Portland TriMet bus system, after a bus to the left in a busy street, with two people killed and three more. The accident said plaintiffs called the TriMet "a culture within the TriMet safe and defensive driving as the top place and approved priority priority."
San Francisco should learn from the tragedy last weekend and implement measures to reduce the links rounds on all Muni vehicles dangerous. If successfully completed, would reduce the links switches save the city in legal costs and more important is a bundle, save promising San Francisco-based.
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San Francisco hit-run accident victim Ryan White condition improve
Posted on Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
To see the Phillies play is one of the Giants now have the story of 9-year-old Ryan White probably, Philadelphia tourist visit San Francisco. After the game, white was hit by an alleged drunk driver in San Francisco. White suffered injuries of bone with its pool, left leg and ankle, as well as internal injuries and a serious brain condition. But it looks like white has turned a corner after this tragic car accident. Doctors from critical to serious condition be downgraded Tuesday morning White's first spoken words, since the accident.
"Currently he some basic commands, next is," said White's parents. "We are confident as he continues to improve." "He has gone in a few days of the us give a thumb upwards or downwards thumb response speak in sentences for the first time this morning."
The alleged drunk driver 21 year-old Andrew Alan Vargas, immediately the scene escaped after the collision with white, only to again in the scene and start driving again, the police report. As Vargas bog away, beating several other cars on the road parked. He has to go with two counts of drunk and causing injuries and an unprovoked hit - and -run and caused injuries was charged.
This accident and similar accidents that happen every day show the urgent need to California to pass stricter laws against DUI offenders, but also to prevent future drunk driving accidents and injuries. Every year, more than 1,000 vehicle California mourns alcohol-related deaths, a full 30 percent of all accident deaths. While some States, such as Oregon, New York, and many others require ignition interlock devices that prevent the car from starting, if the driver is intoxicated, California test just such a program in four counties. Ignition interlock programs expand could seriously reduce the number of alcohol-related car accident deaths here in California.
Like most of the residents of San Francisco, my thoughts with Ryan White and his parents are how they manage this tragic injury. "We are deeply touched was were Doul that are further enhanced by the outpouring of support from people who we don't even know, residents and merchants, such as such as Lefty" said White's parents in a statement. "Thank you very much."
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San Francisco bike accident death ignites helmet debate
Posted on Tuesday, July 26th, 2011Nancy HO, last week by a truck at the corner of Fremont and mission killed. Da Ho wore no helmet, re-ignited widely motorcycle accident reported a battle helmet requirements in the middle of a deep divide between safety advocates and the many in the cycling community. Not yet a mandate helmet requirement, and the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition and the Bicycle Coalition of California have not announced their positions to the bicycle helmet laws California. But in the face of the HOS's fatal motorcycle accident last week, others are the discussion in full force.
This argument is exactly the motorcycle helmet debate in question here in California. A page links to reports that helmets reduce head injuries and life save, while the other side argues that the statistics the importance of the helmets, and also, that over-state want what not to do it is to be said. Advocates of a national helmet law point to studies that show that Bike Helmets a serious motorcycle accident to 65 per cent can be reduced the chances of death after. But critics, including many in San Francisco Bicycle community, such a law say it could reduce dangerous to make the number of cyclists on the street and city.
Note that "helmets are padding;" You are not armor "California public health consultant Peter Jacobsen, says a statewide helmet law will make the streets for cyclists less secure.", Under similar legislation in Australia and New Zealand, such as bicycle passenger numbers deleted 33 per cent, a major decline considering that many analysts are agreed that improve bicycle safety, if there are more cyclists on the streets.
Randy Swart, Director of the Bicycle Helmet Safety Institute acknowledges that a helmet law could carry unintended circumstances as the cyclists subliminal reasons, take more risks. But, he adds, used a similar argument against a proposed seatbelt law was later proved wrong. And you they take a step further, too drunk driving laws. No one would argue that driving sober is a false sense of security driver and driver leads to take more risks behind the wheel. Cyclists and both drivers are not likely their lives in danger simply because they are more protected by a safety belt or helmet.
A bike helmet survey, this year, we have found that regular cyclists universal bicycle helmet law are divided on the perceived benefits of California. But there is a point that almost everyone could agree on: children under 18 therefore obliged should wear helmets. California requires mandatory helmet for cyclists under 17 already, so that this unscientific statistics will have a significant impact not on a national law for all ages. But it indicates that at the end of the day, the most cyclists know that cycling can be dangerous if the security risk not being taken seriously.
