In San Francisco many downtown intersections are controlled by stoplights with an all red overlap. The "accident" occurred at such an intersection.
At stoplight controlled intersections, pedestrians are not allowed in the crosswalks until they have the green (walking man) signal.
The fact that the crosswalk was filled with pedestrians indicates that Mr Bucchere was much later entering the intersection than he admits and the light was red for him well before he entered the intersection as pedestrians are unable to move quickly enough to fill the entire crosswalk the moment the light turns green for them.
Bucchere was going way too fast and had complete criminal disregard for the pedestrians.
Downtown San Francisco intersections are areas of chaotic lawlessness where selfishness and force are the determinant in regulating moves between drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. Each of the 3 groups is well stocked with opportunistic asshats stealing the right of way from everyone else on the street.
It is Calcutta California. So when you analyze accidents there, laws and rules have no meaning, you just have to let the facts speak for themselves.
At this point, I have no clue if the cyclists blew the red light, which is frequent and typical, or if the old man stole the intersection from the cyclists, equally frequent and typical.
This accident was at Castro and Market, which is notorious for violations of traffic among all three groups, cars, cycles and pedestrians, along with violations by taxis and transit buses. You can throw in the motor cycles and scooters that squeeze in between rows of cars to push their way to the front of stop lights.
I wish there was a sidebar on the accident itself.
OK, the idiot cyclist admits blowing a red light, which he lies about calling it a “yellow light”. So at least we know the party to blame. Still and all, these intersections are death traps, and anyone starting in on a green light without checking for red-light runners in both directions, runs a serious risk of death or injury, as happened here.