November ushers in the rainy season in San Francisco. Inclement weather starts to be a major problem in many parts of the U.S. this time of year. While extreme weather conditions (think hurricanes and tornadoes) inspire headlines, car accidents caused by bad weather kill many more people per year across the country. According to the…
Serious auto crashes happen every day in U.S. cities. San Francisco is no exception. Trauma surgeons at San Francisco General Hospital say that they treat a victim of a serious auto wreck around every 17 hours. About half of the patients who arrive at San Francisco General’s Trauma Center were hurt in an auto collision,…
As we move closer and closer to the day when robot cars are driving themselves around the Bay Area, safety regulators in Europe are raising grave concerns about the personal injury producing potential of at least one of those vehicles. Private Wealth magazine is reporting that officials in the German Transportation Ministry are calling the…
The U.S. government finally weighs in with ‘first-ever’ guidelines on self-driving cars. For many commuters the prospect of autonomous vehicles – getting from Point A to Point B without having to lift a finger – is irresistible. The self-driving car (or robot car, as some put it) has demonstrated the technology is available for cars…
Just a few miles outside of San Francisco sit the headquarters of some of the technology industry giants who are in hot pursuit of taking the lead in the driverless car market. Tesla, Google, Apple, Microsoft and Intel are all among the tech firms joining with auto industry icons such as Ford, GM, Honda and…
Jorge Lopez was a 57-year-old Caltrans veteran who worked “each day to make our California roads safer,” Gov. Jerry Brown said in a statement. The governor extended his sympathies to Lopez’s wife, Leticia, and their three children after the electrician was struck by an 18-wheeler on State Route 14 yesterday. He is the 185th Caltrans…
Driving at night affects your ability to see and be seen by other motorists. It takes experience to drive safely in the dark — something teenage drivers do not have. A recent study published by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests an early curfew for teen drivers. The study found that about…
Readers may recall that former Olympic athlete and reality television star Caitlyn Jenner was involved in a fatal car crash last year. A 69-year-old woman was killed in the chain-reaction collision on the Pacific Coast Highway. Jenner was sued by another driver in the crash, and was investigated for speeding, though she was never charged….
A fast-growing nationwide valet parking service was involved in an April San Francisco car accident that cost the life of a woman, according to news reports. Like ride-share companies Lyft and Uber, Luxe uses contract drivers. When crashes like this one happen, it raises legal questions about the ability to hold the company paying the…
If self-driving automobiles are supposed to eliminate car accidents, it appears that engineers still have a ways to go. An automated test vehicle recently got into a crash in downtown San Francisco, though state officials blamed the incident on the human inside the vehicle. The car was a Nissan Leaf that Cruise Automation had equipped…
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