So whether California decides to implement a helmet law for all age groups, reduce the risk of head injury sustained in a bicycle accident by a helmet every time when to get on the bike commute to work, ride to the House of a friend or go to get some exercise.
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List of fatal San Francisco pedestrian accidents - 2011
Posted on Monday, July 25th, 2011The thought killed, when a pedestrian in San Francisco is frightening. Pedestrian fatal accidents happen all too often in the Bay area, especially when you consider that recently the second most walkable city from the site walk San Francisco named score. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to guarantee the safety of pedestrians in a busy city like San Francisco. Organisations such as WalkSF have been incredible on raising awareness on the safety of pedestrians programmes and lobbying the city to improve heavy.
But fatal accidents remain in San Francisco, which already 8 pedestrian mourned this year has too often. These accidents receive not strange, often the media attention that they deserve. Below the 2011 San Francisco is to a complete list of pedestrian accidents with links further details of the accident and the victim.
January 27: Norman Daly, 75-year-old pedestrian, was taken on the corner of Lincoln Road and 26 Avenue by a motorcyclist. Daly died on 23 February.March 14: 87-year-old Aurora Venida and seriously wounded in the corner of Geary Boulevard and Arguello to. She died in hospital two days later.March 18: San Francisco-based Lourdes Richman was hit and killed by a truck at the corner of the second and Townsend in the vicinity of AT & T Park.March 19: Weather was called in only a week likely factor in this pedestrian accident on the corner of 8th and market, the third deadly collision.May 6: 61-year-old James Hudson and killed while crossing the Masonic Avenue and Turk Boulevard in a hit-and-run accident on. San Francisco later arrested Cadet José Jiménez Sheriffs and accused of the hit-and-run.May 25: 22-year-old pedestrian Marina was killed in Lombard and Pierce roads in the district at 1:20 am. Police immediately excluded alcohol as a potential factor.June 18: A 40 - year-old pedestrian was in a hit-and-run accident on the 18th and Mission Street in the Mission District seriously injured. The victim's injuries proved fatal hours later.July 12: A pedestrian was 19 Ave near the ramp for Interstate Highway 280 killed at 3 o'clock. This remained vamp for hours, closed, as police investigated the accident.The tragic reality is that many of these pedestrian deaths could have been avoided. Fortunately, the city of San Francisco to make safer steps of streets for pedestrians and cyclists takes. Soon after the May 6 accident approved the SFMTA, for example, the 20 million US dollar-Boulevard-plan for Masonic Avenue, by the Masonic Avenue Street redesign study Avenue narrower was proposed to reduce vehicle speeds and Freemason. But to make the roads safer, to the SFMTA programs, keep in mind that walkers and cyclists are never safe from danger on the streets of the city. Of course, that doesn't mean that you should avoid, the city of foot and/or enjoy bike. Just to be sure, you take precautions streets during the crossing, and make sure you obey all traffic signs and you should be fine.
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What expect the San Francisco of car after an accident
What should expect the San Francisco of car after an accident has been weeks of healing as they violated, immediate medical care, ongoing medical care, possible treatment and rehabilitation. These are all things that should expect after a car accident, together with the insurance company drivers that try the injured motor-vehicle traffic, an auto collision claim rules caused the accident.
These include a small compensation settlement offers the injured victims. The insurance company that is paid each month will pay like but everything, not to claim your payments to get in an accident.
The car collision victim that was hurt and not blame the collision can suffer injuries, which include traumatic head injuries, broken bones, neck injuries, internal injuries, cuts and wounds that need medical care and time to heal. The injured victim may not work, and this can stressful, together with the healing of injuries.
The insurance company is one of this in the hope that the injured victim accepts a small settlement, which helps cover invoices immediately and will in the accident of audit process. There is a difference if the injured victim is represented by a San Francisco car accident lawyer, because this lawyer knows all of the insurance company tricks and for which handles injured victims and again is a much larger settlement which is fair.
This is important, because the injured victim is mounting medical bills, and they also have time, that they work, while the wounds heal, in some cases, which never heal the injuries from a car collision. That car accident lawyer can use their experience in the development of title and recovery will be compensation, the fair of the injured victims, in particular, if the injury of disability will be.
