Bill banning iPods and cellphones on New York City streets coming

First it was cell phones in cars, then trans fats. Now, a new plan is on the table to ban gadget use while crossing city streets, reports wcbstv via Engadget

"Legislation will be introduced in Albany on Wednesday to lay a $100 fine on pedestrians succumbing to what State Sen. Carl Kruger calls iPod oblivion.

We're talking about people walking sort of tuned in and in the process of being tuned in, tuned out," Kruger said. "Tuned out to the world around them. They're walking into speeding cars. They're walking into buses. They're walking into one another and it's creating a number of fatalities that have been documented right here in the city."

emily | 3:30 PM | Cell Phones while driving/flying/sailing |
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