{"id":4074,"date":"2012-03-29T13:40:16","date_gmt":"2012-03-29T13:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=2762"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:07:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:07:37","slug":"chapel-hill-businesses-worried-by-cell-phone-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/chapel-hill-businesses-worried-by-cell-phone-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapel Hill businesses worried by cell phone ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/no-phone.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2763\" title=\"no-phone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/no-phone.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2763 lazyload\" title=\"no-phone\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/no-phone.gif\"><\/a>Small business owners in Chapel Hill in North Carolina are worried that a cell phone ban for all drivers in the community, which is expected to come into force from June, will cost them both time and money.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p><p>The decision to outlaw the use of handheld and even hands-free new and old cell phones while driving was passed 5-4 on Monday by the Town Council, making Chapel Hill the first town in the whole of North Carolina to enact such a ban.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p><p>The decision has not impressed some.&nbsp; Mark England, the co-owner of Advanta Clean, a cleaning firm that responds to water and fire emergencies in Chapel Hill, says: \u201cI work out of my car, so I rely a lot on email and cell phone.\u201d England points out that a great deal of his work comes from the fact that he is able to respond quickly in an emergency situation, with the result that missing a text, email or cell phone call is likely to end up costing him several thousand dollars in lost jobs.&nbsp; \u201cIt doesn\u2019t make Chapel Hill more attractive to work in at all,\u201d he notes.&nbsp; \u201cWe do emergency services, so we go wherever we are called, but I could focus more of my marketing efforts outside of Chapel Hill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb10\">\n<\/p><p>Nor is England alone in his concerns, with other businesses also agreeing that the ban is a step too far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Small business owners in Chapel Hill in North Carolina are worried that a cell phone ban for all drivers in the community, which is expected to come into force from June, will cost them both time and money.  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