HONOLULU IS THE FIRST MAJOR US CITY THAT IS PLANNING ON FINDING
INDIVIDUALS FOR TEXTING WHILE WALKING.
THIS IS KNOWN AS HONOLULU'S SMART PHONE ZOMBIE LAW AND WHAT
THEY WANT TO DO IS KEEP PEOPLE SAFE BY MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE
PAYING ATTENTION TO WHERE THEIR WALKING AND A LOT OF
PEOPLE, WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED IT LIKE TO LOOK DOWN AT THEIR
SMART PHONES AS THEIR WALKING AROUND AND IT COULD LEAD TO
UNSAFE SITUATIONS SO THIS LAW NOW AUTHORIZE POLICE TO
STOP AND FIND THE DENTISTRY AND UP TO $35
FOR WALKING WITH THEIR EYES GLUED TO THEIR PHONE SCREEN.
THE LAW DID PASS AND IT IS NOW IN EFFECT.
IT'S A GOOD EFFECT TODAY SO OTHER US CITIES ARE ALSO
CONSIDERING THIS TYPE OF LEGISLATION.
HERE'S THE REASONING BEHIND IT.
PEDESTRIAN DEATHS IN THE UNITED STATES ROSE 11% 2016
TO NEARLY 6000 PEOPLE AND THAT'S ACCORDING TO A REPORT FROM
THE GOVERNORS HIGHWAY SAFETY ASSOCIATION.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT THEIR STUDY DOESN'T SHOW
CAUSATION BUT THEY ARE SAYING ALL RIGHT, INCREASED USE OF
SMART PHONES, INCREASED NUMBER OF DOES FOR PEDESTRIANS,
THERE COULD BE A LINK.
I BELIEVE THERE IS.
AND SO THAT'S A COMBINATION OF THE ACTUAL NUMBERS IN MY
OPINION.
11% IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT JUMP IN A YEAR AND YOU ALL KNOW IT.
YOU SEE IT ALL AROUND YOU AND BY THE WAY, DON'T GET ME WRONG.
AS OPRAH ONCE FAMOUSLY SAID, I ALSO LOOK AT MY PHONE ON
THE SIDEWALK TIME IN FAVOR OF THIS LAW.
IT DEPENDS ON HOW IT'S APPLIED.
IF YOU SAY, IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR PHONE WHILE WALKING THAT'S
A FINE, I DISAGREE BUT IF YOU ARE CROSSING A ROAD AND
LOOKING AT YOUR PHONE, I AGREE, YOU SHOULD BE FIND.
THAT IS MY ROLE.
I DO LOOK AT MY PHONE ON THE SIDEWALK BUT WHEN I GET TO A
CROSSWALK, NOBODY HAS TIME TO DIE IF YOU KEEP LOOKING AT
YOUR PHONE YOU ARE INVITING DISASTER, SO, DISAGREEMENT.
I 100% DISAGREE WITH YOU ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU PUT THIS
KIND OF LAW IN THE CONTEXT OF INACTION BY CONGRESS WITH
MASS SHOOTINGS AND STUFF.
REALLY, THIS IS ATTENTION IS GOING?
PEOPLE USING THE FUNDS WHETHER WATCHING.
FIRST OF ALL I USE MINE WHILE WALKING ALL THE TIME
BECAUSE TIME IS MONEY WHEN I'M WALKING MY DOG I DON'T HAVE
THE LUXURY OF JUST ENJOYING THE WALK WITH MY DOG.
HAVE TO ANSWER EMAIL.
ADD TO LOOK UP STORIES, HAVE TO GET MY STUFF DONE.
I DON'T NEED THE GOVERNMENT OF MY BUTT ABOUT WHAT I'M
LOOKING AT ONE WALKING DOWN YOUR RIGHT, HOW ARE THEY GOING
TO ENFORCE THE?
HOW LONG YOU HAD TO BE LOOKING AT MY PHONE BEFORE THEY
DECIDE THEY WANT TO FIND ME?
AND ARE THEY SPECIFYING THAT THIS IS WHEN YOU'RE WALKING
ACROSS THE STREET?