What should expect the San Francisco of car after an accident is that the experienced car accident lawyer is able to make a big difference in the amount of compensation that they will recover. The injured victim go against the insurance company alone get no fair rules, get experience, the resources and the ability to handle the insurance company, which ensures a fair settlement to the injured victims lawyers. Ehline law firm PC is at 50 Francisco Street, Suite 460, San Francisco, CA 94133 (415) 684 7688 hard fight.
San Francisco wrongful death lawsuit brings record Muni settlement
Posted on Tuesday, June 28th, 2011A number of high-profile on multi million dollar settlements against the San Francisco municipal agency's transport, that the city millions in the long run by we would save us means to improve road safety for cyclists and pedestrians. This item was last week a record Muni settlement of $ 5.36 million for a 2008 Muni accident underscores, killed the cyclists David Wheeler in nearby ocean beach in San Francisco.
Wheeler died in November 2008 as Muni bus operator of Roy Timmons to stop neglected before links, according to documents in San Francisco Superior Court filed, and reported by the San Francisco Examiner. Service of judicial documents also show that Timmons was able to use its indicators, accelerated, and used a very tight turning radius, all factors, to the deadly motorcycle accident led.
Due to the shockingly high number of bicycle and pedestrian city MTA accidents in San Francisco took a massive insurance for accident settlements in the area of $ 5 million to 25 million in 2009. But since this accident occurred before new insurance policy came into force, come the 5.36 million US-dollar settlement of Muni 2011-2012 of draft operating budget, which already contains a predicted 22 million US-dollar deficit. This is only further evidence that although households throughout California are low, cities could save millions if it means towards road safety initiatives would put to prevent serious pedestrian and motorcycle accidents.
Here is a list of the most expensive Muni wrongful death lawsuits accident since 1995 by the San Francisco Examiner:
Humberto and Lopez Dominguez: 21 million$, 2 / 2003David Wheeler: $ 5.36 million, 11 / 2008Gavin Lum: $4.25 million, 11 / 2003Emily Jean Landsverk: $4 million, 12/1996,grace and j.c. Criswell: $3.35 million, 10 / 1999Peter Jones: $ 3.26 million, 8 / 1995Dewey Kim: $ 3.25 million, 11 / 2007,Janice and Wayne Racek: $ 3.15 million, 4 / 1998Danielle Pérez: 3 Million dollars, 10 / 2004More than anything else, they should remind pedestrians and cyclists to stay safe on roads to San Francisco the city tragic fatal accidents. But while city residents with safer roads would be served, it is clear that the city budget also would benefit security investments, the future multi-million would reduce dollar wrongful death lawsuits.
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San Francisco senior citizens goal pedestrian accidents with DeathRace 2011
Posted on Wednesday, June 15th, 2011
We have written safety for older drivers, after the loss of vision, motor skills or intellectual capacity, much about the car. But a current Los Angeles Times report should be noted that senior citizens are also at risk of road accidents outside their car. Last month "Dangerous by design" study of fatalities from 2000 to 2009 included seniors in fact a disproportionate 22 per cent of the pedestrian deaths, at the same time to 13% of the population. This morning, a group of San Francisco senior citizens, accidents pedestrian area bring with the attention to senior planning a road safety event named "Deathrace 2011."
DeathRace will take place at 10: 30 today morning at the corner of third and Yosemite Street in San Francisco Bayview neighborhood. Senior action network chose this location, because it's popular senior centers in the vicinity of the city and for acceleration drivers and dangerous pedestrian Strip is known. The protest has perfect timing. Last month, for example, more than 50 senior citizens were in a pedestrian accident injured, and 16 hospitalized or were killed. In the last decade, deaths in San Francisco (2.9) mourned San Francisco senior citizens of a death rate of 8.1 seniors per 100,000, almost three times the national average for seniors (2.92) and overall pedestrian zone.
Dangerous by design fingered San Francisco, as the country of 4th dangerous at pedestrian deaths. And San Francisco, California counts as the dangerous.
"Roads are no longer primarily for traffic as quickly as possible, transition" Noah Budnick said, Deputy Director of the New York-based transport alternatives. "Our roads are, where we live in this city, and walking is the primary mode of how people deal." "But older people have just not enough time to cross the road." The same applies here in San Francisco, and DeathRace plans to stress that officials should plan the streets of the city of safety for all ages.
