Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
#1Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 10:07am
It is annoying. Not the law, but people texting while walking.
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/309270
#2Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 10:09amFabulous! They've given tickets to over 600 bicyclists in the past 9 months for failure to follow traffic laws.
#2Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 10:13amGood. I wish they'd pay attention to that in NYC instead of exacerbating the problem with all of those damned pedestrian malls...
#3Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 10:14am
What's annoying? The law or people walking and texting? I nearly fell down the stairs of the mezzanine at the Broadhurt a few months ago because of a teenager who was walking and texting. She plowed right into me because she wasn't watching where she was going.
It shouldn't need to be a law but I guess there have been enough problems to cause them to do something.
#4Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 10:14am
Wow, that's pretty intense. Not that I don't find it annoying, but $120 fines? It's not dangerous, just irritating. And it's not like texting in a theatre, where you're ruining something that others have paid to see.
What's next? If you stop while having a conversation with a friend, you get ticketed for blocking the sidewalk? Is this the way they solve the problem of overpopulation in congested areas?
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#5Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 10:19amActually, Bestie, it can be dangerous. I've seen cars swerve to narrowly avoid people who were so busy with their phones they weren't paying attention to the street lights, I once saw a woman walk into a an old lady with a cane and nearly knock her down, and as Eris pointed out, the problem of people texting while on staircases has become almost epidemic.
#6Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 10:20am
But I've seen people do that who were having conversations with each other, too. They're equally "dangerous."
This is a "crime" of anyone who is distracted and not paying attention while they're walking, not just texters.
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#7Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 10:22amThrow 'em all in jail, then. Maybe it'll force people to pay more attention.
#8Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 10:24am
Z'actly!
They should charge a stupidity tax, too. They'll all pay that.
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#9Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 10:32amThe difference is that you can have a conversation and still watch where you're going, but not so with texting while walking. Still, $120 is steep. I wonder if there's an app for paying the fine.
#10Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 10:43am
LOL Then people can get fined for paying the fine.
And while they CAN watch where they're going during a conversation, that doesn't mean they do. I've seen people stop dead in their tracks to make a point, many times.
Fine 'em!
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#11Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 10:44am
I know I sound like John Locke, but the government needs to stop telling us what we can't do.
Seriously, schools are in trouble all over the country. The economy is being crippled. We're at nearly 10% acknowledged unemployment. THIS is what the city of Philadelphia is worried about?
It's an annoyance, surely, but so is the fact that there's never any place to park in that city. How about making some legislation to open up some parking? It would be far more useful.
#12Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 10:44amWhat about texting while biking? I ride to and from work in DC and I've been seeing an increase in this type of ridiculous behavior.
#13Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 10:48amIf you stop to look at your watch, I think you should be beaten senseless and thrown in jail without bail.
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#14Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 10:55am...bread and water from an old tin pail...
#15Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 10:56am
$60 for the bread and $60 for the water.
I guess Bestie won't be visiting me here in Philly anytime soon. 
#16Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 11:00amWell, not with my cell phone anyway. I love Philly, though! Haven't been in a dozen years, though.
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#17Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 11:03amIt's overrun with texters, cyclists and cheesesteak eaters!
#18Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 11:04amAnd people who have to climb that damn Rocky staircase!
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#20Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 11:10am
I'm sorry can we go back to something -
People actually text while riding a bike? Seriously?? I can't imagine anything scarier!
#22Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 11:36am
Dont meet the same fate as Miss Deaf Texas...
http://articles.cnn.com/2006-03-15/us/miss.deaf.texas_1_text-messaging-miss-deaf-america-pageant-train?_s=PM:US
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#23Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 11:43amJordan, I see it at least once a day (I kid you not)!!
#24Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 11:44amJordan, I see it at least once a day (I kid you not)!!
#25Texting while walking banned in Philadelphia
Posted: 7/19/11 at 11:48am
I saw someone texting while riding a bike and I was like "You're kidding me". But I wasn't really surprised.
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