iPod Ban In The Streets Of New York?

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Ban sought for listening toiPod while crossing street
BY CHRISTINA BOYLE and CELESTE KATZDAILY NEWS WRITERS , Feb 8

Staten Islander Diana Recanatini, who crossed W. 34th St. while listening to her iPod, says she won't hear of the idea of a fine.
War. Pestilence. Famine. Listening to your iPod in a crosswalk.
A state lawmaker is convinced that "iPod oblivion" - the zoned-out state of the earbud-wearing generation - can be a ticket to the Great Beyond.
So state Sen. Carl Kruger (D-Brooklyn) wants to slap pedestrians with $100 fines for using electronic gadgets - cell phones, iPods, BlackBerrys and the like - while crossing the street.
"This is not an intrusion into someone's lifestyle," said Kruger, who cites two men killed in his borough while listening to tunes through earphones - one by a bus and one by a car - as reason for the law. "This is government recognizing that there's a safety issue."...read more: here