Carl Kruger says: iPods kill!

[CmdrFly]

Well that's a bit of a misconstrued title, but here's the article.

N.Y. State Senator Looks to Ban Use of iPods, Cell Phones While Crossing Street

In another case of the government "looking out for us," a New York State Senator Carl Kruger is looking to ban the use of electronic devices while crossing the street. Two people have been killed in Kruger's district in recent months; one of which was a 23-year-old listening to an iPod before being struck at the corner of East 71st St. and Avenue T.

"While people are tuning into their iPods and cell phones, they're tuning out the world around them," said Kruger. "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."

Personally I think it's a load. Didn't our mommas teach us to look both ways before crossing the street?

If some noob is searching for just the right Justin Timberlake song to fit his walking mood, and he strolls into the bus lane while a 20-foot student wagon is barreling down the road, it's his own damn fault. One less Timberlake fan in the world at least.

You can't implement laws that will make people stop being stupid. They are who they are, and they'll find ways to maim themselves regardless of how you try to stop em.

 

[crookedmidget]

I wonder if these stupid laws that have no hope of getting passed are just a way to get public attention. There's no such thing as bad press, or so I'm told.

 

[Firestreak]

No such thing as bad press? Tell that to diaper lady.

 

[Blackchaoshero]

where i am, if you're wearing those distinctive white headphones and walking you're a prime target to get mugged, only 2 things come with headphones that look like that, ipods and psps... both are rather good loot for a mugger <.<;;
at any rate, nothing will come of this

 

[Tagrineth]

It's just natural selection at work.

Edit: Oh wait, aren't most of the people in our government religious now? He probably doesn't believe in natural selection. Damn.

 

[Sorrowfulturnip]

Yeah I saw something about this on Fox 5 news last night. Thought it was a bit ridiculous. I don't see it going anywhere either. I'm sure people have been doing this for years back in the walkman days.