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ITuning while crossing may soon be illegal in New York

What is Ituning while crossing you may ask? Ituning comes from a combining the name of Apples software, Itunes with the act of listening to tunes on your Ipod. Alright, so I made it up, but it sounds catchy. Reportedly New York Senator Carl Kruger is introduced legalization on February 7 that will result in a $100 for someone Ituning while crossing or even someone on a cell phone.

“Government has an obligation to protect its citizenry,” Kruger said in a telephone interview from Albany, the state capital.

However, there does not seem to be provision for fining deaf inattentive people that cross the street. I wonder how they to plan to keep them safe while crossing the street. You cannot legislate common sense. Perhaps the government will learn that eventually, it is impractical to try to protect everyone from every stupid think they may do. You have to appeal to their sense of reason. There could potentially be people that are able to safely cross the street with an ipod, especially if they are not wearing noise canceling head phones, blasting the music, and maybe think to take one phone out while they cross the street.

Senator Kruger told TV station WCBS
“They are walking into speeding cars. They are walking into buses. They are walking into one another and it is creating a number of fatalities that have been documented right here in New York City.”