Walking While Texting FAIL & Ban (Video)

Via The Huffington Post: "As a slew of U.S. states have passed laws to ban texting while driving, one New Jersey town upped the ante with its texting-while-walking ban. Pedestrians in Fort Lee, New Jersey will have to stop to text, following the passage of a new law that imposes $85 fines on walkers caught texting. Fort Lee Police Chief Thomas Ripoli cited numbers of pedestrian crashes to support the ban: Last year there were 74 crashes involving pedestrians; three pedestrians were killed this year...". Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur break it down and share a video of walking while texting fails. *Read more here from Sara Gates: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/14/texting-while-walking-ban_n_1514308.html Subscribe to The Young Turks: http://bit.ly/eWuu5i The Largest Online New Show in the World. Facebook: Twitter: http://twitter.com/theyoungturks