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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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1-04-2010 @6:20PM slapaho210 said... Quick update , just watched my neighbor beat down his woman over a cell phone, get me outta this fking nuthouse.
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1-04-2010 @9:11PM Willie said... What is even more corrupt than this concept, is the 'yellow journalist' (Hanna Raskin) who used the invalid word bribe, instead of the valid word reward in the heading.
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1-04-2010 @7:26PM lisanie43 said... My dad doesn't drink over the limit, but he always never remember to put on his seatbelt, and I always have to remind him to do so, or he could be slapped with a ticket. Actually I'd rather see him being slapped with a ticket so he will know in the future that he is the most important member of the family and that a lot of people do care about him. He needs some old fashioned discipline from a highway patrol officer in the form of a warning that he MUST always wear his seatbelt. No if, how, why or but......! I am TIRED of reminding him to wear his seatbelt. He needs to learn how to get in the habit of disciplining himself, because as a physician, he SHOULD know better.
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1-04-2010 @7:28PM lobo121148 said... Considering the location and the population demographics, I wonder if the give them "Watermelon" shakes with the Chick-Fil-A too LOL I work with a lot of black people. We start work at 4 am, and many of them bring in The Colonel or Popeye's for their "breakfast"!
They love themselves some fried chicken with orange or grape soda! Being fat/obese in the black community isn't a liability, it's a fashion statement!
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1-04-2010 @7:30PM John Bennett said... It's very hard to throw-up wearing a seat belt if your fatty fast food doesn't agree with you.
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1-06-2010 @9:27PM Zach said... Lucky! Up here in NY there is ONE chick-fil-a! On the other hand, they shouldn't be bribed to wear their seatbelts to prevent killing themselves, that SHOULD be common sense.
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