IT IS ASSUMED THAT THEY ARE.
IT SEEMS LIKE AS LONG AS YOU
ARE A PEDESTRIAN AND YOU ARE WALKING IN A PUBLIC SPACE
AND YOU ARE LOOKING AT YOUR PHONE, YOU COULD DEAL WITH
THIS FINE AND NO, IT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
I THINK IT GOES WAY TOO FAR.
DO YOU USE IT WHILE YOU'RE ON THE ROAD THOUGH.
ON THE ROAD?
UNDER CROSSING THE STREET.
YEAH, I DO.
DON'T DO THAT.
WHATEVER.
NOT WHATEVER.
THAT'S MY LIFE.
SO IF I GET RUN OVER WHILE I'M LOOKING AT MY PHONE, THAT'S
ON ME.
I DON'T NEED THE GOVERNMENT TELLING ME WHEN I CAN LOOK
AT MY PHONE, HOW LONG I CAN LOOK AT MY PHONE WHAT IS A?
IS IT LIKE THE NEW CIGARETTE SITUATION.
I NEED TO BE IN A SPECIFIED SMART PHONE SAFE STONE IN
ORDER TO LOOK AT MY PHONE?
IT'S TOO MUCH.
I HEAR YOU LIBERTARIAN ANNA BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, THE LAWS
THAT WE PASSED ON SMOKING IN CALIFORNIA SAVED MILLIONS
OF LIVESTOCK
BUT MY POINT IS MY SMART PHONE IS NOT GOING TO CAUSE
LUNG CANCER OR CANCER FOR PEOPLE AROUND ME.
LET ME LOOK AT MY PHONE WHEN I'M WALKING.
IT JUST GOES TOO FAR.
I GET IT, PEOPLE GET ANNOYED.
DRIVERS GET ANNOYED WHATEVER.
LIVE WITH IT.
THAT'S WHAT LIFE IS ALL ABOUT THE
THE ANNOYED IS DIFFERENT FROM SAFETY AND BY THE WAY, YOU
ARE VERY RIGHT TO POINT OUT, IT'S HARD TO FIGURE OUT
WHERE TO DRAW THE LINE.
FOR EXAMPLE, I'M IN FAVOR OF THE ANTISMOKING LAWS INDOORS
THAT I THINK HAVE SAVED COUNTLESS LIVES IN AMERICA.
I'M IN FAVOR OF MAKING YOU PUT YOUR SEATBELT ON, THAT HAS
SAVED MILLIONS OF LIVES IN AMERICA.
ON THE OTHER HAND, WHEN BLOOMBERG WENT TO IDLE WANT
YOU TO DRINK LARGE SODAS HE LOST TO ME.
I DON'T DRINK LARGE SODAS SO IT'S NOT MY ISSUE BUT REALLY?
WE'RE FIGURING HOW MUCH COKE YOUR DRINKING?
THAT SEEMS LIKE IT'S TOO FAR.
AND THERE'S 10 DIFFERENT STATES AND I'M SURE THEY'RE
CONSIDERING THOSE LIKE THIS.
CAN I GIVE YOU ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
GO.
SO NEW JERSEY IS ALSO CONSIDERING A FINE IN
ADDITION TO JAIL TIME.
JAIL TIME BUT LOOK, I GET IT, SLIPPERY SLOPE ARGUMENTS
ARE WEAK BUT WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SO-CALLED JUSTICE SYSTEM,
I THINK SLIPPERY SLOPE ARGUMENTS MAKE A LOT OF SENSE BECAUSE
TIME AND TIME AGAIN WE'VE SEEN EXAMPLES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT,
STATE GOVERNMENTS, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CRIMINALIZING
NONVIOLENT BEHAVIOR AND THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
REALLY, JAIL TIME FOR PEOPLE LOOKING DOWN AT THEIR SMART
PHONES?
ABSURD.
