that is how it is for elizabeth chavez. 10 years ago, her daughter was hitting killed in a crosswalk by a driver in san jose. >> she was a couple of weeks from graduating from kindergarten. she was happy. >> reporter: is painful as it may be , elizabeth said it also helps to be around others that understand what she is going through. >> it is also to let decision-makers know what is not okay. people are angry. we might be hurt and devastated and our hearts go out. there is a lot of anger. this is not something that is unsolvable. crashes can be eliminated. >> one idea is gaining momentum in san francisco and across the nation. the supervisor said the danger comes when drivers look to the left . >> that creates a situation where drivers are hitting the gas to make that turn without really focusing on what is on the right side. that is often the cyclist or pedestrian. >> a pilot program actually exists and studies show that 92% of drivers are obeying. similar bands are considered in denver, chicago, seattle and dc. supervisors asked the transportation department to look into the feasib

that's how it is for elizabeth chavez. ten years ago her 5-year-old daughter eileen was hit and killed in a crosswalk by a driver in san jose. >> so she was basically a couple weeks away from graduating from kindergarten. she was happy because she was going to go into first grade. >> reporter: but as painful as it may be to attend the annual day of remembrance, elizabeth says it also helps to be around others who understand what she's going through. >> but it's also to let our decisionmakers know that this is not okay, that people are banning together, that people are angry that this is happening. yeah, we might be hurt and devastated, but there's a lot of anger because this is not something that's unsolvable. traffic crashes can be eliminated. >> reporter: one idea to do that is gaining momentum in san francisco and across the nation, prohibiting right turns at red lights. supervisor dean preston says the danger comes when drivers naturally look left to watch for oncoming cars. >> that creates a situation where drivers ar

. >> madres en luto como elizabeth chávez compartieron sus testimonios. >> 2 murió atropellada por un mano de mi cuñada y mi hija. su hija aylin tenía 5 años. >> elizabeth recuerda el momento en el que su hija mayor se enteró de la tragedia. >> vio su tenis rosita tirada en el en la calle. desde ese día, nuestra vida cambió por completo . es algo que un padre no se lo espera. >> es por eso que ahora aboga por la seguridad peatonal y comparte su historia para incitar cambio a nivel estatal, como la ley abs, 6, 45, que el gobernador firmó el mes pasado. no se trata de un programa piloto en 6 ciudades, incluyendo san francisco. es por eso que ahora aboga por la seguridad peatonal y comparte su historia para incitar el cambio a nivel estatal como la ley abs, 6, 45, que el gobernador firmó el mes pasado. no se trata de un programa piloto en 6 ciudades, incluyendo san francisco law last year. >> el senador estatal también habló sobre su legislación que fue aprobada el año pasado, la cual agiliza los planes para proyectos de seguridad peatonal y para ciclistas al excluir los de ciertas regul

that's how it is for elizabeth chavez.en years ago her five-year-old daughter eileen was hit and killed in a cross walk by a driver in san jose. >> she was basically a couple weeks away from graduating kindergarten. she was happy because she was going to first grade. >> reporter: as painful as it may be to attend annual day of remembrance, elizabeth says it helps to be around others who understand what she's going through. >> it's also to let our decision makers know this is not okay. people are banning together. people are angry that this is happening. we might be hurt and devastated and our hearts go out, but there is anger. because this is not something that's unsolve able. traffic crashes can be eliminated. >> reporter: an idea to do that is gaining momentum in san francisco and across the nation prohibiting right turns at red lights. supervisor dean preston says the danger comes when drivers naturally look left to watch for on coming cars. >> that creates a situation where drivers are hitting the gas to make the sharp

that's how it is for elizabeth chavez. ten years ago her five-year-old daughter was hit and killed in a cross walk by a driver in san jose. >> she was a couple weeks away from graduating kindergarten. she was happy because she was going into first grade. >> as painful as it may be to attend the annual day of remembrance, elizabeth says it helps to be around others who understand what she's going through. >> it's to let decision makers know this is not okay. people are banning together, angry. we might be hurt and devastated and our hearts go out but there is a lot of anger. this is not something that's unsolveable. traffic crashes can be eliminated. >> an idea is gaining momentum in san francisco and across the nation prohibiting right turns at red lights. supervisor dean preston says danger comes when drivers naturally look left to watch for on coming cars. >> that creates a situation where drivers are hitting the gas to make that sharp turn without really focusing usually on what's on the right side and often that is a c

that's how it is for elizabeth chavez. ten years ago her 5-year-old daughter, eileen, was hit and killed in the crosswalk by a driver in san jose. >> so she was basically a couple weeks away from graduating from kindergarten where she was happy and she was going to go to first grade. >> reporter: now eileen will be 5 years old. in some ways her life will be frozen in time as well. >> there's times where, you know, they're talking about her, you know, remembering how she was. but then there's times like today that as if it were like yesterday. because you're really here living again. what actually happened. >> reporter: but as painful as it may be to attend the annual day of remembrance, they say it also helps to be around others who will understand what she's going through. >> but it is also to let the decision makers know it's not okay that people are banning together and angry that this is happening that we might be hurt and devastated and the hearts will go out with a lot of anger because this is not something that is u

. >> elizabeth chavez's daughter, eileen, was just five years old when she was killed while walking withamily in a san jose crosswalk near her school back in 2014. elizabeth fought back tears, describing her shock when she learned that similarly, a four year old girl was killed at fourth and king in san francisco, near oracle park earlier this year. >> every day we hear that people are getting hit left and right. but when they told me i was devastated, it was like reliving again what had happened to see a family who was visiting from korea, who left the country with a death certificate and not their daughter. >> that is unacceptable. >> many here also hopeful that city leaders invest in making physical changes to the infrastructure at dangerous intersections across the area. elizabeth says. so much more needs to be done because the pain of losing a daughter is something that never goes away. the only thing that they provided us was the black and white bow and a dollar. >> so and they had found it right next to her. she was holding it in the palm of her hand, and it was right next to her,