The Honolulu City Council in Hawaii passed a bill this week making it illegal for pedestrians to use their phones while crossing the street. Anyone caught driving will be fined up to $99.
The city councilor, who introduced the bill, said he got the idea from teenagers who worry about their friends (!!).
School groups expressed their concern for their classmates that the caution them crossing the streets and looking at their phones instead of looking at the road from both sides. Her progress technologys can sometimes be distracting and cause people not to pay attention.
The bill passed on a 7-2 vote. A political opponent of his, opsignalnot wisely, that dealing with children on their own terms will be more effective:
Teenagers are more affected by their peers. A social media campaign would probably be more expansive than any legislation we pass.
The bill will have to be signed by the mayor in order for it to come into force.
