Many New Yorkers Laugh Off Proposed 'iPod' Law
ey you, with the iPod, the cell phone, the BlackBerry ... be careful where you roam.
Don't even think about crossing the street in New York while using any of these things because soon it could be against the law.
Are lawmakers crossing the line? First smoking and cell phone use, then a ban on the stuff that makes a lot of your favorite foods taste good. Now, a New York state senator is set to introduce a bill that would say when and where you can listen to your iPod, among other things.
Under the proposed "iPod" bill, the offending electronics user would be issued a criminal court summons -- with a penalty of $100 -- and would have to appear in court.
Citizens were clearly perplexed when approached by CBS 2 on the streets on Wednesday. Many want answers. State Sen. Carl Kruger said the reasoning is simple.
"You shouldn't be crossing streets and endangering the lives of yourself and others," said Kruger, a Democrat from Brooklyn who was expected to introduce the bill in Albany on Wednesday.
Kruger wants to make it illegal to use iPods, cell phones and other electronic devices while crossing the street, citing two people who were recently killed in his district doing just that.
"They walk into speeding cars. They walk into buses. They walk into each other," Kruger said.
"How could they make that into a law?" one person asked laughing.
Though some say the idea is ridiculous, it's part of a recent rampage of regulatory restrictions, joining no cell phones in the car, no trans fats in your food and no smoking in your bars.
That leaves people asking the question, is this New York we're talking about?
"You might as well not be alive, you know," one person said.
Added another: "Why does it need to be illegal? I don't understand."
Some of the people CBS 2 spoke with said they don't like the idea, but understand why it might be necessary.
Clearly the crackdowns are designed to keep people healthy and safe, but more than a few folks are wondering if the Big Apple is turning into a shrinking violet.
Don't even think about crossing the street in New York while using any of these things because soon it could be against the law.
Are lawmakers crossing the line? First smoking and cell phone use, then a ban on the stuff that makes a lot of your favorite foods taste good. Now, a New York state senator is set to introduce a bill that would say when and where you can listen to your iPod, among other things.
Under the proposed "iPod" bill, the offending electronics user would be issued a criminal court summons -- with a penalty of $100 -- and would have to appear in court.
Citizens were clearly perplexed when approached by CBS 2 on the streets on Wednesday. Many want answers. State Sen. Carl Kruger said the reasoning is simple.
"You shouldn't be crossing streets and endangering the lives of yourself and others," said Kruger, a Democrat from Brooklyn who was expected to introduce the bill in Albany on Wednesday.
Kruger wants to make it illegal to use iPods, cell phones and other electronic devices while crossing the street, citing two people who were recently killed in his district doing just that.
"They walk into speeding cars. They walk into buses. They walk into each other," Kruger said.
"How could they make that into a law?" one person asked laughing.
Though some say the idea is ridiculous, it's part of a recent rampage of regulatory restrictions, joining no cell phones in the car, no trans fats in your food and no smoking in your bars.
That leaves people asking the question, is this New York we're talking about?
"You might as well not be alive, you know," one person said.
Added another: "Why does it need to be illegal? I don't understand."
Some of the people CBS 2 spoke with said they don't like the idea, but understand why it might be necessary.
Clearly the crackdowns are designed to keep people healthy and safe, but more than a few folks are wondering if the Big Apple is turning into a shrinking violet.
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Stop the madness, this is just going to far. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by FrancF
ey you, with the iPod, the cell phone, the BlackBerry ... be careful where you roam.
Don't even think about crossing the street in New York while using any of these things because soon it could be against the law.
Are lawmakers crossing the line? First smoking and cell phone use, then a ban on the stuff that makes a lot of your favorite foods taste good. Now, a New York state senator is set to introduce a bill that would say when and where you can listen to your iPod, among other things.
Under the proposed "iPod" bill, the offending electronics user would be issued a criminal court summons -- with a penalty of $100 -- and would have to appear in court.
Citizens were clearly perplexed when approached by CBS 2 on the streets on Wednesday. Many want answers. State Sen. Carl Kruger said the reasoning is simple.
"You shouldn't be crossing streets and endangering the lives of yourself and others," said Kruger, a Democrat from Brooklyn who was expected to introduce the bill in Albany on Wednesday.
Kruger wants to make it illegal to use iPods, cell phones and other electronic devices while crossing the street, citing two people who were recently killed in his district doing just that.
"They walk into speeding cars. They walk into buses. They walk into each other," Kruger said.
"How could they make that into a law?" one person asked laughing.
Though some say the idea is ridiculous, it's part of a recent rampage of regulatory restrictions, joining no cell phones in the car, no trans fats in your food and no smoking in your bars.
That leaves people asking the question, is this New York we're talking about?
"You might as well not be alive, you know," one person said.
Added another: "Why does it need to be illegal? I don't understand."
Some of the people CBS 2 spoke with said they don't like the idea, but understand why it might be necessary.
Clearly the crackdowns are designed to keep people healthy and safe, but more than a few folks are wondering if the Big Apple is turning into a shrinking violet.
In red above. Sounds to me like the nanny liberals should just ban walking.0 -
TR as you might know I am a AM radio Talk show junkie, Lately there has be a whole laundry list of stupid stuff from the left being proposed to "Keep US Safe". you and I and every one here is paying for these junk law proposals. This is frikin absolute madness! 0 -
governments were created to think for those too stupid to think for themselves. private life toys are fine in private. its when they bring them into society and carelessly use them to harm or effect the masses, which also costs taxpayers increases due to carelessness, that causes laws to go into effect to protect. government does have the right to intervene. i hope they pass it.[^][;)]
ps...ever wonder why california highway patrol cars have tires tied to their front bumpers? to wake up drivers!0 -
quote:Originally posted by FrancF
TR as you might know I am a AM radio Talk show junkie, Lately there has be a whole laundry list of stupid stuff from the left being proposed to "Keep US Safe". you and I and every one here is paying for these junk law proposals. This is frikin absolute madness!
Funny thing is, if the exremist Muslims suceed in taking us back to the stone age, that will mean that all people have to have a realistic way of looking/dealing with their new environment because in the stone age, there will few if any safety "nets" that were provided by society/modern civilization. Because that civilization will longer exist.
In short, people will live or die by their decisions on what to do/not do, how they live, kind of people they tribe with, etc. This means that most liberals, along with their sappy, goofey, unworkable and just plain stupid ideas will all die out.
Hhuuuuummmmmmm............On second thought, come on stone age.0 -
Kruger wants to make it illegal to use iPods, cell phones and other electronic devices while crossing the street, citing two people who were recently killed in his district doing just that.
"They walk into speeding cars. They walk into buses. They walk into each other," Kruger said.
Is that really such a bad thing? Maybe it's just nature's way of replacing the hazards of the frontier on the stupid people?0 -
It wouldn't totally shock me if they start requiring a permit for their
use, and then it will then somehow be safer.[;)]
Like here, several years back. You couldn't run your atv's on public
roads because it was "unsafe". I said then that soon, if you buy a
permit it'll be ok. Sure enough, it happened.
Kind of like boating. How many are killed anually? Alot, but doubt
we'll see it outlawed...to much revenue.0 -
It's all Bush's fault. 0 -
I think they should LET people keep doing it, and pass a law that says it's not the city's fault if someone dies because of it. 0
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