Sacramento bicycle advocate Sherry Martinez is hospitalized after an apparent road rage attack. Sacramento Police say Caleb Taubman ran Sherry Martinez over while she was on her bike. Taubman was arrested while Ms. Martinez is working on recovering from her injuries. In a hospital interview Martinez said “I have four
Cruise and Waymo are close to gaining complete access to Bay Area roadways while residents fear driverless cars aren’t there yet from a safety or technological perspective. The underlying concern is driverless cars have already caused hundreds of traffic incidents since their launch and more testing needs to happen. There was
The Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) calls itself “The States’ Voice on Highway Safety,” annually releasing a data and reports about what’s happening on U.S. roads. The annual report on pedestrian deaths in 2022 is not good news. Early GHSA figures for 49 states and Washington, D.C. show that 7,508 pedestrians died
It’s a sign of the times that so many articles are written about the safest cars in America and those electric vehicles with the longest range. A study that most writers don’t want to look at is which vehicles have the highest driver death rates. This is by no means
California Attorney General’s Rob Bonta is investigating Tesla and is asking for information from former employees and customers regarding Autopilot safety issues and false advertising complaints. The owner of a 2018 Tesla Model 3, filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission in August 2022, regarding “phantom braking” he described as
Big rig drivers are faced with a growing problem and their problem is causing fatal crashes. As a result of more big trucks on the road and new federal regulations limiting driving time for their drivers rest areas are becoming over crowded. More and more of these rest areas are
Tesla’s Autopilot along with the company’s “full self-driving” tech have become an increasingly common story about what can go wrong with advanced technology. The reality is there are consequences when things go wrong and some of those can be fatal. Kevin George Aziz Riad was behind the wheel of a
As personal injury attorney’s we focus on many things after we meet with a client. This requires our office to have a well-trained team to accomplish this. What we ask of our client is to focus on themselves, their health and their recovery. Each of us has a critical role
Californians routinely complain about traffic, the cost of housing, and the overall quality of life. Some have complained so much that have actually left the state in search of a different life. You might conclude that having fewer people would lower traffic fatalities. According to a recent study that hasn’t
According to the CHP, 68 people were killed in crashes over the long Fourth of July weekend in California. Life will never be the same for any one of those families. The next statistic the CHP revealed was that nearly half of those who died were not wearing seatbelts. CHP
