Honolulu bans texting...

[Drago]

...while crossing the road.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/31/honolulu-bans-texting-while-walking-across-street.html

At last, someone somewhere is taking a stand against this mind numbing, zombie making, social disease.

 

[Levo-Lon]

Think of the revenues the council could make.
They could employ a few million people to man all footpaths and hand out fines ...its got to be a good thing

 

[Lonestar]

Got to be better than the idiots putting other people at risk because of their damn stupidity.

 

[classic33]

Following Fort Lee, New Jersey, July 2012 $85 fine for texting.

 

[Deafie]

Bring back the stocks!

 

[Lonestar]

Well it's so bloody inconsiderate.

 

[classic33]

Bring back the stocks!

Pillory is still legal!

 

[MikeG]

I'm a bit torn on this one. I'm not generally keen on the authoritarian banning of behaviours you don't like. That way leads to the religious right in the USA banning gay marriage and abortion and so on. On the other hand, this habit is bl**dy annoying and dangerous. I wonder if some of our lawyers here might comment on alternatives such as having it count as a contributory factor in a more important charge, or a mitigating factor if, say, a cyclist is charged with colliding with a pedestrian staring at their screen.

 

[Dan B]

I think it's a bad idea which promotes the socially invidious position that smaller slower squishier road users should be responsible for getting out of the way of heavier faster ones, rather than vice versa as civilised behaviour ought to dictate.

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I think it's a bad idea which promotes the socially invidious position that smaller slower squishier road users should be responsible for getting out of the way of heavier faster ones, rather than vice versa as civilised behaviour ought to dictate.

Good point.

On the other hand some safety first stuff is important.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

I think it's a bad idea which promotes the socially invidious position that smaller slower squishier road users should be responsible for getting out of the way of heavier faster ones, rather than vice versa as civilised behaviour ought to dictate.

Everyone has responsibilities as well as rights. Stepping into the road and not paying attention because your face is glued to a screen comes under the heading of "Asking for it". Being a smaller slower squishy little thing does not make you immune from blame.

 

[Drago]

I think it's a bad idea which promotes the socially invidious position that smaller slower squishier road users should be responsible for getting out of the way of heavier faster ones, rather than vice versa as civilised behaviour ought to dictate.

I do agree, and the US is a particularly bad example, what with their jaywalking laws etc which criminalise crossing the road. However, I would rather be alive than righteous, and I'm pretty sure most smart phone owners would too.

 

[Salty seadog]

It really annoys me when someone bumps into me 'cos they're too fixated on their phone......
















































...........especially when they're in a car.

 

[Salty seadog]

And you are at sea

Exactly, unexpectedly annoying......the worst kind. Really puts a dent in your day.

 

[classic33]

Exactly, unexpectedly annoying......the worst kind. Really puts a dent in your day.

And the car.