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Taxi Driver Reza Eslaminia Wanted for Vehicular Manslaughter

By Aaron Bialick | May 9, 2013 | 2 Comments

SF District Attorney George Gascón put out a call today for the arrest of Ezra Eslaminia, the taxi driver who killed 39-year-old Edmund Capalla last August when he caused a car crash at Eddy and Larkin Streets. According to the DA’s office, Eslaminia was charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter on March 29, but police have been […]

San Francisco Should Treat Cars Like the Weapons They Are

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 18, 2013 | 15 Comments

At the latest city hearing on pedestrian safety, Jane Kim, supervisor of District 6, which sees more pedestrian injuries than any other, contrasted the typical reaction to vehicular violence with the typical reaction to gun violence. “We should treat cars, in many ways, like a weapon. It has the same impact,” said Kim, pointing out […]

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Residents Call for Safer Streets in Speed-Plagued District 7

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 5, 2013 | 10 Comments

District 7, one of San Francisco’s most suburban in character, has seen three of this year’s six pedestrian deaths so far. At a hearing yesterday called by D7 Supervisor Norman Yee as his first order of business after taking office in January, residents called upon city agencies to slow drivers on dangerous high-speed streets that […]

After 6 Ped Deaths in 3 Months, SF Needs City Hall Action on Street Safety

By Aaron Bialick | Apr 2, 2013 | 9 Comments

In the first three months of 2013, six pedestrians have been killed on San Francisco streets. At that rate, the city is on course for pedestrian deaths to rise for the third year in a row. The trend is striking: Since 2010, when 14 pedestrians were killed on San Francisco streets, more have died each […]

Driver Kills Hector Arana, 69; SFPD: “It Was Just an Unfortunate Accident”

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 15, 2013 | 10 Comments

A driver hit and killed 69-year-old Hector Arana on Wednesday morning at 6:26 a.m. on six-lane San Jose Avenue in the Outer Mission neighborhood. According to reports, the driver was headed northbound in the direction of the nearby 280 freeway, when he hit Arana near the intersection of Liebig Street, where Google Maps shows legal but […]

Video: Geico (Partially) Blames This Cyclist for Getting Doored

By Aaron Bialick | Mar 11, 2013 | 121 Comments

California Vehicle Code 22517 is clear: “No person shall open the door of a vehicle on the side available to moving traffic unless it is reasonably safe to do so and can be done without interfering with the movement of such traffic.” But in the view of Geico Car Insurance, which insures the driver who, […]

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