I am proud to announce that the Consumer Attorneys of California (CAOC) recently granted approval for me to form and chair a new bicycle litigation group within CAOC. Consumer Attorneys of California is comprised of more than 3,000 attorneys who represent plaintiffs and consumers seeking recovery in a variety of civil cases related to issues such as: bicycle accidents; motor vehicle accidents; pedestrian accidents; wrongful death; defective products and drugs; job-related injuries; dangerous premises; civil rights violations; wrongful acts of financial institutions and insurance companies; and medical malpractice.
These types of cases frequently place individual plaintiffs up against large companies who…
Google Maps has offered routes specifically for bikes since the beginning of 2010.
In the age of riding your bicycle with your iPhone in your back pocket with easy accessibility to Google Maps, cyclists can plot out the best route for their rides, including the topography and traffic conditions. San Francisco is one of the first cities on these maps!
As stated in the 24-7 press release, cycling advocates, many of whom had been petitioning Google for years to add this feature, were ecstatic. As reported by Mary Catherine O’Connor at wired.com, Andy Clarke, president of the League…
Just yesterday I wrote that San Francisco, what most people consider a walker’s paradise, is one of the most dangerous pedestrian cities in California. Today I have even more upsetting news. Berkeley, where green transportation by bike and on foot is considered a way of life, is also one of the most dangerous cities in California for pedestrians and bicyclists, according to the Oakland Tribune. In fact, for its size, it is the most dangerous city in California, according to the Office of Traffic Safety.
Consider this:
Berkeley has the highest rate of pedestrian and bicycle injuries and fatalities…
Did you know that, on average, 22 pedestrians are killed each year in San Francisco and 800 are injured? That means more than two walkers are hurt every day on city streets and 2 pedestrians killed each month. Shockingly, almost half of all traffic deaths in San Francisco are pedestrians, and that is more than four times the national average.
What to do? Lowering the speed limit to 15 mph in school zones, investing in injury prediction models (which will show us areas that are dangerous for pedestrians), and upping enforcement efforts in those dangerous areas are good places to…
The many who love and respect San Francisco State University’s cross country coach describe the educator as someone who is successful at “teaching people to be good people.” It is not only tragic, therefore, but also ironic that the coach was recently injured in a hit-and-run bicycle accident. It sounds like the suspect who hit the avid athlete could use a lesson in being a good person.
California authorities are still looking for the felony hit-and-run suspect who crashed into the victim on Sunday morning, Nov. 14. The accident sent the beloved Marin County community member to the hospital with the following…
