No Videogames While Driving in New York

New York City

A new bill recently passed by the senate means that playing videogames while driving in the Big Apple can net you you a $150 fine. The bill also covers texting and surfing the web while driving. It’s a secondary offense, which means you’ll only get cited if you get pulled over for something else first. That also means that the $150 fine will be tacked on top of whatever you got pulled over for in the first place.

The law still needs to be approved by Governor Patterson, and if does approve it, it will go into effect this November.

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  • http://www.video-game-schwag.com Brendan

    That's a new one. Does anybody actually play games while they're driving?

  • http://www.worldofww.com hidden object pc games

    Anything is possible in this world. I am guessing someone must have been caught doing something like this, so it gives them the idea to implement it.

    Perhaps just take it as they are reinforcing on the idea that driver shouldn’t be driving and doing something else simultaneously without having your hands placed fully on the wheel. Since in the first place we shouldn’t be doing that anyway. =)

  • http://www.psphacks.com/ PSP

    I’ve heard that texting while driving is as dangers as drinking and driving sometimes even worst, unfortunately here in Canada, they didn’t apply the do not text low yet on all the provinces, hopefully they will sometime soon