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Crossing the street listening to an ipod
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Old 02-04-2009, 07:10 AM   #1
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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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Old 02-04-2009, 11:22 PM   #2
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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?
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Old 02-05-2009, 01:32 AM   #3
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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.
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Old 02-05-2009, 01:04 PM   #4
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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.
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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.
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Old 09-13-2009, 01:43 PM   #6
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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?
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Old 09-21-2009, 10:38 PM   #7
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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.
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