Almost before the dust had cleared from July’s L Taraval / K Ingleside Muni collision, an F-line train and another Muni streetcar sandwiched an SUV on August 3rd.
Photograph by Scott Beale.
The day after the collision, Nathaniel Ford, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Authority Director, had a handy explanation: “It appears to be that the operator was distracted by a customer who approached him with some information.”
But at yesterday’s Muni safety hearing, called by Supervisors Bevan Dufty and Sean Elsbernd, one witness shed some light. “I am here to set the record straight,” said Norman Tanner. “I am the person who was talking to the driver . . . no one was talking to the driver at the time (of the collision). I don’t know how that got out there.” Tanner also noted that the Muni driver seemed distracted and was closely following the SUV prior to the collision.
