Crime = Walking while texting,

"It makes sense, but I feel it's too much, they're kind of being too controlling," smartphone user Jayla Thomas said "

" Kind of . "

So these folks (like "Jayla") want 1A, 2A, and 4th and 5thA nullified- but DO. NOT. FUCK. WITH THEIR SMARTPHONES.

Jmac00 said:

Welcome to the Nanny state:

New York State Senate introduces bill to make texting while walking illegal

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They’ve gone Waaay beyond Nanny

They should have snipers on every corner taking these criminals down!

But drivers want this they say. It's absolutely ridiculous how the Sheep want the government to control every aspect of our Lives. Actually it's pathetic.

Of course we know from the government's perspective it's just another way to create more revenue for their budget deficit. So they have this, now seatbelts in the backseat, let's see what other silly controlling laws they want to come up with the generate Revenue. Like I said in another thread expect to see a major step up and traffic enforcement laws coming to start filling the gap of the budget deficit.

Why do we need a law, the problem will solve itself through natural selection. Ramp up and start giving those O'Bama phones away.

I have posted this here once before. I was parked in the bank parking lot sitting in my truck eating lunch.
As I am enjoying lunch I watch a woman walking across the bank parking lot with her head in her phone.
As I'm watching her, I am thinking if she doesn't look where she is going she is going to trip over that curb.
And she tripped over the curb ... LOL ... It was a pretty good face plant too.

Most people are so frickin' dumb these days... You older guys like me know that it wasn't always like this.

Back to the bank parking lot. As she was getting close to the curb I thought about tapping on my horn so she would look up from her phone and see the curb right in front of her. But I couldn't bring myself to do that.


No more laws,,, let Darwin do his job... It seems like I am surrounded by morons these days.

I can only assume all other problems in this state have been resolved if they are addressing this nonsense. Disband the legislature and send them home until the next session.

You can't legislate common sense or the lack of it!

How will cops enforce this? With a net?

They are proposing the arrest of inmates for the abuse of their Obamaphone, Contexting.
Robin

Dont make it a crime. Let nature sort it out.

It's for the children.

Anyone else have gas now?

What if you aren't texting but rather using Twitter? Does this only apply to the native texting app?

What if I'm on Xhamster looking at creampie videos?

Bigfoot said:

Most people are so frickin' dumb these days... You older guys like me know that it wasn't always like this.

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us older guys .. if we had smartphones back then .. .. watch me jump 20 trash cans with a bicycle and no helmet or knee pads while texting my buddies .. LOL .,.

we didn't have any safe pillows back then .. tuff it out ..

Acer-m14 said:

us older guys .. if we had smartphones back then .. .. watch me jump 20 trash cans with a bicycle and no helmet or knee pads while texting my buddies .. LOL .,.

we didn't have any safe pillows back then .. tuff it out ..

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Yep, no safety gear back then, no one thought about it, not even the parents.

Your post got me to thinking about Mercurochrome. When I was a kid I would always have the red Mercurochrome spots on me.

I would install a big front sprocket on the bicycle for top end speed, place a big ole' take off ramp at the bottom of a big ole' hill.
By the time I hit the ramp I would be peddling as fast as I possibly could.

It would of been so cool to be able to take video of stuff like that back then, like we can now.
With that being said, I would much rather go back to the way things used to be. Before PC's, internet, social media,
cell phones, cameras everywhere, etc.

Life back then was so much simpler, so much better... IMHO

Bigfoot said:

Yep, no safety gear back then, no one thought about it, not even the parents.

Your post got me to thinking about Mercurochrome. When I was a kid I would always have the red Mercurochrome spots on me.

I would install a big front sprocket on the bicycle for top end speed, place a big ole' take off ramp at the bottom of a big ole' hill.
By the time I hit the ramp I would be peddling as fast as I possibly could.

It would of been so cool to be able to take video of stuff like that back then, like we can now.
With that being said, I would much rather go back to the way things used to be. Before PC's, internet, social media,
cell phones, cameras everywhere, etc.

