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cjb11 · 02-04-2009, 07:10 AM

You could get clipped $100 for walking, jogging or cycling across a New York street with an iPod plugged into your ears under a new law proposed by a state senator from Brooklyn.

This law was originated because there was someone who was killed by a bus when he stepped out into traffic listeining to his ipod.

Guess it is for safety, but kinda crazy.

cyclone · 02-04-2009, 11:22 PM

Wow! I would owe a lot of money by now. I see the point, though. I'm pretty absent minded as it is, and worse when I'm listening to music. My mind just floats away.

Come to think of it, I've been hit by a car while riding a bike. I wonder if I was listening to my ipod then?

jimbo · 02-05-2009, 01:32 AM

It does make sense to me. If you wear your ipod then you can not hear a car that might hunk the horn at you.

cjb11 · 02-05-2009, 01:04 PM

It does make alot of sense when you think about it. If they really wanted to write some tickets, just go to the high school after school and see how many kids are wearing the ipods while walking in the streets.

stupid · 05-06-2009, 08:56 PM

You know,in all reality and common sence,you should look before you step into a street. Does this pertain to a deaf person also,if their humming to theirself.

bubble · 09-13-2009, 01:43 PM

I can see the reasoning behind it, but how is it going to be monitored? If someone cannot hear the heavy New York traffic, then how are they going to hear a police officer trying to stop them?

savvyeyty · 09-21-2009, 10:38 PM

It does sound crazy. I mean, even if that person has an iPod on his ears while crossing the street, he or she should have looked at the road first or looked at the stop light and walk light.

02-04-2009, 07:10 AM	#1
cjb11 Legal Forum Associate Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 68	Crossing the street listening to an ipod You could get clipped $100 for walking, jogging or cycling across a New York street with an iPod plugged into your ears under a new law proposed by a state senator from Brooklyn. This law was originated because there was someone who was killed by a bus when he stepped out into traffic listeining to his ipod. Guess it is for safety, but kinda crazy.

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02-04-2009, 11:22 PM	#2
cyclone Law Curious Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 10	Wow! I would owe a lot of money by now. I see the point, though. I'm pretty absent minded as it is, and worse when I'm listening to music. My mind just floats away. Come to think of it, I've been hit by a car while riding a bike. I wonder if I was listening to my ipod then?

02-05-2009, 01:32 AM	#3
jimbo Legal Forum Partner Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 210	It does make sense to me. If you wear your ipod then you can not hear a car that might hunk the horn at you.

02-05-2009, 01:04 PM	#4
cjb11 Legal Forum Associate Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 68	It does make alot of sense when you think about it. If they really wanted to write some tickets, just go to the high school after school and see how many kids are wearing the ipods while walking in the streets.

05-06-2009, 08:56 PM	#5
stupid Law Curious Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 6	You know,in all reality and common sence,you should look before you step into a street. Does this pertain to a deaf person also,if their humming to theirself.

09-13-2009, 01:43 PM	#6
bubble Legal Forum Associate Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 32	I can see the reasoning behind it, but how is it going to be monitored? If someone cannot hear the heavy New York traffic, then how are they going to hear a police officer trying to stop them?

09-21-2009, 10:38 PM	#7
savvyeyty Legal Forum Advocate Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 20	It does sound crazy. I mean, even if that person has an iPod on his ears while crossing the street, he or she should have looked at the road first or looked at the stop light and walk light.