Protect Me From Myself

From the “we need another law” department, it seems a town in New Jersey has passed a new law against texting and walking at the same time.  Apparently, cars have killed three people recently due to texting while jaywalking.  It appears the dumbasses just walked smooth out in front of the cars while intently texting someone about some nonsense I’m sure. Whatever happened to stop, listen, look both ways, and then cross the road?  Since March, the police have written 117 tickets for distracted jaywalking, and yes, of course there is a money grab component of it to the tune of $85 for the ticket.  That’s roughly $10,000 in cool cash money to the city in 12 weeks.  We all know how well attempts at legislating behavior work.  Look at how well passing additional laws and taxes haves done such a great job at reducing smoking and drinking. 

Being the inquisitive one I am, I wonder how many drivers were texting when they hit the person that was jaywalking and texting in traffic.  As Ron White says, “You can’t fix stupid.”