Well there are allegations that she was on the phone while driving in the crash according to witnesses. You think this is just something that happens to the Common Person.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_25925872/oakland-mayor-jean-quan-car-collision-sunday-night?source=rss (http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_25925872/oakland-mayor-jean-quan-car-collision-sunday-night?source=rss)
"But Margarett Randel, 22, tells a different story. She said she was walking to a store near her home at 26th and Market Street and saw Quan looking down as she ran the red light.
"I was outside when it happened. I seen the whole thing," said Randel. "Mayor Quan passed right through the red light. She wasn't looking where she was going. She was looking down."
Randel did not say if she believed Quan was using a cellphone at the time.
Randel said Quan stopped and waited for police and then left the scene."
Read the rest of the article Also. Red Light records and Phone records are still being investigated at this time.
"Last Sunday, a picture emerged of what appeared to be Quan texting and driving. A day later, another picture made the rounds on social media of Quan holding a cellphone to her ear while driving, which is illegal under state law."
And:
"Quan told reporters she was looking for an address, which she believed to be allowed under the state law. A California Highway Patrol spokesman said it is not."
And:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Oakland-Mayor-Jean-Quan-involved-in-traffic-5538152.php
"The collision comes a week after KRON TV's Stanley Roberts, host of the popular "People Behaving Badly" segments, broadcast two reader-submitted pictures showing Quan using her cell phone without a hands-free device while driving.
In a subsequent interview with Roberts, Quan acknowledged that she had been using her cell phone despite hands-free features in her cars."