Interview with Claude Wyle, San Francisco Motorcycle Accident Attorney. Video produced by the Injury Board.
After a motorcycle accident, more often than not, police list motorcyclists as the one party at fault for any accident because of the various prejudices regarding motorcycles and speed. In order to combat that, it is important to document all of the facts surrounding your accident very well, such as what happened to:
your motorcycle
your gear
your helmet
the roadway that might show you where the point of rest was with your motorcycle
Most roadways are designed predominantly for cars, even in California…
Michael J. Swanson interviews top trial lawyer, Claude Wyle, on bicycle safety.
Swanson: We’ve be talking about bicycle safety. What would you do to encourage more bicycling?
Wyle: I don’t think that we’re going to get more cyclists commuting and using bicycles as a means of transportation unless we make it safer. Safety has to be the invitation to do more cycling, because if you think it’s dangerous then you might as well take a car.
One of our goals is one less car. We are very strongly in favor of the environment and we like to reduce traffic…
What is up with San Francisco motorists? In one August weekend, five separate motor vehicle accidents claimed five lives in San Francisco.
First, on Friday night August 10th, 28-year-old Mary Doering was killed in a car accident on Highway 280.
Second, on Saturday afternoon, August 11th, an unidentified man was killed by a BART train at Glen Park Station at approximately 2:30 p.m. The train operator is said to have not seen the man who was on the tracks for unknown reasons. Unfortunately, there were no witnesses to the accident, which is still under investigation.
Third, Saturday evening, a…
It is sad for me to report that early Sunday morning August 15th, The Contra Costa County Coroner’s Office identified Mehrdad Emami, 46, of San Ramon as a victim killed in a multi-car fiery accident near the Crow Canyon exit in San Ramon. A 40-year-old woman from San Ramon, driver of the Emami car, has also been hospitalized with major injuries.
The auto accident occured at approximately 1:20 a.m. when a Nissan Maxima rear ended with a silver BMW, which was carrying Emami and his 40-year-old driver. The collision sent both vehicles into an uncontrollable spin near a forklift working…
A college student from Texas believes he is lucky to be alive after a terrible crash. He was texting and driving when his truck flew off of a cliff. This type of story is happening so frequently these days, which is why I blog about it. Just before Chance Bothe’s truck plunged off of a bridge and into a ravine, he typed a text into his phone.
He wrote,
“I need to quit texting, because I could die in a car accident.”
This situation seems unreal, but it’s not. Unfortunately, many new teen drivers (and adults alike) seem to have…
