[WAYNEBO]

this thread is too funny!

[Neurorad]

My PBA card hasn't done shit for me.

[Gort]

Try handing the officer a PBJ instead. He may may be unable to write you a citation because his hands are too sticky...




You'll have to excuse me....it's Friday.

[longtran]

why is the OP changing colors of the fonts??? LOL..

[darkcloud]

In my area family members can actually get small police like badges to show once pulled over. The area where it would have the officers name is replaced by Mother, Father, Brother, Sister, etc. They cost like $50 and their good for forever basically

[koreez88]

Originally Posted by EK_335i

14 mph over the speed limit and you say "c'mon" That is over 50% faster then the speed limit. Anyway hopefully you will slow down.

+100

[MyE92]

Originally Posted by 777ER

You can get a PBA card from a friend who's a cop or know someone who is.
The other way is to donate some $$$ to the PBA and they may issue you one. I think the minimum to get one is $500.
PBA cards are only good for the year it was issued for.

They are really a hit or miss. You need to know information about the cop who gave it to you like how you know him, where he lives and works...etc

I know someone who has one and one of the cop that pulled him over asked him info like where he works, does he have any daughters...etc.
He used his best friend's info and the cop believed it.

Don't use a officer's name picked from the newspaper, they aren't their full names which is a trick all the cops knows.

AFAIK, the PBA cards are issued like this: NYPD PBA, county police PBA, detectives PBA, NYS Troopers PBA.

The NYS Troopers PBA also comes with a sticker that you put over the reg/inspection sticker in your car.


There's another way and it's called 'the thin blue line' or 'the thin red line'

It's basically a black 3"x2" reflective sticker with a blue or a red line going across it in the middle.
It's only given out from a cop to it's close relatives like wife, brother, sister, uncle, aunt...etc.

The 'thin red line' is from firemen.

I have one and stick it in my rear window from the inside.

This way if the cop sees it in the daytime, they'll know before hitting the lights unless you do something stupid enough to warrent getting a ticket.

At night time they will see it after they hit the lights and shine the spotlight at the car but your chances of getting off with a warning is better.


Apparently Ebay sells copies of them...

You seem to know a lot. Where can I get a PBA badge for my windshield? I see them on every car.

[E90Russ]

Does anyone else think this is the most ridiculous thing they've ever heard? You get a card from a cop and all of the sudden you're above the justice system at some level!? WTF!!!

It sounds like some 3rd world country BS.

[DasBlitz]

Originally Posted by E90Russ

Does anyone else think this is the most ridiculous thing they've ever heard? You get a card from a cop and all of the sudden you're above the justice system at some level!? WTF!!!

It sounds like some 3rd world country BS.

Dude you don't want to know what else cops get to do in this country.

But this is absurd. I cant believe family members and such get a free pass. Wow you know a cop or are related to one so that means you can speed and others cant?

Wonder if Mass does that crap.

[MyE92]

the cards work very often. I have about 3 of them at all times.

[uberschnell]

Why not just hand the cop some cash? Cut out the "association' middle-man (as if having that inane step somehow makes this legit)

Is this anything short of buying your way out of a ticket by favoring cops and their interests?

[Ascension]

Originally Posted by ckpatel

wtf is a pba card?

+1

[Ascension]

Originally Posted by BigO1120

but thankfully my PBA card got me out of trouble. I thought I got pulled over for not having a front license plate but it turned out that I got tagged for doing 39 in a 25 (c’mon!). I pulled out my PBA card with my license and registration and all I got was a warning.

But here’s the thing that I’ve never had done before…he actually gave me back my PBA card. I’ve used PBA cards before and the officer would just keep the card and give me the warning. But this officer gave the card back to me.

Would I be able to use the card again should I ever get stopped again?

I use this (see top right) instead of a PBJ, I mean PBA

[DasBlitz]

Originally Posted by Ascension

I use this (see top right) instead of a PBJ, I mean PBA

have you ever really done that? If so has it worked?

[Ascension]

Originally Posted by DasBlitz

have you ever really done that? If so has it worked?

When you work in law enforcement, it ALWAYS works (as long as you're not a jerk), plus I have confidentiality plates. If a police officer was to run my plates for registration, it would come back to my employer (Sheriff's Office)

[OC Guy]

Originally Posted by E90Russ

Does anyone else think this is the most ridiculous thing they've ever heard? You get a card from a cop and all of the sudden you're above the justice system at some level!? WTF!!!

It sounds like some 3rd world country BS.

That being said, I wish I had one.

[BigO1120]

Originally Posted by longtran

why is the OP changing colors of the fonts??? LOL..

Whatever are you talking about?

My brother got pulled over this past weekend for making a left when he shouldn't have and he used the PBJ...I mean PBA card and the cop kept it. He was able to leave the scene with just a warning.

I guess some cops keep the card and others don't?

[Gort]

You think that they're bad in NJ, I was in Alabama over the weekend and they take their speed traps seriously......

[SoYank]

Originally Posted by Gort

You think that they're bad in NJ, I was in Alabama over the weekend and they take their speed traps seriously......

I've often wondered how an aircraft could "enforce" the speed limit. Thanks. Now I know.

[BigO1120]

Originally Posted by Gort

You think that they're bad in NJ, I was in Alabama over the weekend and they take their speed traps seriously......

DAMN!!!!

[!Xoible]

Originally Posted by Tobizach

Police Benevolent Association

My brother is police officer (CHP)and frowns down at people who use those cards, to get out of stuff. He's a stickler tho he'd probably give his own sister a ticket

CHP? california Highway Patrol in NJ?