New York may ban iPods while crossing street

[formerly known as]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/ptech/02/07/nyc.ipod.reut/index.html

Nice to see the government is looking out for our safety. :whistle:

[sorabji_66]

well, if you are over the age of a college kid, and you aren't running, you look really dumb in public "rocking out."

[Fade2Black]

WTF, I think people should be free to run into buses and automobiles. Besides, its nature's way of making the gene pool stronger and not to mention funny as hell to watch. :devil:

[booyalab]

new york sucks

[nfinityi]

I have to say it's pretty dumb to cross the street while you can't hear the traffic.

[Mr. Good Beats]

If you walk into a bus from lack of attention you deserve it. I wear my ipod whilst biking and I've only almost been hit 3-4 times. Big deal. Besides that would have happened anyway. Fucking drivers think they own everything. Getting pretty tired of electronic devices being blamed for people's stupidity.

[HilbertSpace]

They don't call him Nanny Bloomberg for no reason...

[puzzled-observer]

what about listening to radio while driving a car? isn't that the same?

[Dark Razor]

It's as stupid as banning cell-phones while driving,might as well ban talking to other people in the car, I dont think that is any less distracting. I wear my mp3-player while cycling and I have never even come close to an accident because of it.

[attila_the_hunny]

I wish them the best of the luck, because they are seriously going to need it. It's NYC, I can't hear shit to begin with and wouldn't know if yelling or honking was being directed at me.