This week New York‘s state legislature dragged itself out of paralyzing gridlock to pass a law that bans playing video games while driving. Putting on makeup, shaving, beating your children, that still isn’t specifically proscribed.
I suppose the Empire State is in cutting-edge democracy-lab mode for this one, having seen the devastation wrought by a rogue PSP player on a Honolulu bus. Yes, this is a blanket ban on using all portable electronics, and is probably meant to stop driving while texting, which is more profligate and a bigger problem than playing Patapon on the Thruway. But the ban is only a secondary violation – meaning you have to get popped for something else first before you can be cited for the $150 fine.
https://lastchance.cc/psp-playin-bus-driver-was-not-in-fact-fired-5065625%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E
When I start my own state legislature, we are going to ban driving while making belgian waffles. Just putting that out there now.
NY State Bans Texting, Gaming, Surfing While Driving [GamePolitics]