We have seen far to many San Francisco deaths pedestrian zone in the first months of the year 2011. I hope that the senior attention urgently needed action network DeathRace 2011 reducing pedestrian deaths for all ages including seniors will bring.
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UPDATE: Here, the Bay of the citizen is report after the yesterday's Deathrace. Lead with this video:
San Francisco senior citizens goal pedestrian accidents with DeathRace 2011
Posted on Wednesday, June 15th, 2011We have written security for senior drivers, after the loss of vision, motor skills or intellectual capacity, much about car. But a current Los Angeles Times report should be noted that senior citizens are also at risk of road accidents outside their car. In fact of the last month of "Dangerous by design" study of fatalities from 2000 to 2009, seniors included a disproportionate 22 per cent of the pedestrian deaths, at the same time to 13% of the population. This morning, a group of San Francisco senior citizens, accidents bring along pedestrian attention to senior planning a road safety event with the aptly named "Deathrace 2011."
DeathRace will be at the corner of third and Yosemite at 10: 30 today morning in San Francisco's Bayview neighborhood streets. Senior action network chose this location because it is known driver and dangerous crosswalks in popular close to the city senior centers and for acceleration. The protest has perfect timing. Last month, for example, more than 50 senior citizens were in a pedestrian accident injured, and 16 hospitalized or were killed. In the last decade mourned San Francisco senior citizens of a death rate of 8.1 seniors per 100,000, almost three times the national average for seniors (2.92) and overall pedestrian deaths in San Francisco (2.9).
Dangerous by design fingers San Francisco as the country of 4th dangerous to pedestrian deaths. And San Francisco, California as it is dangerous.
"Roads are no longer primarily for traffic as quickly as possible, transition" Noah Budnick said, Deputy Director of the New York-based transport alternatives. "Our streets are, where we live in this city, and on foot, the primary is what people do." "But older people simply not enough time to cross the street." The same applies here in San Francisco, and DeathRace plans, they emphasize that civil servants should plan streets for the safety of the pedestrians of all ages.
We have seen far to many San Francisco deaths pedestrian zone in the first months of the year 2011. I hope the senior action network DeathRace 2011 urgently needed attention reducing pedestrian deaths for all ages including seniors will bring.
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UPDATE: Here, the Bay of the citizen is report after the yesterday's Deathrace. Lead with this video:
DriveCam technology reduces San Francisco Muni bus accidents
Posted on Wednesday, June 8th, 2011It is always fun to write about good news related to road safety in San Francisco. That joy comes this week, as the San Francisco municipal transportation agency reported that Muni bus accidents in the year 2010, dropped 50 percent below the previous year. The improvement is attributed to a new camera installed in all Muni buses in November 2009, the cause of the Muni accidents, and monitor to capture dangerous ride Muni operators. The 50 percent reduction in the bus accident is a note that the DriveCam positive road safety will have a serious on San Francisco.
Interesting on the statistics is that inevitably bus a whopping 57 percent below 2009 figures, accidents dropped much impressive decline than the 33 percent reduction in avoidable accident. This indicates that another factor - in addition to the DriveCam - bus and pedestrian safety in the entire San Francisco must have contributed to an overall increase in. While a significant improvement of 964 in 2009, always far more is it than would be ideal is 483 Muni accidents in the year 2010, and I would like to even delete the numbers you see more in 2011.
"DriveCam works also as a training tool and disciplinary measure," said Director Reginald Mason SFMuni of the security and safety. "The operators are aware for the camera of their actions, and they remain better training, on the basis of the information we have collected from past accidents." "If the operator, to watch them having big brother know, makes it they would like to do the right thing."
It is an odd 1984 reference. And I hope that will San Francisco Muni operators already out of their way to drive safely. But it sounds like the DriveCam Ernst forward is, reduce the number of the San Francisco Muni accidents, so I'll stop by Mason's choice of words. Reduction of the Muni accidents at work has a double advantage: saving lives and saving the city a bunch of pedestrian accident claims to avoid.
So Kudos to the San Francisco MTA for this great plan, which already has been roads to improve safety in San Francisco!
