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The increased probability of surviving a car crash hasn't persuaded enough South Carolinians to buckle up, so the state's highway patrol has turned to a more reliable incentive: Chick-Fil-A coupons.
This Thanksgiving, the South Carolina Highway Patrol started rewarding free chicken sandwich vouchers to seat-belted drivers in three counties around Charleston. So far, officers have distributed 1200 coupons.
"We're rewarding people for doing the right thing," Lance Corporal Bob Beres explains.
But the coupons aren't reserved for do-gooders. Officers typically size up drivers for seat belt use when they're pulled over for moving violations, which means a South Carolinian caught speeding could end up with points on his license, a hefty fine, increased insurance premiums and a hand-breaded boneless chicken breast on a buttered bun.
Beres told The Greenville News that it's up to the officer whether a driver stopped for drunk driving gets a sandwich.
"If you have a DUI, the chances are you're not going to get one," he said.
Officers are also giving out coupons at seat belt checkpoints, and Beres reports he's gotten into the habit of rewarding coupons to drivers who pull into gas stations with their seat belts buckled.
The program seems to be working: Local police officers say drivers, obviously aware of a seat belt's worth, are now demanding Chick-Fil-A coupons when stopped.
Beres says the Highway Patrol hopes to take the program statewide next year.
"We've lost 394 people on South Carolina roadways from not wearing their seat belts," Beres says. "Just know the South Carolina Highway Patrol wants you to wear your seat belt, and Chick-Fil-A wants you to eat more chicken."
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1-01-2010 @5:02PM newsy1 said... So, if I have this correct, it is sort-of like training your dog. You give him/her a treat for doing what is right. Food as an insentive to be safe. Is this story truly for real? http://newsy1.wordpress.com
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1-04-2010 @4:03PM Al Schrader said... My last name is Schrader & I can build the fastest cars on earth, but I don't wear my seat belt because of cockamamie cops with coupons or goofy programs. I wear it because if some nut slams into me, I wont go through the windshield. Al-
1-04-2010 @6:26PM YoFrankeee said... Doctor Pavlov would be so proud. Either that, or he'd roll over in his grave, thinking he wasted ALL that time training a dog, when a redneck would have sufficed, and probably wouldn't have crapped on the carpet...
1-02-2010 @1:56PM ryan said... Couldn't they just repeal the seatbelt law for everyone over 21, and if your in an accident you get no medical support and become an automatic organ donor (after they die of course)?
Two problems solved at once...
1. high cost of treating seatbelt-less drivers is removed from the health care system (why should we try to save their lives if they don't care about enough to buckle)
2. boost in the available organs for people that actually care about their life.
More to the story...this sure got me hungry for one of their sandwiches and shakes :)
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1-04-2010 @3:02PM Digi said... WHen I was younger my father taught me rather well when it comes to driving (being a safety officer for the Air Nat`l Guard). He use to say ' Driving is NOT a right, its a prevaledge'. He couldnt have been more right.
Thus saying, if you wish to drive, you should be .compelled to follow the rules. Its NOT your right, if it was you wouldnt HAVE to take a test to drive. If it was you wouldnt lose points or have to worry about getting pulled over. AND with that wearing a seatbelt isnt a big issue. I mean HONESTLY. Wearing a device, that is relatively unnoticed most the time, is that big a deal for you? The reason is because maybe Highway patrol and the likes dont feel like taking dead bodies to the morgue. SINCE afterall THEY HAVE TO deal with you when your dead because a seatbelt was SUCH an issue for you.
THe point, your neglagence costs EVERYONE else around you. Just wear your seatbelt.
1-04-2010 @4:44PM xbucfan said... My son is a personal injury attorney. If someone was injured and not wearing a seat belt, he will not take the case because it will lose.
1-04-2010 @6:46PM carl said... Those stpped for DUI or DWI should also get a coupon -- a coupon that leads to more fat Americans and equals the death penalty.
1-02-2010 @11:58PM Aaron said... I'm not sure I want cops to be in the business of rewarding people, but uh... I guess the only thing better than getting off with a warning is getting off with a warning and some free food?
I wish it didn't have to be such awful food though...
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1-04-2010 @2:49PM joseph said... People that think that "wearing a seat belt is their choice" are really ignorant of the mechanics of a wreck or near wreck. The belt keeps you in the seat and in control and able to steer or brake. Its hard to control a vehicle from the backseat when you are thrown there, or out the window! If you are not in control your vehicle, it becomes a 2 ton metal missile than kill or maim anyone it hits or runs over. Think! seat belts make sense!
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1-04-2010 @2:56PM Grace said... Isn't South Carolina the state where the governor went to Argentina to have sex with his girlfriend and then said he had gone hiking? And the state where the moron called Obama a liar in the state of the union address over healthcare reform? And is this the state where Sen DeMint has been holding up the nomination of a TSA director, which is hurting our nation's security? And now they want to give out chicken sandwich coupons to people who wear seatbelts? Where can I sign the petition to ask them to succeed from the union? Good Lord, no wonder people think we are stupid....Nothing against the people of SC, it's a beautiful state, but you guys sure vote for dummies and do some real dumb things.
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1-04-2010 @4:22PM DENA said... What does our Governor have to do with seatbelt incentives? And when Joe Wilson told Obama he lied, Wilson was telling the truth. Holding up the nomination of a TSA Director is called making sure the person is well qualified and right for the job, which is a constitutional duty, and we have seen the criminal candidates that keep pouring into our government already because obama wants thugs, criminals and commies around him. And the word secede is not spelled succeed. At least SC has an incentive for people to buckle up. Only those elected in SC who are pro-obama, anti-constitution were voted in by idiots.
1-04-2010 @3:29PM Jules said... Hey, Chick-Fil-A. Why don't you bring one of your franchises to Wenatchee, Wa. We need you.
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1-04-2010 @3:57PM Shannon said... What a great idea - finally a reason to be happy the police pulled you over! LOL... can't wait to see the unhealthy comments that are sure to come "Why reward people with fatty food?" boo hoo - someone always has to rain on everyone elses parade...
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1-04-2010 @4:18PM mikeylikesit said... I hope I don't get any coupons.The last time I had one of their sandwiches I almost choked to death.It took 48oz of iced tea to choke down thedry awful chicken sandwich
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1-04-2010 @4:22PM tony said... Driving is a right, not a privilege. I have to pay to drive, gas, oil, f in licence ( if i choose to bother with 1 ) . So its a right, its that simple. I am happy to have been able to set you all strait on this matter. have a nice day & your all welcome. By d way, if any 1 needs to be set strait on anything else, just let me know. I am here to help.
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1-04-2010 @8:26PM Ace said... ok, how do you spell straight, you dolt
1-04-2010 @5:17PM Mark R said... It was going to be Dunkin Donuts but the cops wanted it all for themselves instead of giving them out to good drivers
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1-04-2010 @9:11PM red said... what a new and fked up way to advertise. next you will get a quarter pounder from mcstupids and a nose cone up the acc from jack in the crack. what in the hel is wrong with this country.
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1-05-2010 @10:38AM DubiousMan said... Hmmmm, so out of the 1200+ coupons distribuited by So.Carolina police, HOW many actually went to motorists vs. the officer's family and friends? I heard 3.
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1-04-2010 @5:56PM slapaho210 said... Living in THE HOOD, if you work 70 hour's a week and you still drink BUSCH LIGHT, your not applying yourself .
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