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Yield to Pedestrians for the Record
Pedestrian safety is a serious issue in California. One statistic from the California Department of Motor Vehicles provides that “Pedestrian deaths occur in seventeen percent of all traffic fatalities.” But what is a pedestrian? According to the current California Driver Handbook Laws and Rules of the Road, “A pedestrian is a person on foot or…
Read MoreSF The Most Unsafe City In California for Pedestrians?
Some Statistics that SF Pedestrians should be aware of: 1. According to the Census Bureau, 2007 American Community Survey; California Office of Traffic Safety, San Francisco led the state with 107 pedestrian-vehicle collisions per 100,000 residents. This amounted to 822 pedestrian-vehicle collisions per 764,976 total residents. By comparison, Los Angeles had 2,906 pedestrian-vehicle collisions per…
Read MoreAnd The Most Dangerous Intersection In San Francisco For Pedestrians Is….?
The San Francisco MTA reports that the Tenderloin or 6th Street corridor from Market to Howard street has the highest number of injured pedestrians in San Francisco. The intersections of 6th Street / Market Street and Golden Gate / Taylor accounted for eleven reported pedestrian injury collisions in the 2006 to 2008 time period. These…
Read MoreSan Francisco Safe or Unsafe for Pedestrians?
The “City of San Francisco 2009 Pedestrian Court Report” at http://128.121.89.101/cms/rhomepd/documents/2009PedestrianCountReport4_16_10.pdf ..acknowledges the fact that “San Francisco is ranked by the state Office of Traffic Safety as the County having the highest total rates of fatalities and injuries to pedestrians by both vehicle miles and by population, especially for those over 65 years of age. …
Read More10 things to consider after a car accident:
Here are 10 things to consider after a car accident: 1. The first consideration is getting your vehicle to a point of safety. Many accidents result in a second accident because the disabled cars in the road are not expected by oncoming traffic. 2. Call 911 and report the accident. Injuries may not be immediately…
Read MoreDangerous Roads and Intersections
On Thursday, December 2nd, Albert G. Stoll, Jr. will be speaking at the Consumer Attorneys of California Hawaii Travel Seminar. His topic will be “Dangerous Roads and Intersections: Ten Tips For Success To Defeat Government Design Immunity.” This presentation will be at the beautiful Fairmont Kea Lani Hotel on the Island of Maui. Hope to…
Read MoreTARAVAL AND 33RD -A DANGEROUS INTERSECTION FOR PEDESTRIANS IN SAN FRANCISCO
The intersection at Taraval and 33rd Avenue in San Francisco is inherently dangerous and must be fixed. Because of a crown or crest in the roadway of Taraval Street at its intersection with 33rd Avenue, a driver traveling west on Taraval Street cannot detect the presence of the crosswalk and react appropriately to the foreseeable…
Read MoreSHOULD THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO BE SUED FOR NEGLECTING TO REPORT INJURY PRODUCING ACCIDENTS AS REQUIRED BY LAW IN CALIFORNIA?
California Vehicle Code Section 20008 mandates that all injury producing accidents be investigated by law enforcement in California. The problems with San Francisco’s Government Order 9.02, which instructs the SFPD to report only injury-producing collisions that are known at the scene of the accident, are much worse than apparent at first glance. According to a…
Read MoreSAN FRANCISCO’S POLICY DIRECTING POLICE TO ABSTAIN FROM INVESTIGATING NON-INJURY PRODUCING ACCIDENTS PREVENT SAFETY ENHANCEMENTS FOR CITY STREETS
A. SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL ORDER 9.02 In August of 1994, the City and County of San Francisco instituted General Order 9.02 that directed officers of the San Francisco Police Department to refrain from investigating all “non-injury” producing traffic collisions in the City. The text of S.F. General Order 9.02 is as follows: NON-INJURY VEHICLE ACCIDENTS:…
Read MoreMUNI Safety Proposal
In San Francisco, legislation has recently been introduced by Supervisor Carmen Chu (District Four) that is co-sponsored by Board of Supervisors President David Chiu, and Supervisors Eric Mar, Sophie Maxwell and Bevan Dufty which will increase the penalties for MUNI-related crime. This proposed law is in response to several recent incidents of violence at or/near…
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