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San Francisco wrongful death lawsuit for bus accident
Posted on Thursday, May 26, 2011
We wrote that yesterday about the new "dangerous by design" report by transportation for America, that pedestrian accident found, represent the deaths of 51 percent of all San Francisco road deaths, more than four times the national average. The husband of the victim of an accident 2010 Mission Street bus was an action wrongful death Monday against San Francisco Muni, say, that the driver a 14 mission was a candy bar unpacking bus if they failed to cross the road of 49-year-old Scott Whitsett you under. When the operator, Kimberly Faye Johnson, Whitsett saw them beat to allegedly the accelerator instead of the brake accidentally have led to the conflict. This incident marked the latest in a series of serious injuries and wrongful death lawsuits, which show a clear, to improve the road need security for San Francisco.
This action is particularly worrying for Muni, since San Francisco has the duty to protect of its citizens from avoidable accidents Government vehicles but some current high-profile failure stand. Earlier this year agreed the agency such as a personal injury lawsuit a pedestrian injured by the cable car deal Powell-Mason line 2008 for $2 million. These high costs indicating that use it in everyone's is the reduction of accidents on city streets, including Muni, pedestrians and taxpayer - San Francisco.
Earlier this month, the San Francisco municipal transportation agency approved a $20 million street redesign to slowly city traffic speeds and Masonic Avenue reduce accidents. Although this is an encouraging step, the SFMTA should press for similar measures at other high speed to implement high-traffic arterial roads throughout California. Just yesterday, for example, a pedestrian was hard in a marina district injured pedestrian accident on Pierce and Lombard Street.
Until San Francisco transport agencies important steps to reduce avoidable bus accidents and implemented stronger measures to reduce the speeds on arterial roads take, should pedestrian streets continue to extra precautions when crossing or wait for buses in high-traffic areas take.
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San Francisco pedestrian accident violation underlines the urgent need for street safety
Posted on Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
This morning, Wednesday May 25, pedestrians and killed by a vehicle at the corner of Pierce and Lombard Street in San Francisco's Marina district. San Francisco Police Department spokesman Lt. Troy Dangerfield saw the 30-year-old driver, not the pedestrian before the collision place found, but was not shown, driving under the influence of alcohol. This tragic death follows a string of pedestrian accidents to Masonic Avenue, which led to the improvement of pedestrian safety along this road plan $20 million, and stressed the need for additional pedestrian safety plans in San Francisco.
A new report by transportation for America, a coalition of the planning and transit groups, found that pedestrian accidents more than four times the national average include more than 50 percent of the entire San of Francisco's people killed,. That's terrible record, and the city of San Francisco serious steps should to make roads safer. "The report points out that in San Francisco, as in the entire County, arterial roads are deadly, kills speed and relatively low investments in the pedestrian zone make improvements on our roads neighborhoods in our city of safer, more pleasant places to walk" said Elizabeth Stampe, executive Director of the pedestrian safety organization WalkSF.
Part of the problem is San Francisco's high number of wide streets, which easily brings exceeding speed limits, drivers often pedestrians at risk makes sense. Implementation of plans such as Masonic Avenue Boulevard plan to reduce speeds in the city also their price value would be if it pedestrian accidents like the one this morning in the Lombard and Pierce streets in the Marina reduced.
Visit the report "Dangerous by design" for details about San Francisco pedestrian accidents and road safety statistics nationwide.
UPDATE: The San Francisco Police Department announced that the victims of this morning in the Marina district hard not killed than initially reported injured in accident pedestrians.
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To examine San Francisco MTA Masonic Avenue pedestrian accidents
Posted on Thursday, may 12, 2011
Late last week, was injured by a drunk driver to Masonic Avenue and Turk Street 61-year-old James Hudson, San Francisco, deadly. The suspect, San Francisco County Sheriff's Department Cadet José Jiménez, was arrested on charges of astronaut homicide, influence, and the attempt to flee the scene drive under the. The pedestrian accident marked a worrying trend that Masonic Avenue is dangerous and the city must contain steps to improving pedestrian safety show. The San Francisco municipal transportation agency meeting on Friday discuss a popular $20 million plan to make safer Masonic Avenue.
