John Roach, Esq. | October 29, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
Every October 31st, I brace for the same phone calls. A driver who says the child “came out of nowhere.” A parent standing in an emergency room hallway, still wearing a witch’s-hat headband, trying to explain to a six-year-old why the car didn’t stop. Halloween… read more
John Roach, Esq. | October 24, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
Early Thursday morning, a Tesla running on “Full Self-Driving” struck and killed a 71-year-old man crossing I-80 in Vallejo. The driver wasn’t drunk. He wasn’t texting. He wasn’t speeding beyond the limit. By every traditional measure, he did nothing most of us would call reckless… read more
John Roach, Esq. | October 21, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
On Sunday, November 1, California’s clocks fall back an hour, and San Francisco’s sunset moves from around 6:13 p.m. to around 5:12 p.m. in the space of a single weekend. For most people that means an easier morning and an earlier dark. For pedestrians, it… read more
John Roach, Esq. | October 17, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
Every weekday morning, a Muni bus pulls up at Cortland Avenue and Folsom Street and lets a group of elementary school kids off into one of the busiest crossings in Bernal Heights. The San Francisco Chronicle recently spent a morning on that corner and watched… read more
John Roach, Esq. | October 15, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
San Francisco added more shared e-bikes and e-scooters to its streets in the past two years than in the decade before it, and the law covering who pays when one of them ends in an emergency room visit has not kept up. Most people riding… read more
John Roach, Esq. | October 10, 2026 | Car Accidents
Almost every day, a call or an email comes into my office from someone who was recently hurt getting around San Francisco — walking to work, riding a scooter to BART, catching a ride home. That’s led me to ask myself a simple question: which… read more
John Roach, Esq. | October 8, 2026 | Car Accidents
Most people who’ve been hit by a commercial truck assume the crash report will settle the question of what happened. It won’t. The report captures what the officer saw after the fact — skid marks, final resting positions, statements taken while everyone was still shaken…. read more
John Roach, Esq. | October 7, 2026 | Car Accidents
Waymo robotaxis are now a normal part of getting around San Francisco, and in my view they’re among the safest ways to do it, though certainly not the cheapest. They don’t text, drive drunk, or run yellows to make a meeting. When a Waymo is… read more
John Roach, Esq. | October 6, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
On the afternoon of August 30, a Tesla Model Y hit a Honda head-on on Highway 84 outside La Honda, deep in the redwoods of the Santa Cruz Mountains. A neighbor heard the tire screech and the crash from inside his house, grabbed a medical… read more
John Roach, Esq. | October 5, 2026 | California Law \ Car Accidents
A 15-year-old in California who wants to ride a motorcycle has to complete 15 hours of state-certified training, hold a permit for six months, pass a written test and a vision exam, and ride a registered, insured vehicle while wearing a helmet. A 12-year-old who… read more