Do You Think There Should Be A Ban On Texting While Walking?
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CBS News) FORT LEE, N.J. - Texting while walking will now land you an $85 ticket in Fort Lee, N.J.
As
with most other states, texting while driving is already banned in New
Jersey. Now Fort Lee police chief Thomas Ripoli are holding pedestrians
accountable by asking them to be more aware.
There have been 23 pedestrian accidents since January, Fort Lee police chief told CBS New York. While most accidents were minor, three fatalities were reported.
"They're not alert and they're not watching what they're doing," Ripoli told CBS New York's Derricke Dennis. "As of now, [officers are] to give summonses to pedestrians who do not adhere to crosswalks and the lights."
There have been some outrageous viral videos of people distracted while texting. Recently, a Los Angeles man almost ran into a bear while texting. Another video shows a woman in a mall who fell into a water fountain because she was distracted from texting.
The woman who fell in the fountain regretted her carelessness in retrospect, emphasizing the dangers of texting while walking.
The texting ban went into effect in the northern New Jersey in March.
Do you think Texting while you are walking should be against the law?
without running into someone or something. I have had some
walk into me and almost knock me down.
.................ajewole naomi(caleb unversity, imota, lagos)............
how they do it and drive.