New York Police State
cn | 09 February, 2007 20:55Walk, jog or bicycle across a New York street with an iPod plugged in your ears and you could get slapped with a $100 ticket under a new law proposed by a legislator from Brooklyn.State Sen. Carl Kruger's bill would also outlaw the use of cell phones, Blackberries, video games or other electronic devices when crossing the street. (from wired.com)
He cited the death of a 21-year-old man who was listening to music when he stepped off a curb and was hit by a bus in Brooklyn in September, and the death of a 23-year-old iPod listener last month.
Does anyone else have images of robotic, thoughtless, emotionless entities marching numbly to and from work, and passively floating through their lives? That will be us if issues such as the above grow and gain power.
And will taking our iPods away somehow cause us to be more careful or pay more attention?
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