{"id":614,"date":"2011-03-15T11:33:23","date_gmt":"2011-03-15T11:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=614"},"modified":"2019-04-12T10:53:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T10:53:09","slug":"get-paid-for-not-using-cell-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/get-paid-for-not-using-cell-phones\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Paid for Not Using Cell Phones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Old-phone1.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-615\" title=\"Old-phone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/Old-phone1.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-615 lazyload\" title=\"Old-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\/2011\/03\/Old-phone1.gif\"><\/a>A Newton lawyer has come up with a novel way to try to get the younger generation to not use their cell phones while they are operating a motor vehicle in what could be described as a good old-fashioned bribe.&nbsp; Lawyer Corey Walker and his wife Beth have come up with a scheme to effectively pay young drivers to not use cell phones while they are driving.&nbsp; While students younger than eighteen have been legally banned from doing so since last year, what the law says and what people actually do are often two very different things, particularly when it comes to ingrained habits, but the Walkers think money could be the key to compliance, not legal threats or punishments.&nbsp; <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve had a couple of clients who were in serious accidents where distracted driving \u2013 texting and cell phone use \u2013 were the cause,\u201d says Corey, who works at the Walker, Billingsley and Bair law firm.&nbsp; \u201cWe started brainstorming ways to prevent this beyond just ticketing.&nbsp; If we can train this generation of drivers to not do these things, we\u2019ll have much safer roads in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As a result, students at Newton High School will be bribed with twenty five dollar iTunes gift card and one hundred dollar college scholarships if they agree to sign a pledge stating they will not use their cell phones whilst driving a motor vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>Iowa State Patrol Captain Curt Henderson is one of many who think the Newton\u2019s are onto a winner.&nbsp; \u201cI\u2019m quite proud of the law firm for taking the initiative on this,\u201d Henderson notes.&nbsp; \u201cIt\u2019s really a good idea.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Newton lawyer has come up with a novel way to try to get the younger generation to not use their cell phones while they are operating a motor vehicle in what could be described as a good old-fashioned bribe.  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