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Tow Truckers Pledge to Reduce Fell Bike Lane Parking, Thanks to Sup. Breed

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 4, 2014 | 25 Comments

Updated 9/5 with comment from the SFPD captain below. Ted & Al’s Towing company pledged to make a stronger effort to avoid parking its trucks in the Fell Street bike lane, an illegal practice that forces bike commuters to veer into heavy motor traffic. D5 Supervisor London Breed said that her staff came to an […]

Four CA Hit-and-Run Bills Await Governor Brown’s Signature

By Melanie Curry | Aug 29, 2014 | No Comments

Four bills targeting hit-and-run crimes in California await Governor Jerry Brown’s signature, including two from Assemblymember Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles), who has made hit-and-runs a focus this year. The bills have passed both houses of the California legislature and are awaiting the governor’s signature. One, a late addition to the legislative calendar (A.B. 47), would […]

SFPD Arrests Aunt for Leaving Two-Year-Old Mi’yana Gregory in Crosswalk

By Aaron Bialick | Aug 20, 2014 | 38 Comments

SF police have arrested 25-year-old Lorysha Gage for leaving two-year-old Mi’yana Gregory in the downtown crosswalk where she was run over and killed last Friday night. Even as police seek the driver who struck Gregory and fled the scene, Gage is set to be arraigned tomorrow on charges of “felony child endangerment, with an enhancement allegation […]

Court Applies Reckless Driving to Bikes. When Will Gascón Apply it to Cars?

By Aaron Bialick | Jul 24, 2014 | 11 Comments

A California state appeals court ruled last week that “reckless driving” can be applied to people on bicycles who kill or injure others, just as it’s applied to people driving, as the SF Chronicle reported. No one, including bicycle advocates, seems to dispute that full accountability should be brought to anyone who commit acts of […]

CA Bills to Crack Down on Hit-and-Run Drivers Sail Through Committees

By Melanie Curry | Jun 26, 2014 | No Comments

Two bills focused on addressing hit-and-run crashes, authored by CA Assemblymember Mike Gatto, appear quickly on their way to being passed. A.B. 47, which would create an alert system on California highways to help the public assist police in catching drivers involved in hit-and-run crashes, sailed through the Senate Public Safety Committee Tuesday with a 6-1 […]

CA Assembly Bill Would Create Alert System For Hit-and-Run Crashes

By Damien Newton | Jun 13, 2014 | No Comments

It is too common a story. A family is crossing the street or some friends are bicycling along when a negligent car driver changes their lives forever. While the victims lie wounded in the street, the driver flees and is never heard from again. Advocates for safe streets, victims of hit-and-run crashes, and their friends […]

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