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NEW YORK Pedestrians who cross the road listening to an MP3 player or talking on a mobile phone face having to pay a $100 (£50) fine. Senator Carl Kruger said that since September three pedestrians had been killed in Brooklyn while they were distracted by an electronic device.
The senator added that the problem was a “major public safety crisis”. He plans to introduce legislation banning pedestrians in the state from using electronic gadgets when crossing a street. (Reuters)
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Walking, listening to music, chatting - they've all been around longer than cars. Should humming a tune in one's head while crossing the road be an illegal thought crime? In 1988 I lived on Miami Beach and was amazed to discover that you could literally walk across the road regardless of traffic, and the cars would slow down. I imagine you could populate a planet with the number of pedestrians killed by cars over the last 100 years. Cars don't generally drive into bollards, walls, lamposts...so why should they drive into pedestrians? Drivers who kill pedestrians may be keeping within the speed limit but they clearly do not put a premium on the lives of other human beings.
Andrew Baker, Bratislava, Slovakia
What an excellent idea! Can we have that here? And can we ban drivers from listening to extremely loud music too?
starling, Lancaster,
It was once said of a politician that he couldn't f*rt and chew gum at the same time. If a person can't walk across the road safely listening to music...
Bob Millar, Stockholm, Sweden