Life back then was so much simpler, so much better... IMHO

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I think about this occasionally. Us "old guys" in our 50's are among the last to remember the freedom of actually being unavailable when you weren't at home with a landline.

Modean said:

I think about this occasionally. Us "old guys" in our 50's are among the last to remember the freedom of actually being unavailable when you weren't at home with a landline.

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I have a thing about not always having my cell phone on me or near me at different times through out the day.
I don't like being connected all of the time... If I miss a call, I will call back at some point. I don't even have a leave a message option on my cell... I guess I just like my own space. That's what I grew up with.

I still have a landline, 2 phones, and the one in the living room has a cord on it... I'm 55 by the way.

I can remember having to go to the town library to take some books out if I needed to learn something.
Now I just go to the internet to get the info that I need.

Tonight I went online and ordered some parts for my old Case garden tractor, and of course those parts will be delivered right to my door. I have to admit that is nice.

BUT!!!, the trade off isn't worth it IMHO... Life was better pre personal computer / digital age, or what ever it's called.

togmaster said:

It's for the children.

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Wait for the uproar when parents are going to be paying fines for the kids who are walking and playing Pokemon Go. you know, the App that actually encourages those lazy gad-abouts to get off their ass and WALK.
But no, New York would rather they sit on their ass all day getting larger and less healthy.

Airborneguy said:

How will cops enforce this? With a net?

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Chokeho.... oh, wait.

How about that thing we saw awhile back that shoots out a bolo and tangles them up?

Acer-m14 said:

us older guys .. if we had smartphones back then .. .. watch me jump 20 trash cans with a bicycle and no helmet or knee pads while texting my buddies .. LOL .,.

we didn't have any safe pillows back then .. tuff it out ..

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20 trash cans!!?? That would be a feat in itself. I managed 8 with a 10 speed before I crashed and burned. Broke my ankle and snapped the bike in two.

those videos prove evolution, its called natural Selection !

Who would actually enforce this. It’s just another revenue maker or a way to stop people.
Whit if some one under a certain age does it. Say a 12 year old? Will they give them a ticket and force me to pay?

S&W Fan said:

20 trash cans!!?? That would be a feat in itself. I managed 8 with a 10 speed before I crashed and burned. Broke my ankle and snapped the bike in two.

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Using a 10 speed is a no go for catching big air. The frame and or rims will not hold up to that kind of abuse.
But you all ready know that... Maybe not before the fact, but you did after the fact.

I used a single speed Huffy Thunder Road. When my Uncle seen what I was doing he re enforced the frame.
But then I started blowing out rims.

That lead to dirt bikes, that lead to 12 years of motocross racing, that lead to numerous broken bones over the years.
Turning pro did not work out for me. But it was a lot of fun, no regrets, I would do it all over again.

1979 -- I was 14 years old then.

Bigfoot said:

Using a 10 speed is a no go for catching big air. The frame and or rims will not hold up to that kind of abuse.
But you all ready know that... Maybe not before the fact, but you did after the fact.

I used a single speed Huffy Thunder Road. When my Uncle seen what I was doing he re enforced the frame.
But then I started blowing out rims.

That lead to dirt bikes, that lead to 12 years of motocross racing, that lead to numerous broken bones over the years.
Turning pro did not work out for me. But it was a lot of fun, no regrets, I would do it all over again.

1979 -- I was 14 years old then.

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LoL, I held the record in my neighborhood for jumping trash cans with a huffy. Nobody was brave enough to try and beat me. I got bored with the competition and started using my beefed up 10 speed. I got air over 6 cans, landed on the back tire and crushed the rim, but I cleared them. 8 was the no go. My dad was a dirt track and enduro racer. My brother and I had several dirt bikes to choose from and ride anytime. My favorite was a Bultaco 250 . That was one snotty ass dirt bike.

i used to jump and wheelie my 10 speed .. never bent a rim , just broke the rear axle at least once a month .. i would just go to the highshool metal shop and slap some round stock in the metal lathe and make a few more ..