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NY State Sen. Carl Kruger proposes ban on handheld devices
By Steve Ragan Feb 8, 2007, 17:14 GMT
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Anyone ever heard of natural selection? If they are getting themselves killed it's good for the gene pool.
I cannot believe the words 'crisis' arose in this article. I have an mp3 player and a cell phone here in vegas and I can still be aware of my surroundings when i walk or take the bus anywhere, these people are to easily distracted. Now, the use of a cell phone in a car i can understand, but what about GPS navigators and blue tooth headsets? Technology is advancing to quickly and soon supposed bans like this won't be necessary
It is rather obvious that Mr. Kruger has Ipod Envy. He probably doesn't even know how to use it or any of the other 'new-age' technologies such as a Wal-Man.
This is the same idiotic reasoning that would be used to ban jewelry in public. Someone might be blinded by a flash coming of those sparkly ear rings and make you step into the street to avoid the glare and Gasp!!! get hit by a car.
If someone is so absorbed in his or her 'sound producing device' that he loses all senses, maybe we should clasify this as a controlled substance and charge people for DU-I(pod)'s.
My stomach is churning as I read this article. It is an invasion of personal rights and a typical example of government overstepping their bounds. What's next- a ban on hats that may block someone's view or perhaps a ban on sunglasses? Why not just ban walking on street altogether? Does anyone actually feel this is a product use of our tax dollars? I think I am going to go throw-up.
Why not get rid of guns first!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
One thing to think about...
With this law in place, the next time someone gets squashed because they were walking in traffic, the city will probably be able to go after the pedestrian for money(more than $100) in court because they were breaking the law.
In the name of his Majesty - Safety!
This is kinda similar to 'alcohol related vehicular accidents', which according to such statements amount to 50% of all fatalities. The conclusion is that drinking and driving do not mix well.
Gee, if people stopped driving all 100% of vehicular accidednts would be eliminated.
Why is that Kruger considers hend helds for deaths of those people, when it is the vehicles that killed them, or those driving them? Therefore, driving is what it should be banned - in the name of Safety!
New York State is the highest taxed state in the country. There are no jobs in upstate New York and our residets can not leave fast enough. This Senator like all our Representatives in Albany do not have an answer for our Real problems, but isnt it funny that they come up with idiotic laws like this. They like to let us poor serfs know they care about our well being.
As our New Govenor stated upstate NY is like Appalachia.
this is probobly one of the more stupid things i had heard...i will have to agree with the natral selection idea, if they are stupid enough to cross a bust street and not look around first, i dont want them breeding.
Are we allowed to talk to a friend that is walking with us? Then why shouldn't we talk on the phone? A live friend can be a whole lot more distracting than an iPod or cell.
We could require a common sense competancy test before allowing people to leave their homes without supervision. Oh, wait, that would mean most of our politicians couldn't go to work.
I, also, am disturbed by the use of the word 'crisis' to describe the problem. Granted there is probably an issue with distracted/unfocused people getting themselves and other killed and/or injured. However, has it reach the proportions of a 'crisis'? I though oil dependency, war, terror, medical costs, social security and illegal immigration were far more important.
Anyway, I also agree with the others here that say this is a personal privacy issue. I believe people have the right to use their devices. I just wish more people understood that having rights means also being responsible and having a duty of care to yourself and others around you.
Additionally, I am worried about the increasing level of government intervention these days. It seems that government feels the right and need to consistently dictate to people. This is most disturbing.
Thank you.
They better legislate the requirement to look both ways before crossing the street....
Another example of BIG (big intrusive government)!
Politicians
What a dummy...Hey kruger you have 911 rescue workers and firefighters dying from poinoning...in nyc the kids cant get to school because of the bussing problem and your worried about ipods? Thank god you will be voted out in the next election...Guess thats what your Really trying to acomplish.
Give the Senator an mp3 player and make him wear it for one day.....problem solved!
We could take up a collection to fix the vehicle.
what will he do when the ipod car is released? apart fom nurse a sore head that is!
O Boy. Here we go. I reluctently voted Demo this time and now it appears that we are going to have 'do-gooder' legislation popping up all over the place. Does the proposed new law, if interpreted strictly mean that if I was in my car in New York and found myself crashed between two vehicles where I could not get out, I am not allowed to use my cell phone. Or if I saw another such accident involving other persons, I cannot use the cell phone either in my car or outside in traffic? I propose less laws and more sense for politicians. You elect politicians and as soon as they discover that they are in a class called 'lawmaker' they turn into idiots.
john
What good is it to follow a constitution that gets amended left and right. Politicians might as well draft up a new one.
Holly lord, what's going on? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. Someone in NY should propose a ban on lawmakers from banning things. I can't see how an iPod user can be at fault when some little soccer mom drives her beast of an SUV over them through a marked crosswalk.
If people lack that much common sense, they deserve what they get....run over. The problem with this country is that the majority have average to low IQ's. This contributes greatly to the stupidity of society. Switching topics...I always wonder how sitcoms are even on TV, with fake laugh tracks? Are people really that dumb that they need a laugh track to remind them that something is funny? I guess so....
Natural selection at it's finest, let em die.....this is the only way we will keep evolving our species in an intelligent direction.
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