Free gas causes crashes and fights

[liberal N proud]

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (AP) -- Two car crashes occurred and four people were arrested in excitement over a gasoline giveaway Wednesday to reward the city for its safe-driving record.

Any time you offer free gas when it is $3 a gallon, it is not surprising people would get excited," she said.

Allstate gave away a tanker truck load of gasoline as a reward to Milwaukee for ranking No. 1 among mid-sized cities on its safe drivers list. The insurance company gave free gas to more than 700 motorists, said company official Bill Mellander.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/07/12/free.gas.frenzy.ap/index.html

[BlueJazz]

1. You know..Allstate could have just sent the Motorists coupons...

...for the Gas and saved all that hassle but Nooooooooooooo!

[liberal N proud]

2. Coupons do not get the story on the news

Advertising!

[HereSince1628]

3. Ahhh but there would have been no photo op.

That's so much better than the message out there now...: "Allstate marketing scheme promotes accidents and illegal behavior."

:eyes:

[Rosemary2205]

4. Maybe Allstate owns the local towing company??

Seems they sure wanted to drum up business.....

[TalkingDog]

5. Nice way to whip up the masses regarding shortages.

Great, now we'll get the ripple effect.

Even knowing it was free gas, people will still perceive this as being due to a "shortage" of fuel.

The rest of the summer should be fun.



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