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Using a crosswalk in New York? "NO iPOD FOR YOU!"

arstechnica.com — Most of us have already heard that using a cell phone (without a handsfree solution) while driving has been banned in some US cities. But while walking? That's what New York state Senator Carl Kruger (D-Brooklyn) is now looking to restrict.

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  • packernirvana, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I understand that they're working on another bill in New York. A $200 penalty for those caught walking and chewing gum.
  • methodshop, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i think everyone just needs to exercise a little common sense when using their iPod. How hard is it to lower the volume and look both ways before you cross the street? Didn’t we all learn how to properly cross the street before we could tie our own shoelaces?

    packernirvana i quoted you on my blog:
    http://www.methodshop.com/2007/02/ipod-crosswalk-ban.shtml
  • Trention, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1They don;'t even enforce the J-walking laws on the books, and they want to add this crap in?

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