Brooklyn based State Senator Carl Kruger is set to introduce a bill making it illegal for New Yorkers to use their cellphones, Ipods and any other “electronic device” while crossing any street. That’s right, Kluger wants you to stop, look both ways and hang up on whomever your talking to when crossing the street and if you don’t you’ll get a $110 fine!

This goes beyond the typical nanny state madness and lands in the realm of Stalinesque absurdity. Newsbusters has more.