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He’ll pay you to hang up the cell

Boston man campaigns for safe driving

Jeff Larson of Safe Roads Alliance campaigned against distracted driving by offering drivers $1 to hang up phones. Jeff Larson of Safe Roads Alliance campaigned against distracted driving by offering drivers $1 to hang up phones. (Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff)
By David Abel
Globe Staff / September 26, 2009

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As the mustachioed man stood on the corner of the busy intersection holding up a cardboard sign, most drivers did their best to resist eye contact. Some shook their heads when he gazed at them and waved his sign. Others looked past him as they continued to gab on their cellphones. (Full article: 734 words)

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