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Don't Drive Drunk or the Cops Will Make You Listen to Nickelback

Chris Chase
Nov 29, 2016

We can hardly think of a better disincentive to drive while under the influence.

In a November 26 Facebook post, the Kensington, PEI police department said it would treat any drunk drivers it catches this coming holiday season to a listen to the precinct's unopened cassette copy of Nickelback's "Silver Side Up" album.

"Please, let's not ruin a perfectly good, unopened copy of (a) Nickelback (album)," said the department in its social media post.

That was the Alberta band's breakthrough record, featuring the smash hit How You Remind Me and a daddy-issues anthem called Too Bad.

Comments on the post ranged from joking praise for "proactive policing," to the usual can't-take-a-joke accusations of jealousy at the band's massive success. The unstated inside joke here is that Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger was nailed with a $600 fine and a one-year driving ban after he was caught driving his Lamborghini in Surrey, B.C. in April 2008 with nearly twice the legal limit of alcohol in his bloodstream.

Naturally, the P.E.I. backseat listening party would be the cherry on top of a fine, criminal charges and the one-year driver's licence suspension that go along with a first DUI offence on the Island.

Chris Chase

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As a child, Chris spent most of his time playing with toy cars in his parents’ basement or making car sounds while riding his bicycle. Now he's an award-winning Algonquin College Journalism grad who has been playing with real cars that make their own noises since the early 2000s.
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    • We can hardly think of a better disincentive to drive while under the influence.

    In a November 26 Facebook post, the Kensington, PEI police department said it would treat any drunk drivers it catches this coming holiday season to a listen to the precinct's unopened cassette copy of Nickelback's "Silver Side Up" album.

    "Please, let's not ruin a perfectly good, unopened copy of (a) Nickelback (album)," said the department in its social media post.

    That was the Alberta band's breakthrough record, featuring the smash hit How You Remind Me and a daddy-issues anthem called Too Bad.

    Comments on the post ranged from joking praise for "proactive policing," to the usual can't-take-a-joke accusations of jealousy at the band's massive success. The unstated inside joke here is that Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger was nailed with a $600 fine and a one-year driving ban after he was caught driving his Lamborghini in Surrey, B.C. in April 2008 with nearly twice the legal limit of alcohol in his bloodstream.

    Naturally, the P.E.I. backseat listening party would be the cherry on top of a fine, criminal charges and the one-year driver's licence suspension that go along with a first DUI offence on the Island.

    Chris Chase

    Chris Chase
    See more
    As a child, Chris spent most of his time playing with toy cars in his parents’ basement or making car sounds while riding his bicycle. Now he's an award-winning Algonquin College Journalism grad who has been playing with real cars that make their own noises since the early 2000s.