On Thursday June 16, 2011, 19-year-old Mark Henry was traveling northbound on the Golden Gate Bridge and crossed over into the southbound lanes for reasons unknown. This caused a collision with two cars and three people were taken to San Francisco General Hospital for injuries.  This caused a bridge closure for 50 minutes. For more [...]

Bicycle Safety Tips On June 11, 2011, a drunk truck driver collided with an intoxicated bicyclist in the North Fair Oaks area of San Mateo County, about 30 miles south of San Francisco. CHP officers say the bicyclist was wearing dark clothes and did not have any lights on his bicycle. He suffered a broken [...]

After reading A Resident’s Guide for Creating Safe and Walkable Communities online, I decided to share a bit of chapter one with my readers sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration.  The full excerpt can also be found at the following web address and is a great resource for families: http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/ped_bike/ped_cmnity/ped_walkguide/ch1.cfm. You may be afraid to [...]

The Federal Lands and Highway Division put out an article on researching pedestrian safety in concentrated areas that rings true for San Francisco Residents.  In fact, the Federal Highway Office of Safety and Research have actually taken the time to develop a unique vocabulary and set of safety recommendations for pedestrians in connection with medians [...]

In the health section of the New York Times, a follow-up piece was recently published in reaction to “widespread publicity about the hazards of distracted driving, including a Pulitzer-prize winning series in this newspaper,” whereby medical groups are currently working hard to make patients increasingly aware of the problem. In fact, “the most recent effort was [...]

Some of you may have already heard about iZUP, a new technology for cellular phones that was designed specifically to help to prevent distracted driving.  The iZUP “eyes up” mobile app, developed by Illume Software, is claimed to “help a driver avoid distractions caused by their cell phone,” according to the company website. In short, the iZUP solution works by [...]

This past Friday, I read a story in the San Francisco Chronicle addressing the following topic: Top 10 Myths concerning Car Insurance Companies and their Policies.  The article was based off of another website which discussed 15 Insurance Policies that You Don’t Need.  I found the information to be both helpful to consumers and interesting [...]

The San Francisco Examiner reported Monday, April 25, 2011 that Muni’s operators are raking in thousands of dollars in overtime while the City’s mass transit commuters are being threatened with another round of fare increases and service reductions.  Even more shocking: Muni drivers are guaranteed by city law to have the second-highest wages in the [...]