Posts by Albert Stoll

On my way to work this morning I approached the intersection of Francisco Street and Richardson Avenue (U.S. 101). The light was red so I stopped. When the light turned green I did not go. As a personal injury attorney my first though was about the people I have represented who have been badly injured…

Don’t door me: a common accident scenario is San Francisco is the driver who parallel parks and swings open their car door without checking their mirror for an oncoming bicyclist or motorcyclist. Drivers need to make sure the coast is clear befor opening their car door to exit. Drivers need to be sure there are…

San Francisco’s problem with red light runners is well documented. As a result early green traffic signals present a dangerous senario for the cautious driver. In San Francisco a green traffic signal does not mean “Go”; a green signal means look left, then right for the red light runner, then proceed with Caution. San Francisco…

On July 27, 2008 Examiner Staff Writer Will Reisman reported: “Despite money being thrown toward safety upgrades and few cars driving on streets because of the economy, (San Francisco) pedestrian deaths have remained fairly steady through the past five years.” Why? One reason taxpayer dollars are being spent without any improvement in public safety is…

Yield to Life is a non-profit organization devoted to creating a safer environment for cyclists. The organization was created by cyclist David Zabriskie. Their website has excellent safety tips for both drivers and cyclists. The most preventable or common accident scenario involving a bicycle in San Francisco is the right turning vehicle striking the cyclists…

Jonathan Curiel reported about the intersection of Francisco and Laguna Streets in the Saturday, July 11, 2009 Chronicle. His column is located at http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/11/BAPL18LUR7.DTL. The problems with this intersection are many. There are two lanes in both directions. It is uncontrolled (there is no stop sign or stop light for cars). The crosswalk at Francisco…

In the early 1990’s, the City and County of San Francisco along with its police department instituted General Order 9.02 that instructed officers of the San Francisco Police Department, that they need not investigate “non-injury” traffic collisions. The San Francisco Police Department established this policy even though the City, like every jurisdiction in this state,…

The City of San Francisco is a beautiful and unique city filed with great diversity and a storied history. But amongst its many wonderful attributes The City also holds a deadly secret. San Francisco is one of the most dangerous cities in America for pedestrians. The elderly are especially at risk. Over the last 10…