--- title: Canadian Police Using Nickelback to Curb Drunk Drivers description: Police on Prince Edward Island are using Nickleback as part of punishment to discourage residents from driving drunk. canonical: https://time.com/4586837/nickelback-drunk-driving/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-30T22:35:00.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:39:04.091Z og:title: Cops to Force Drunk Drivers to Listen to Nickelback og:description: "a bonus gift of playing the office's copy of Nickelback in the cruiser" og:url: https://time.com/4586837/nickelback-drunk-driving/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Cops to Force Drunk Drivers to Listen to Nickelback twitter:description: "a bonus gift of playing the office's copy of Nickelback in the cruiser" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Cops to Force Drunk Drivers to Listen to Nickelback  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 30, 2016 10:35 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Nov 30, 2016 10:35 PM UTC Talk about cruel and unusual punishment. The Kensington Police on Prince Edward Island have come up with a unique form of [cracking down on drunk driving](http://time.com/4204117/budweiser-super-bowl-helen-mirren/) — by promising to make inebriated drivers listen to [oft-maligned Canadian rock band Nickelback](http://time.com/3712899/nickelback-charity-jesse-carey-relevant-fundraising/) on the ride to jail. In a Facebook post published last Saturday, the police cautioned residents from allowing holiday parties to impair their judgment, telling drunk drivers that “when we catch you, and we will catch you, 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 office’s copy of Nickelback in the cruiser on the way to jail.” To drive the point home, the Kensington police included a photo of [Nickelback’s 2001 album, “Silver Side Up,”](http://time.com/3475323/nickelback-kickstarter/) before closing with one last ominous statement. “Now, now, no need to thank us, we figure if you are foolish enough to get behind the wheel after drinking then a little Chad Kroeger and the boys is the perfect gift for you.” See the full Facebook post below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4586837/nickelback-drunk-driving/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4586837/nickelback-drunk-driving/"},"headline":"Cops to Force Drunk Drivers to Listen to Nickelback","datePublished":"2016-11-30T22:35:00.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:04.091Z","description":"A unique form of punishment","url":"https://time.com/4586837/nickelback-drunk-driving/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music","Canada","Humor","Culture"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4586837/nickelback-drunk-driving/","name":"Cops to Force Drunk Drivers to Listen to Nickelback"}}]}] ```