A New York state senator is proposing a ban on "using an MP3 player, cell phone, Blackberry or any other electronic device while crossing the street in either New York City or Buffalo."
NewsChannel 4 reported that Sen. Carl Kruger is proposing the ban in response to two recent pedestrian deaths in his district, including a 23-year-old man who was struck and killed last month while listening to his iPod on Avenue T and East 71st Street In Bergen Beach.
"While people are tuning into their iPods and cell phones, they're tuning out the world around them," Kruger said. The proposed law would make talking on cell phones while crossing the street a comparable offense to jaywalking.
I guess people in Albany are still smart enough to listen to music and pay attention to traffic.
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