ANOTHER ARGUMENT ON YOUR SIDE IS SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT
BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
THEIR MARKETING AT A RUMSON WHICH IS A REALLY NICE TOWN IN
NEW JERSEY AND START ARRESTING PEOPLE FOR LOOKING AT THEIR CELL
PHONES UNLESS THEY WANT A LOT OF TROUBLE ON THEIR HANDS.
WHAT ARE THE CAN I DO QUEST OTHER GONNA GO TO CAMDEN A
NEW WORK IN THOSE PLACES AND GO YOU LOOK TO YOUR CELL
PHONE, WE HAVE TO MAKE HER NUMBERS START HERE WE GO.
I HEAR YOU ON THE DOWNSIDES TO A DUCK LIKE JUST LET ME LIVE.
OR LET ME DIE.
LET ME DECIDE THAT.
AND LET'S MOVE ON TO MORE IMPORTANT THINGS OTHER THAN
POLICING SMART PHONE USAGE.
LET ME JUST GIVE TWO MORE EXAMPLES THOUGH OF THINGS I
AGREE WITH REGULATIONS.
IN A CHINESE CITY THEY CREATED CELL PHONE LANES BUT YOU ARE
HOLDING EVERYONE UP.
IF YOU WANT TO USE YOUR SMART PHONE USE IT HERE LANE.
BUT THE CHINESE GET IT THAT THEY GET IT WHEN IT COMES
TO SOLAR ENERGY THEY GET IT WHEN IT COMES TO CELL PHONE LANES.
THE CHINESE GET IN THEN IN INDIA THEY INTRODUCE NO
SELFIE ZONES BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE DYING.
127 SELFIE RELATED DEATHS REPORTED BETWEEN MARCH
2014 AND SEPTEMBER 2016.
SO WE REPORTED ON THIS IN THE PAST.
IN A DANGEROUS AREA THEY WILL BE TAKING A PICTURE AND THEN
THEY WILL FALL OFF A CLIFF AND DIED.
DON'T DO THAT.
AND IN INDIA THERE'S A LOT OF FOLKS AND THEY WILL BE STAMPEDE
STUFF SOMEONE IS TRYING TO TAKE A SELFIE HOLDS EVERYBODY
UP AND THEN PEOPLE GET CRUSHED SO THERE ARE NO SELF HE ZONES.
SO THERE ARE REAL SAFETY ISSUES AND I THINK THAT HAWAII
WHICH IS A VERY PROGRESSIVE STATE PROBABLY HAD THEIR
HEART IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND I AGREE THAT YOU SHOULD LOOK
IN YOUR PHONE WHILE CROSSING THE STREET AND MAYBE I COULD
LIVE WITH A FINE BUT NEFF DEFINITELY NOT ARREST AND I
WOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT BUT OKAY, WE
HAVE A DISAGREEMENT ON THAT THAT YOU SEND ARE NO CIRCUMSTANCES.
I'M JUST SO TIRED OF BEING WATCHED.
I'M TIRED OF THE TSA ALL OVER OUR CABLES AND BITS.
I'M STILL TIRED OF IT THE
THERE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO ENFORCE AND POLICE OTHER
THAN CELL PHONE USAGE.
I GET IT WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING.
I ABSOLUTELY GET IT BECAUSE YOU ARE IN ESSENTIALLY A DEADLY
WEAPON.
YOU ARE OPERATING A DEADLY WEAPON SO I AM ALL IN FAVOR FOR
LEGISLATION, LAWS THAT WOULD PREVENT TEXTING WHILE DRIVING,
USING YOUR PHONE WHILE DRIVING BUT IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN YOU'RE
WALKING AND IT'S A HARD THING TO ENFORCE BECAUSE AGAIN, HOW LONG
DO YOU NEED TO BE LOOKING AT YOUR PHONE.
SELECTIVE ENFORCEMENT IS DEFINITELY GOING TO HAPPEN
IN AGAIN FOR THE BILLION TIME, JUST LET ME LIVE.
I WILL SUMMARIZE WITH TWO ANEURYSMS IN THE STORY.
NO ONE WANTS THE GOVERNMENT AND THEIR ASS AND LET HER LIVE
AND LET HER DIE.