War. Pestilence. Famine. Listening to your iPod in a crosswalk.

A state lawmaker is convinced that “iPod oblivion” – the zoned-out state of the earbud-wearing generation – can be a ticket to the Great Beyond.

So state Sen. Carl Kruger, a Brooklyn Democrat, wants to slap pedestrians with $100 fines for using electronic gadgets – cell phones, iPods, Blackberrys and the like – while crossing the street.

“This is not an intrusion into someone’s lifestyle,” said Kruger, who cites two men killed in his borough while listening to tunes through earphones – one by a bus and one by a car – as reason for the law. “This is government recognizing that there’s a safety issue.”

But the measure seemed a little too Big Brother for many in Manhattan, where pedestrians gabbing on cell phones are as common as overpriced apartments.

“I’m a grown adult. I can take care of myself,” raged pedestrian Peter Kraft, 30, of Brooklyn. “What are we, 3 years old? The government should not be my nanny.”