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Having solved all of world's problems, NY Lawmaker zeroes in on the last one:
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| emc^2 |
I thought Cali was the land of retarded politicians... BOY, Was I wrong!!!
| quote: | (CBS) NEW YORK First it was cell phones in cars, then trans fats. Now, a new plan is on the table to ban gadget use while crossing city streets.
We all seem to have one -- an iPod, a BlackBerry, a cell phone -- taking up more and more of our time, but can they make us too distracted to walk safely? Some people think so.
If you use them in the crosswalk, your favorite electronic devices could be in the crosshairs.
Legislation will be introduced in Albany on Wednesday to lay a $100 fine on pedestrians succumbing to what State Sen. Carl Kruger calls iPod oblivion.
"We're talking about people walking sort of tuned in and in the process of being tuned in, tuned out," Kruger said. "Tuned out to the world around them. They're walking into speeding cars. They're walking into buses. They're walking into one another and it's creating a number of fatalities that have been documented right here in the city."
Pedestrians have been hurt and killed in the manner Kruger describes. Not surprisingly, though, iPod users are less than thrilled with the senator's proposal.
"That's not a distraction," said one woman, iPod securely implanted in her ears. "You have your iPod in your ears and you're crossing the street, you are looking with your eyes. You don't have to hear anything, really ... I guess."
Added another New Yorker: "It's a terrible idea. It's outrageous."
Kruger said not so fast.
"If you want to listen to your iPod, sit down and listen to it," Kruger declared. "You want to walk in the park, enjoy it. You want to jog around a jogging path, all the more power to you, but you should not be crossing streets and endangering yourself and the lives of others."
Kruger's bill would only apply to big cities across New York state. We don't know what kind of support it has in Albany, but he hopes that the New York City Council, which has already banned indoor smoking and trans fats in restaurants, will pick up the cue.
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Source: http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_037234835.html |
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| kid nyce |
i got a better one
how about be fine tourist for stopping in the middle of a sidewalk to take a picture, to me that's more a pain then crossing the street listening to my music |
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| LuNaSeA |
how can you tell the difference of being "tuned out" with a gadget vs. being tuned out while looking at something as simple as a map ?
RETARDED. |
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| euphoria |
Let me guess.....next they will remove all car stereo's too because that must distract the drivers from being in tune with the road :rolleyes:
If a person isn't paying attention in the middle of the streets of NYC they have no common sense and probably deserve to get hit by a car. |
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| steven-neil |
| i saw this today and was shocked....this is not the land of the free.. |
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| priscilla |
| WTF??? Why don't they just burn the Constitution which gave us all the freedom to do what we want?? |
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| steven-neil |
| didnt texas ban smoking in your own home if you had kids |
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| priscilla |
| quote: | Originally posted by steven-neil
didnt texas ban smoking in your own home if you had kids |
That's a bunch of crap.....yet another reason why Texas sucks!!! |
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| variableS |
friend was on chan. 4 news, intervw'd on the street bout that.
"do you use a cell phone while crossing?"
"yea"
"will you stop with this new law"
"no"
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| priscilla |
| quote: | Originally posted by variableS
friend was on chan. 4 news, intervw'd on the street bout that.
"do you use a cell phone while crossing?"
"yea"
"will you stop with this new law"
"no"
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:stongue: I would have to agree with him! I plan to use my iPod too!!!:D |
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