In another show of how clueless elected politicians are, instead of fixing the economy or balancing the budget, or giving the state of New Jersey, the exact amount of money needed for Hurricane Relief, they are going after texting while walking.
Harvey Munford, D-Las Vegas, has heard a lot of talk about the dangers of texting while driving. Now the Nevada assemblyman wants to focus on what he considers an equally perilous scourge: texting while walking, especially across a busy street, according to Fox 13.
Munford said on Thursday "the new law could be applied not to just urban streets but to all state roads, even in residential.The penalty for offenders: a pricey ticket, including $250 for a third offense. First-timers would get a warning, reported Fox 13.
This bill is following in the footsteps of a law set in the New Jersey town of Fort Lee, which last year issued a ban against texting while crossing the street.
Munford told the Los Angeles Times that he began watching for the practice while behind the wheel last year after a complaint by a constituent.
"I was just amazed by what I saw," he said. "So many people are almost oblivious. They are texting and texting, totally unaware as they cross even six-lane highways."
He went on the say that He said young people are the biggest offenders.
"When kids get out of school, where they've been banned from using their phones all day, they go immediately to their texts," he told The Times. "I've seen several close calls myself where people have almost been hit. Kids are so addicted to those things. It's almost become a plague."
However, people in medical emergencies will be exempt from the proposed new law.
The mean of this, if this bill is passed by Nevada, incidents like the one below will not only carry mass embarrassment, but a fine as well.
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