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SFPD Finds Owner of Car in Wiggle Hit-and-Run That Injured 3 Cyclists

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 6, 2015 | 14 Comments

SFPD has located the owner of the Jeep Cherokee that was driven in a hit-and-run crash that injured three bike commuters on the Wiggle late Thursday afternoon, though police don’t believe the owner was driving at the time. At around 5:30 p.m., the driver, described by witnesses as a Hispanic woman, plowed through three people on bikes […]

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SF’s Freeway-Like Streets Increase the Risk From Distracted Drivers

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 31, 2015 | 17 Comments

Distracted driving in SF is no accident. A new map of cell phone use by drivers in SF reveals where drivers are most likely to use a mobile device, increasing the risk of crashes and injuries, and the pattern is unmistakable. There’s one thing that streets with high rates of distracted driving have in common: […]

SFPD Explains: Driver Won’t Be Charged for Killing Cyclist at 14th & Folsom

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 27, 2015 | 24 Comments

Three witnesses told SFPD investigators that Charles Vinson, 66, biked through a red light when he was killed by a driver at 14th and Folsom Streets on March 2, according to police officials. An SFPD spokesperson told Streetsblog earlier this week that Vinson had been found at fault, contrary to an initial witness cited in the press […]

SFPD Blames Victim for Biking Through Red Light But Won’t Cite Evidence

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 23, 2015 | 33 Comments

Contrary to initial reports, the SFPD says Charles Vinson, 66, ran a red light on his bike when he was hit and killed by a driver at 14th and Folsom Streets on March 2. Immediately after the crash, the SF Examiner reported that a witness “saw the vehicle blow through a red light and strike the bicyclist […]

SFPD Sends 86-Year-Old Driver On Her Way After She Injures Mom and Child

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 19, 2015 | 21 Comments

An 86-year-old driver hit a 45-year-old mother and her 5-year-old daughter in a crosswalk yesterday at 20th Avenue and Buckingham Way, outside the Stonestown Galleria mall. According to KTVU, the driver was taken away in an ambulance “for an undisclosed ailment” but was soon returned to her SUV to drive home. The police said “they […]

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Police Ticket Cyclists Who Fail to Navigate Market and Octavia’s Bad Design

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 5, 2015 | 51 Comments

Police were seen ticketing people on bikes navigating a poorly-designed junction at the dangerous Market Street and Octavia Boulevard intersection yesterday in the latest “People Behaving Badly” segment from KRON 4’s Stanley Roberts. The bike lane’s design is so flawed, in fact, that the only bike commuter Roberts showed navigating it properly happened to be one of the […]

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