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By Steve Ragan Feb 8, 2007, 17:14 GMT
NY State Sen. Carl Kruger proposes ban on handheld devices
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you cant ban cell phone and ipods its not fair i just got my cell phone you cant
I can't wait until they propose the 'Be sure you have clean underwear on' and the 'Be sure to eat your veggies' laws.
Instead of fining the pedestrians and worsening the attitude of the New Yorkers, how about absolving the driver of all legal actions and rewarding him 100 dollars.
This will never get passed. It's just a way for the bill's sponsor to get his name in the headlines. Don't believe the hype!
Pedestrians who walk into the street without looking? Who needs them? They just pollute the gene pool. If iPods can accelerate the pace of these morons demise, I say hooray for technology! I would also like to encourage Senator Kruger to start using the iPod in his regular strolls around the district he represents.
A crime is when one person infringes upon another's life liberty or property.
But now we have this wonderful thing I call 'pre-crime'. That is when you do something that someone else was also doing when they commited a crime. Prime examples are guns and drugs.
In a Socialist society the government takes care of you because it knows better. Then personal choice becomes a crime in the name of 'The Greater Good'. Prime examples are smoking and trans-fats.
Now with torte lawsuits going absolutely nuts because nobody is responsible for their own actions there needs to be a law to decide everything.
The purpose of this law is to decide blame in an accident regardless of the circumstance. If it goes into effect then it doesn't matter if the pedestrian stepped out of nowhere or if the driver was fishing for that crack rock he dropped on the floor, it will be the pedestrian's fault.
It seems to me that there are numerous deaths between pedestrian and motor vehicle each year. With the rise of cell phones and ipods wouldn't it only seem natural that some of those same deaths would include individuals using those devices?
people just walking with their friends can kill somebody.. especially with this new thing with no ipod or cell phone? come on
This is the dumbest idea ive ever heard of. Why are you worried about ipods??
Theres soo many other things to worry about. Seriously find something better to do.
This is the most retarded thing that I have ever heard of! I do believe personally, that this pending law is completely, and utterly idiotic. There is no reason to ban things that other people use everyday. What happens if your daily exercise is jogging???? Perhaps, you walk around while you’re shopping with an IPOD in listening to your favorite music to keep you busy and occupied? It’s not right, or fair to those people who are injured. Some people find them soothing in a city like New York City. Why would you want to ban something that keeps most of your people happy? Especially when they don’t complain, maybe it was the people’s own fault because they were too distracted by the device. Stupid people ban stuff from us for no reason what did the IPOD do to him? Gawd its not like they are attacking him while he's sleeping or in the shower? Come On?
I personally think the ipod is stupid! Seriously a butterfly can distract someone and cause them to walk into a car whose driver is not paying attention. Jezz, how stupid can you people be?!? If someone is not paying attention to where they are walking then that's their problems, and did you ever bother to think that maybe it wasn't just their fault either? What about those crazy drivers? Can you say stupid?
what are they gonna propose the law they need to have your mom in the bathroom with them?
Just curious, LETEMDIE.... What is your IQ? Double digits I'd wager....
I think this guy is ridiculous... How can you even think of banning New Yorkers from using their cell phones, ipods, etc.This is supposed to be a free country isn't it. Doesn't seem to free to me.
Plus what moron doesn't look both ways before crossing the street, that's just the person's own fault.
Laws create criminals out of thin air.
Why don't we go after the real criminals instead of creating new ones?
Answer is control.
Violent people on the street are an excuse to have more men in uniforms with guns on the streets. It is more politically benificial to create more criminals than to go after the real ones, and besides if you don't use an iPod and it doesn't affect you who cares?
What the ipod focus ignores is the number of people walking around with them - of course some people who have them are going to be in accidents, but that doesn't make a causal link. There is similar 'evidence' that wearing clothes while walking is dangerous. Perhaps there should be a ban on that, too!
Ban guns first? Then you will have to ban knives like England is trying to do. Banning guns helps the criminals. Our nation is becoming a communist nation. Let ban everything. Lets get a number tattooed on our head. WTF!
when ipods are outlawed only outlaws will have ipods
It's just hype. The 'Politician' probably doesn't expect or care if it passes, he just wants his name associated with the 'issue', to increase his visibility. Regardless of the outcome, his name will live in infamy (or so he hopes) just because he's sponsoring it. People are vain. This guy just wants to see his name in print.
I'm not down with the hater comments about natural selection. The incidents involving death with an iPod may totally be a coincidence. Who among us witnessed the actual event? Probably no one.
Everyone will die eventually and that's a fact. Who are we to decide who should die when? You expose your own arrogance when you make a statement favoring someone's untimely demise from an accident. Don't be a pompous jerk like the Politician sponsoring the bill or you'll be treated like one.
Wow. That's amazing. An iPod is a portable device for a reason... because it's portable? Available, on the go... etc.
Dumbness.
So people get hit by cars.... OH well! Don't we have a population problem ANYWAY? This natural selection thing may not be so bad to stop!
As for the people IN the cars who hit the people rocking out, pedestrians have always had the right of way... quit hitting them - duh. There's these things we call eyes. Use them... it doesn't take much.
This better not pass ......anywhere.
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