The behavior of the driver on the Masonic Avenue in the last year to two pedestrians dead and many more injured contributed. In August last year, Yannick was killed by a drunk driver, 22-year-old tourist Nils left in a bicycle accident on Freemasons and Turk. And even since last Friday fatal accident pedestrians, Masonic Avenue finds instead two traffic accidents. Tuesday morning a driver ran a red light on the Masonic and Hayes, accident, causing both drivers with minor injuries. And on Saturday May 7, a driver ran a red light and a motorcycle accident at 60 miles per hour. As an eye-witness bike Europe said "The motorcycle ran directly into the side of the car, and flew over 15 metres into the air." His shoe actually flew, and all about the intersection, landed right by me. The bike only exploded, amounted to a total. "
One of the problems is Masonic Avenue width that feel driver makes easily from more than 25 miles per hour speed limit and treating the city street as a highway. On Friday, the San Francisco MTA discuss the 20 million dollar Boulevard plan, developed with the help of safety organizations and neighborhood residents, to the reduce speeds and Masonic Avenue is narrower. Visit the SFMTA Masonic Avenue Street redesign study [PDF] for more information about the Boulevard plan.
San Francisco has undertaken to address increasing pedestrian accidents for years, but progress has been slow. "We are very frustrated with the progress in the Masonic Avenue," said North of Panhandle Neighborhood Association President Jarie Bolander. "It just seems certain not to the focus of the city on the things for pedestrians on Freemasons."This is why people were so the Boulevard plan to support neighborhood. Officials of the city including police captain Dennis O'Leary, city Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, District 1 supervisor Eric Mar and district 5 supervisor Ross Mirkarimi, have approved the Boulevard plan for Masonic Avenue.
Calling of Masonic "tragically unsafe", Elizabeth wrote Stampe, executive Director of the pedestrian safety organization WalkSF a passionate letter to the SFMTA to support the proposal of the Boulevard. "In our city, 100 people seriously injured or killed each year," she wrote. "One of the most powerful things we can do, to change this is to reduce traffic speeds on our arterial roads such as Freemason." "This wide fast roads are where the worst crashes occur and where we have the greatest potential to save lives."
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Bike to work day events in San Francisco, East Bay, San Jose & Contra Costa County
Posted on Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
May is month, national bike which means that the bike advocates and legislators throughout California are efforts to increase bike passenger numbers and strengthen improving bicycle safety. Thursday 12 may one of the most famous events are bike to work day and cities across the State in the month, gearing up for it with big events that friendly and companies encourage road bike to promote cycling. We have a list of bike to work events in San Francisco, the East Bay, San Jose and Contra Costa County collected. Take a look and let us we know you, what in the comments section or missed on our Facebook page.
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San Francisco pedestrian accident death proves need for Masonic Avenue security plan
Posted on Tuesday, may 10th, 2011
Last Friday, 61-year-old James Hudson was by a drunk driver during San Francisco's Masonic cross Avenue, one of the city killed busiest and most dangerous arteries. The suspect, 23-year-old José Jiménez who drove 25 mph, more than 50 miles per hour in a zone is expected, that this week with astronaut homicide and driving under the influence of alcohol are charged. Masonic Avenue is one of San Francisco's most notorious pedestrian accident hot spots, and last week death indicates the city obligation, to take important steps to make safer to reduce future deaths.
Hudson's death marked the second Masonic Avenue death in less than a year. Last August, 22-year-old Nils Yannick left a bicycle accident on Freemasons and Turk from another drunken driver died. Left tragic death of the urgent need, San Francisco has become a symbol safer streets. In addition to pedestrian accident deaths is Masonic Avenue responsible for many other accident injuries. Last month, 30 miles per hour was of a car, for example, a young Jogger go blue. The accident sent her through the air and fly in the hospital with a broken leg. SFWeekly rode a tandem bicycle with his daughter reporter Matt Smith when he was taken almost in the same accident.
San Francisco is often praised as a pedestrian friendly city. But a number of high traffic such as Masonic Avenue, Geary Boulevard and Van Ness Avenue have suspended as incredibly dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists. "The acceleration on Masonic is out of control," said UCSF nurse Annika Ehrlich. "This is a neighborhood with families and children, but drivers handle such as a highway."
The San Francisco municipal transportation agency has planned a whole city pedestrian safety plan, with improvements for Masonic Avenue, for months. And on Friday, the Agency should take to details to improve security, to discuss habitability and transport. Design, was a proposed plan, the $20 million "Boulevard" by an eclectic group of city agencies, citizens and community organizations developed.
The Boulevard plan would certainly improve safety on San Francisco's Masonic Avenue. But improved security measures must be accompanied by a promise under city drivers to drive more slowly and remain aware of pedestrians and cyclists.
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