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January 26, 2007
New Jersey to Ban Bike Riding While Talking on the Phone
Showing a bold willingness to address the imperative problems facing New Jersey, state legislators have refused to let themselves be distracted by trifles like stratospheric taxation, urban decay, gang violence, festering Muslim terror cells, etc., and have instead zeroed in on the menace of bicyclists being allowed to talk on the phone while they pedal their vehicles.
Trying to walk and chew gum at the same time remains legal, though not recommended for Garden State residents who voted for John Corzine. It also remains legal to ride a bike while drunk. There are no stats on accidents caused by riding a bike while talking on the phone.
Republican Assemblyman Richard Merkt doesn't appreciate the measure:
As my father used to tell me, "You can't legislate common sense," and that's exactly what this bill tries to do, as the Legislature has already tried to do on so many other occasions. Is anyone dumb enough to use a cell phone in a dangerous manner while riding a bicycle really going to be smart enough to know about or pay attention to some legislator's new law? Seems unlikely to me.
Some people just don't get it. Merkt should be grateful that New Jersey is now one step closer to bureaucratic perfection, which will be attained when every conceivable human activity is either mandatory or forbidden.
On a tip from Wiggins.
Posted by Van Helsing at January 26, 2007 10:08 AM
Comments
I think my quote from C.S. Lewis applies to this nonsensical bureaucratic bologny as well.
Posted by: Chris at January 26, 2007 2:29 PM
Submit that picture to Webster's Dictionary, file under "douchebag".
Posted by: Beef at January 26, 2007 3:19 PM
I'm a bike rider, but if I saw a bike rider talking on a cell phone and I was driving my car, evil thoughts would enter my head.
Posted by: Attila (Pillage Idiot) at January 28, 2007 8:20 AM
