Brace yourselves good people of New York, mother government is prepared to step in (again) and save you from yourselves. Senator Carl Kruger is reportedly set to introduce legislation that would ban the use of MP3 players, cellphones, and any other electronic device while crossing the street in New York City or other "big cities" in the state. The proposed ban follows two recent pedestrian deaths in Kruger's district where at least one is said to be the result of a person "listening to his iPod." We just gotta wonder: if police can't enforce jaywalking laws in NYC, how could they possibly enforce this?



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Easy explanation. You don't understand NY politics.

Look at the sheer number of bills he has on his agenda already.

CLICK to this link see his proposed legislation - on his page hit "sponsored by the Senator"

How many you think are even going to go to committee, let alone proposed and passed by both houses and signed by the Gov.

Remember that they can't pass anything until they pass the budget [April 1st due - if late they literally stop the clock so June 21st is called March 31st]. Then they take the summer off.

Take it from a former PAL to a NYS Senate Minority Leader: It's called "splash". Get attention and then blame it's lack of passage on the Assembly, the Republicans, the Liberals, the Committee chair, the Governor, the NY Times and/or the powerful iPod and funeral home lobbying blocks.

Meanwhile 2 families have a "cause" so their idiot relatives didn't walk into NYC traffic in vain!!