SMS: offer well to those who send SMS while walking – 19/05/2019

New York City plans to finish with the "texting" (people who walk the streets by texting) after a bill introduced by Senator John Liu with which they seek to reduce this practice and pay more attention when they travel on public roads. The proposed fines they vary between 25 and 50 dollars for offenders who do it for the first time. If they are recidivists, they could reach $ 250.

"The law do not want to ban people from talking on the phone. We are talking about using the devices to write while walking. You can wait five seconds for what you are pbading across the street, "Senator Liu told the newspaper. The Guardian.

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Since 2018, the idea is to go ahead with this idea, which would be added to the law that imposes a fine on those who communicate while driving. If it is an emergency, this prohibition would be ineffective.

Police officers, traffic police, firefighters and emergency vehicles they would be exempt sanction, insofar as they perform official duties.