In 2019 traffic deaths soared to 29 traffic fatalities as law enforcement fell. A dramatic drop in tickets issued to drivers by San Francisco police led to many unnecessary deaths in 2019. There were too many unfilled vacancies in the police departments traffic...
Year: 2020
Pedestrian Advocates Honor Bay Area Residents Killed in Pedestrian Accidents
On Sunday, November 15, 2020, a solemn ceremony took place at the San Francisco City Hall. The steps were lined with 187 pairs of shoes, representing a Bay Area resident whose life ended in a traffic accident. The mourners placed flowers by the shoes in memory of...
Traffic deaths decrease in 2019 and will continue downward in 2020
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said traffic deaths decreased 2% in 2019. Pedestrian deaths dropped 2.7%, bicyclist fatalities dropped 2.9%, motorcycle deaths dropped by 0.5%. Deaths in passenger vehicles fell 2.8%. The downward trend is...
How to detect and address whiplash injuries
Going over a minor bump while behind the wheel can cause your body to shake. So, when car accident victims take a hit to the rear end of their vehicle, there is a pretty good chance that their neck jerked back and forth. This impact can cause a series of injuries...
FLAWS FOUND IN AUTOMATED DRIVING SYSTEMS
The American Automobile Association (AAA) has undertaken two tests in the past two years of the partially automated driving systems on test vehicles. AAA announced that the test indicated the automated driving systems did not always function properly. Therefore the...
BE SUPER CAREFUL WHILE CROSSING CITY STREETS
Pedestrian accidents in San Francisco increased sharply in 2019. On average, every 15 hours someone was taken to San Francisco General Hospital after being struck by a vehicle. Recently a 50-year-old pedestrian was struck and killed by a speeding motorist while...
Man killed in Tesla crash had noted Autopilot glitch prior to wreck
A man killed in a high-speed Tesla crash had previously told friends and family about the vehicle’s Autopilot malfunctioning in that exact same spot on the road. Walter Huang, a software engineer in California, was riding in a Tesla Model X SUV in March of 2018. The...
Catastrophic injuries: how they work
What makes a personal injury catastrophic? How is that determined? Many who has suffered an accident has probably asked this question when seeking damages for their injuries. There is a difference that exists between a catastrophic injury and a personal injury and...
Pedestrian injuries and deaths cause for alarm in California
A driver allegedly under the influence plowed his car into four men, who were standing on the sidewalk outside a home in East Oakland in late March. One died, while the others injured. Authorities captured the driver, arrested on charges of vehicular manslaughter,...
Will Pedestrian Deaths Drop Due To COVID-19?
U.S. pedestrians died in increased record numbers last year. The 6,590 pedestrian deaths in 2019 in the U.S. made it the deadliest year since 1992. Will these numbers shrink in 2020 because of the stay at home requirements caused by COVID-19? Also, San Francisco,...