Big yellow signs now mark two locations along San Francisco’s Lombard Street.
Earlier this month, a middle-aged man and an elderly woman were killed by drivers in two separate incidents within 10 days.
Editor’s Note: The bill mentioned in the video played above was vetoed by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday.
“People drive in countries all over the world, but the U.S. is an outlier in terms of the rate of death and serious injury on our roads,” said State Senator Scott Wiener.
Wiener has for years pushed legislators in Sacramento to enact new laws making streets more pedestrian friendly.
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On Friday, he held a news conference to urge Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill that would require new cars to have technology installed in them that would alert drivers if they were going 10 miles or more over the speed limit.
It was measure that Jodie Medeiros of Walk San Francisco said would save lives.
“We don’t want another person to never come home, never be at the dinner table, never get to go to their kid’s soccer game or their daughter’s wedding,” she said.