Law Aims to Ban iPod Use on Streets.

[SonnyDaze]

Originally posted by: eits

Originally posted by: bignateyk
damn. New York is becoming worse than california in regard to passing stupid laws.

it hasn't passed... it's still a billl...

**cues up Schoolhouse Rock**

I'm just a bill.
Yes, I'm only a bill.
And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill.

😛

 

[krunchykrome]

I dont see a problem with it. Busy NYC streets + distracted person using an Ipod/cellphone, etc = disaster.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
I dont see a problem with it. Busy NYC streets + distracted person using an Ipod/cellphone, etc = disaster.

ok thats just idiotic. whats next? not being able to talk to anyone on hte street? not being able to look around?

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: IAteYourMother
good proposal for the car, because then you put others at risk, but if you're a pedestrian, you really own pose a risk to yourself, not others, so that part is stupid

So when the car swerves onto the sidewalk to try to avoid you, no one else has a chance of being injured?

 

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
I dont see a problem with it. Busy NYC streets + distracted person using an Ipod/cellphone, etc = disaster.

ok thats just idiotic. whats next? not being able to talk to anyone on hte street? not being able to look around?

Personally, it would probably affect me if I lived in NYC. But some cities have now made it illegal to use cell phones while driving in order to prevent accidents due to distractions, and I don't think there is much of a difference between the two situations.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
I dont see a problem with it. Busy NYC streets + distracted person using an Ipod/cellphone, etc = disaster.

I'll agree with the law when they ban deaf people from crossing streets and driving cars.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
I dont see a problem with it. Busy NYC streets + distracted person using an Ipod/cellphone, etc = disaster.

ok thats just idiotic. whats next? not being able to talk to anyone on hte street? not being able to look around?

Personally, it would probably affect me if I lived in NYC. But some cities have now made it illegal to use cell phones while driving in order to prevent accidents due to distractions, and I don't think there is much of a difference between the two situations.

While I disagree with bans singling out cell phones, there is a huge difference between passively listening to music and actively engaging in a conversation.

 

[meltdown75]

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
ok which goon drives with his/her headphones in and ipod playing? lol

:music:

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
I dont see a problem with it. Busy NYC streets + distracted person using an Ipod/cellphone, etc = disaster.

ok thats just idiotic. whats next? not being able to talk to anyone on hte street? not being able to look around?

Personally, it would probably affect me if I lived in NYC. But some cities have now made it illegal to use cell phones while driving in order to prevent accidents due to distractions, and I don't think there is much of a difference between the two situations.

There is no difference between operating your own body on a city sidewalk/crosswalk at 4mph or operating a 4000lb chunk of steel and plastic at 40+mph?

 

[Nerva]

there is no way this will pass.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
I dont see a problem with it. Busy NYC streets + distracted person using an Ipod/cellphone, etc = disaster.

ok thats just idiotic. whats next? not being able to talk to anyone on hte street? not being able to look around?

Personally, it would probably affect me if I lived in NYC. But some cities have now made it illegal to use cell phones while driving in order to prevent accidents due to distractions, and I don't think there is much of a difference between the two situations.

there is a huge diffrence between driving a car while talking on a phon and walking around listening to music.

 

[krunchykrome]

We're not comparing driving a vehicle to walking across a busy street. We're comparing using a distracting device while driving vs. using a distracting device while crossing a busy cross walk in the city; both can get yourself killed or cause an accident.

 

[Syrch]

Originally posted by: maximus maximus
can i use my iriver mp3 player? because the law just talks about ipod. 😛

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
We're not comparing driving a vehicle to walking across a busy street. We're comparing using a distracting device while driving vs. using a distracting device while crossing a busy cross walk in the city; both can get yourself killed or cause an accident.

so can not having your shoes tied, long pants, etc etc etc.

 

[Linflas]

Bah you're late! 😉 Text

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: Linflas
Bah you're late! 😉 Text

Your title sucks. 😛 To be fair, so does the search.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
We're not comparing driving a vehicle to walking across a busy street. We're comparing using a distracting device while driving vs. using a distracting device while crossing a busy cross walk in the city; both can get yourself killed or cause an accident.

As I said, I'll agree with the law when deaf people are banned from crossing streets and driving.

 

[krunchykrome]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
We're not comparing driving a vehicle to walking across a busy street. We're comparing using a distracting device while driving vs. using a distracting device while crossing a busy cross walk in the city; both can get yourself killed or cause an accident.

As I said, I'll agree with the law when deaf people are banned from crossing streets and driving.

One thing to consider is the possibily that deaf people might be more consciensly aware of their surroundings than those who are not deaf who are distracted by the use of a cell phone or mp3 player.

 

[Aikouka]

Originally posted by: krunchykrome
Personally, it would probably affect me if I lived in NYC. But some cities have now made it illegal to use cell phones while driving in order to prevent accidents due to distractions, and I don't think there is much of a difference between the two situations.

Cell phones while driving are illegal in all of NY actually... and based on my driving in (the local area of) NY, it doesn't seem to make much of a difference.

Also, if people listen to too much Eminem, they may lose themselves in the music and then get hit by a car :Q.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: IAteYourMother
good proposal for the car, because then you put others at risk, but if you're a pedestrian, you really own pose a risk to yourself, not others, so that part is stupid

So when the car swerves onto the sidewalk to try to avoid you, no one else has a chance of being injured?

That's a good one. So far that's the best justification I've seen for having the law. Only other good justification I've seen is the emotional damage to the driver who kills the idiot walking across the street.

Edit:
However, the lawmaker didn't cite this as a reason for the law, he cited two people who were hit while using headphones. I think it's kind of dumb to walk across a city street with headphones on, but I don't think we need a law to force people to not do dumb things.

 

[blurredvision]

You know, I used to bash the people on this board in the year's past about being so against the government and these little laws. Big deal, I used to say. But in my days of getting older, I'm understanding more and more how stupid little stuff like this is getting out of hand. They are, in fact, taking away freedoms one-by-one. Sure, the justification of a car swerving and hitting pedestrians on the sidewalk is a legitimate arguement, but I don't we should make laws based on chance like this.

The whole thing is just ridiculous.

 

[Miramonti]

I vote to extend the proposed Ipod ban to prohibit use during all physical activity, including that done by the circulatory and/or respiratory system.

 

[BoberFett]

New Yorkers must be the stupidest people on the planet. They apparently need laws telling them how to act 24/7.

 

[purbeast0]

Originally posted by: meltdown75

Originally posted by: otispunkmeyer
ok which goon drives with his/her headphones in and ipod playing? lol

:music:

Yah I dunno ... i have this weird thing in my car that I use ... whats it called ... oh yah, A FVCKING RADIO!!!

 

[2Dead]

I walk with mp3 player on all the time in nyc. I also know which direction traffic is coming from so I look. And I can still hear whats going on. Yes, they are overreacting.