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  • Ban Proposed On Walking While Talking, Listening To iPod

    02/07/2007 6:07:07 AM PST · by seanmerc · 64 replies · 1,122+ views
    WNBC.com ^ | February 6, 2007 | WNBC.com
    A state senator from Brooklyn said on Tuesday he plans to introduce legislation that would ban people from using an MP3 player, cell phone, Blackberry or any other electronic device while crossing the street in either New York City or Buffalo. NewsChannel 4 reported that Sen. Carl Kruger is proposing the ban in response to two recent pedestrian deaths in his district, including a 23-year-old man who was struck and killed last month while listening to his iPod on Avenue T and East 71st Street In Bergen Beach. "While people are tuning into their iPods and cell phones, they're tuning...
  • This proposed smoking ban has some fuming

    01/30/2007 6:39:54 AM PST · by Technoman · 10 replies · 641+ views
    LA Times ^ | 1/30/07 | Maria L. La Ganga
    BELMONT, CALIF. — When the City Council of this San Francisco suburb voted to consider what could be the most stringent tobacco regulation in America, anti-smoking activists cheered. Banning smoking everywhere but single-family detached homes and their yards would be a big step forward, even in health-conscious California.