纽约立法:过马路玩手机要罚款

New York State Senate has introduced a bill to its transportation committee that would ban texting while walking through a crosswalk.

纽约州参议院向交通委员会提出一项法案，禁止在人行横道上发短信。

Senate Bill S5746 was proposed last week by Democratic State Sen. John Liu . The bill would making crossing a roadway while using a portable electronic device an offense punishable by a fine.

上周，民主党州参议员刘约翰向纽约州参议院提出S5746号法案，禁止行人在过马路时使用任何便携式电子设备，违者将予以罚款。

Someone guilty of looking down at their phone or tablet while crossing the street could be fined between $25 to $50 on a first offense. Repeat offenders within an 18-month period could be fined up to $250 dollars.

如果提案通过，在过马路时低头看手机或平板电脑等行为将被禁止。首次违规者处以25至50美元的罚款，18个月内再次或多次违规，将处以高达250美元的罚款。

A version of the same bill was introduced by a Brooklyn assemblyman in January, but it stayed in the lower house's committee and hasn't moved since its referral five months ago.

1月份，布鲁克林的一位议员提出过同一法案的另一个版本，但它留在了下议院，并且提交五个月了，一直没动过。

The bill goes beyond just texting to include playing games, sending emails, taking photos and searching the internet. The legislation does, however, make special note of the dangers of texting while walking.

这法案不仅明令禁止过马路时发短信，还禁止玩游戏、发邮件、拍照和上网搜索。但是，法案确实特别强调了走路时发短信的危险性。

"It has been proven that distraction from texting while walking can cause pedestrians to cross roads very unsafely," the bill states. "Not only can trips and falls occur, but even getting hit is more than just a possibility."

该法案称：“事实证明，走路时分心发短信是非常危险的，不仅会发生绊倒和摔倒，被撞倒也是极有可能的。”

Pedestrian fatalities rose 46 percent between 2009 and 2016, according to the National Safety Council.

据美国国家安全委员会(National Safety Council)称，2009年至2016年间，行人死亡人数增加了46%。

The Governors Highway Safety Association found that nearly 6,000 pedestrians were killed by crashes in 2017. The associations cited one of the factors contributing to the deaths as the growth in smartphone use across the country.

州长公路安全协会也发现，2017年有近6000名行人死于车祸。该协会指出，智能手机的广泛使用是导致死亡率升高的一个重要因素。