So, there are certain things we know we should just not do. We don't need laws to tell us what they are either. For instance we all know that running whilst carrying boiling fat isn't all that clever, we don't need a law to tell us so. We all know that setting fire to our own hair isn't exactly genius but we don't need telling that either......

But in New York motorists apparently need telling that gaming and driving isn't wise and has recently passed a bill banning it. So yes, all you New Yorkers out there who are partial to a game of Patapon or Phoenix Wright while in control of a car be warned, your hobby could get you into some serious hot water. $150 worth of hot water to be exact.

Now this law doesn't just stop at banning gaming behind the wheel it also hits out at the kind of wise upstanding member of the driving community/retard that should be drowned in a bucket of vomit (delete where applicable) that sends text messages, looks at lolcats on Google and does those million and one other (stupid?) things that take their attention off the road that my dad seems to enjoy shouting at so much.

Although this is clearly designed to make the roads a safer place, it doesn't really say much for the authority's faith in it's public if they have to introduce such a law. Of course safer roads will always be welcome, after all I'm pretty sure pedestrians prefer not to be run down by somebody more concerned with the death of Aeris on their PSP when they should be watching the road.

Alternatively, if the authorities really wanted to take measures to keep death off the road they could just make us all drive on the pavement.