Distracted driving statistics continue to rise, as I’ve discussed before. The accident rate is, in fact, surpassing the drunk driving rate, recent studies have shown. Texting while driving is, in my opinion, the most insidious forms of distracted driving.
Still, drivers continue to cause accidents that could have been prevented were they not on their cell phone texting–performing all main forms of distraction:
visual (taking your eyes off the road)
manual (taking your hands off the wheel)
cognitive (taking your mind off what you’re doing).
According to consumer reports, drunk driving rates are dropping significantly. The speculation is that distracted…
People commonly think of bicyclists as the victims of traffic accidents involving bicycles, and they often are. However, bicyclists also can be a danger to others on the road like pedestrians, who are the least protected of all.
For example, a sixty-seven-year-old woman was severely injured in a crash with a bicyclist while visiting San Francisco with her husband in July 2011. Police reports state that the woman was almost across Mission Street in the crosswalk during the morning rush hour when she was hit by a bicyclist on the Embarcadero.
The 25-year-old bicyclist ran into the woman after…
I’ve previously written about bicycle safety tips to help my fellow cyclists by promoting what I think are some of the safest cycling habits. Cycling is supposed to be about fun, healthy exercise and it should also help us to relate well to the environment. Safe bicycling habits will help to prevent bicycle accidents, particularly bicycle collisions with cars, and thereby bicycle injuries.
As a San Francisco Bicycle Accident Attorney, my experience has taught me that some of the most common threats are found where you might least expect them, so following these simple precautions may help you avoid…
With anger and more than a little frustration I need to report to you that a motorcyclist was killed one evening last week after he ran over two fiberglass ladders in the middle of Highway 101. This collision sent him off of his motorcycle and into oncoming traffic where he was hit by a car. First, to his family, please accept my heartfelt condolences and sincerest best wishes during this horrible time.
As bikers, we try to avoid motorcycle accidents by pretending that we are invisible, knowing that cars will drive right into us if given half the chance. We…
In December 2009, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) painted the city’s bike lanes green in an effort to make them more visible to motorists. However, by July 2011, SFMTA needed to repaint the lanes after a series of bicycle accidents demonstrated that the lanes were far too dangerous for bicyclists. Many bicyclists complained that the paint was too slippery, making it difficult to stop – especially in the rain. A police officer on a motorcycle even had an accident because of the slick paint on the roadway.
The SFMTA repainted the lanes in the same color, but used…
