Nanny-ism on Display; It's New York, AGAIN.

You know, there are voluminous reasons why I won’t live in New York. The first is hight cost of living and high taxes spent badly. Among my other reasons are the constant barrage of legislative nanny-ism like the cell phone ban, the trans-fat ban, certain smoking bans, and now this:

"Sen. Carl Kruger will propose a bill that would ban using an iPod — and any other electronic device that is a distraction — while crossing traffic, he told FOX News on Wednesday.
"I think it's necessary if we just look at the statistics that bear out the argument that people while being too into their electronic gadgetry are tuning out the rest of the world. They are becoming a statistical fatality, they are being part of an accident scene. They are basically jeopardizing their well-being as well as the well-being of others around them," Kruger, a Democrat, said.
The bill would levy a $100 fine against those who use iPods, cell phones and BlackBerrys while in a crosswalk in all of New York's major cities. WNBC reported that the ban would only be in effect in Buffalo and New York City."

I bet more people have accidents due to changing the station on a car radio than from listening to ipods while crossing the street. When are they going to ban car stereos? If they would simply ban cars from New York City, then the ipod problem would be fixed, right? More government nanny-ism in areas where they should not even be. I just hate it.

Watch. Later on, there will be some liberal in Kalifonia who will say "Look at what a great step forward they have taken. there're progressive. They're modern. They are taking action to correct a vital wrong. We should follow." That's how cigarette ban, and cell phone bans got started. More pet peves expressed as legislation.