Music: Canadian cops to punish drunk drivers with Nickelback tunes

[Lost Horizons]

Canadian cops to punish drunk drivers with Nickelback tunes

Talk about cruel and unusual punishment!

The Canadian town of Kensington has hit upon a genius plan to detract its residents from drinking and driving this holiday season.

Not only will the cops charge you, they'll also blast Nickelback while they haul you to jail.

The Kensington Police Service laid down the law in a Facebook post over the weekend for those "dumb enough to feel they can drink and drive."

"When we catch you, and we will catch you," the department added, "on top of a hefty fine, a criminal charge and a years driving suspension we will also provide you with a bonus gift of playing the offices copy of Nickelback in the cruiser on the way to jail."

Constable Robb Hartlen told CNN the department doesn't actually hate the band - Canada's most questionable gift to the world.
"We are just using a different approach to get an age-old message communicated," he said. "As long as it starts the 'Don't drink and drive' dialogue, we're happy with that."

The department said it hasn't had to unleash Chad Kroeger and the boys on anyone yet. And it hopes it stays that way.

"So please, lets not ruin a perfectly good unopened copy of Nickelback," it said in its post. "You don't drink and drive and we won't make you listen to it."

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[Shareefruck]

What I take away from this is that these cops really love Nickelback, and are just really insecure about it.

 

[Engebretson]

 

[Leafsdude7]

As I posted in the politics thread about this, I'd think drunk drivers would be the types who would like Nickelback.

On average, at least.

 

[Ouroboros]

This sort of flippancy sort of undermines their cause.

 

[Hivemind]

Jokes on them. My music taste goes to hell when I'm completely **** faced.

 

[BonMorrison]

I'm not gonna lie, I love hearing Nickelback and other terrible music when I'm drunk because it gives me an excuse to start obnoxiously belting out the words in my mock Chad Kroeger voice.

 

[tony d]

Call me crazy but I don't get the hate around Nickelback.

 

[Elvis P]

Call me crazy but I don't get the hate around Nickelback.

They're not that bad. People just think it's cool to bash them.

 

[Leafsdude7]

Call me crazy but I don't get the hate around Nickelback.

They're not that bad. People just think it's cool to bash them.

Agreed completely.

I listen to them regularly. I would never consider them God's greatest gift to the world or anything, but they're not Satan's musical spawn, either. They're just a mediocre but catchy band.

 

[Shareefruck]

I would say that they're awful, but no more awful than alot of other bands that don't get crapped on as much, but probably should be. In other words, it's a little bizarre that they get singled out.

 

[Xelebes]

They're not that bad. People just think it's cool to bash them.

Nah, it's not that it is cool to bash them. Nickelback just has the distinction of having some of their songs crowding out the top rotations of 00s radio. People are tired of it. And when you are tired, you get cranky.

 

[The Gongshow]

Look at this photograph

 

[YoSoyLalo]

Look at this graph

Of drunk driver deaths

 

[Hackett]

Nah, it's not that it is cool to bash them. Nickelback just has the distinction of having some of their songs crowding out the top rotations of 00s radio. People are tired of it. And when you are tired, you get cranky.

I think the hate really escalated and stuck after they released their 2001 album. It was the one that really broke them into the mainstream, I think.

Anyways, the point is, Nickelback has been pretty much crapped on since 2002ish

 

[Alex Jones]

I mean, when you're faded you'll get down to anything, this sounds like a reward.

This is like threatening to feed people food from Golden Corral when drunk. Yea, Golden Corral is horrible and potentially unsafe for human consumption, but when I'm faded I'll eat that **** until I puke.

 

[Xelebes]

So I guess the question becomes: what music is out there that is intolerable when drunk?

Is it Muskrat Love?

 

[BonMorrison]

Don't Stop Believing and Bohemian Rhapsody. If I have to hear one more person karaoke that song and have all their drunk friends join in, I swear.

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

While Nickelback are awful, Celine Dion is much much worse and therefore more appropriate.