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I 've heard that doctors have this special stickers that they can put on the bumper of their cars. These stickers allow them to speed without getting a ticket. I have seen a bunch of doctors' cars with said stickers. Is this true? I can't wait😀

 

[countthestars]

I've seen a bunch of cars with MD in their license plate if thats what you mean and there are rules even if you do have an MD on your plate. You can't just speed willy-nilly...

edit: this is what it looks like in new york

 

[jp104]

I've seen a bunch of cars with MD in their license plate if thats what you mean and there are rules even if you do have an MD on your plate. You can't just speed willy-nilly...

edit: this is what it looks like in new york

That's what it looked like in the '70s...... I can't remember the last time I saw an orange NY plate 😛

Also, in NY both DOs and MDs get MD plates.

 

[countthestars]

lol, thats all i could find on a quick google search, wanna find a more up to date version, be my guest 😀

edit: never mind, I found one:

also, after reading the DMV's site, its just like any other customized plate. I don't think having an MD in the back of your car will get you outta any speeding tickets.

 

[ShyRem]

I can absolutely tell you that it won't get you out of speeding tickets.

but hey, if you want to try - let me know how much the tickets cost you and how much your insurance goes up for every ticket you get. Just remember - you're going to need that money to pay your student loans.

 

[jp104]

I can absolutely tell you that it won't get you out of speeding tickets.

but hey, if you want to try - let me know how much the tickets cost you and how much your insurance goes up for every ticket you get. Just remember - you're going to need that money to pay your student loans.

Shame that 200k+ a year on a medical education to get MD plates won't get you out of a ticket, but a few hundred dollar donation to your local PBA will get you a card to flash when you get pulled over. Not really sure how well those PBA cards work though

 

[scpod]

I have seen a bunch of doctors' cars with said stickers. Is this true? I can't wait😀

No, that's not true. But after graduation they tell you all about how to get super powers. You can do surgery with beams that come out of your eyes 😱.

 

[Miggs86]

Shame that 200k+ a year on a medical education to get MD plates won't get you out of a ticket, but a few hundred dollar donation to your local PBA will get you a card to flash when you get pulled over. Not really sure how well those PBA cards work though

yeah, they work pretty sweetly. but it's always good to have someone you know on the card as well. used it a couple of times. out of a ticket def.

 

[ShyRem]

Just make sure you're in the right jurisdiction. Try flashing a PBA card in another state and you're looking at a ticket and anything else they can find wrong for SURE.

And lordy, NEVER try that in the west. With all the corruption in the east, the mid-west/west are really anal about any hint of impropriety.

 

[EEL08]

What is PBA?

 

[scpod]

If I had a Professional Bowler's Association card, I'd be sure to show it everywhere. Scoring better than 200 every game is a real treat. You could even be on TV....What's that you say? There's a different kind of PBA card?.........nevermind. 😳

 

[scpod]

What is PBA?

police benevolent association

 

[ShyRem]

scpod, have I told you lately how awesome you are?

 

[Miggs86]

Just make sure you're in the right jurisdiction. Try flashing a PBA card in another state and you're looking at a ticket and anything else they can find wrong for SURE.

And lordy, NEVER try that in the west. With all the corruption in the east, the mid-west/west are really anal about any hint of impropriety.

Definitely Shy, you wave that PBA card in another state and they will laugh at you, lol. We were in Penn and my dad had his fog lights on and he showed the PBA card. he didnt get a ticket. she just said "that's nice."

 

[scpod]

scpod, have I told you lately how awesome you are?

Thanks, Shy 😍😍.

 

[167649]

lol, thats all i could find on a quick google search, wanna find a more up to date version, be my guest 😀

edit: never mind, I found one:

also, after reading the DMV's site, its just like any other customized plate. I don't think having an MD in the back of your car will get you outta any speeding tickets.

So in NY I guess it's just for douche-bags who have a superiority complex over the other commuters in the Lincoln Tunnel? Ahhh....

 

[countthestars]

So in NY I guess it's just for douche-bags who have a superiority complex over the other commuters in the Lincoln Tunnel? Ahhh....

Totally, I really hate when doctors put MD in the back of the BMW 7series or their huge gas guzzling hummers (I think I have seen like 6 hummers with MDs in the back of the plates 🙄). I mean come on, how much more show-offy can you get??

 

[Kateb4]

Just make sure you're in the right jurisdiction. Try flashing a PBA card in another state and you're looking at a ticket and anything else they can find wrong for SURE.

And lordy, NEVER try that in the west. With all the corruption in the east, the mid-west/west are really anal about any hint of impropriety.

In Illinois we get calls for donations to various police organizations and they give you a sticker for your car. I actually had one person trying to get my donation tell me that it would get me out of tickets. (They use a fundraising service)

I do not donate, and I've also never gotten a speeding ticket.

 

[Gpan]

it is true, at least to this one doctor at my work. He always does about 60mph in the garage parking structure. Every time we hear this loud exhaust sound, we know it's him in his Porsche 911.

 

[nlax30]

I'd have this one:

Not sure I'd want to drive around advertising the fact that I'm a Doc. Kinda asking for someone looking for a pay day to get into an accident with you.

 

[MossPoh]

Just make sure you're in the right jurisdiction. Try flashing a PBA card in another state and you're looking at a ticket and anything else they can find wrong for SURE.

And lordy, NEVER try that in the west. With all the corruption in the east, the mid-west/west are really anal about any hint of impropriety.

I'm not sure about the midwest. You just have to be a local. I never got tickets where I was from. Being best friends with the sheriff's son helped too.

 

[TerraMedicX]

Personally, I find a uniform/badge works well! 😎

Well sometimes at least...I still got ONE ticket from a state trooper here, but they have a reputation for being a bit...well lets just say, surely. I make a point of never trying to be blunt about my profession and asking to get out of a ticket though...bad form!


Nate.

 

[MossPoh]

I find that paying attention to the truckers works best of all. If they are hauling *** then I have no fear.

 

[Just Joshin]

Go ahead and put MD on your plate and then you can fork over your life's savings when every con-man on the road targets you to crash into. You're just asking for lawsuits.

And as for the guy speeding through the parking garage in his Porsche -- hope he gets a ticket that costs him two months pay.

 

[singinfifi]

Well sometimes at least...I still got ONE ticket from a state trooper here, but they have a reputation for being a bit...well lets just say, surely.

Nate.

The troopers here are the worst. I got a ticket driving home from my MCAT, when the officer asked me where I was coming from and I told him he got really mean and said "what? trying to be better then us blue collers?"

...........................yeah. not the best day.

 

[Powdermonkey]

In Illinois we get calls for donations to various police organizations and they give you a sticker for your car. I actually had one person trying to get my donation tell me that it would get me out of tickets. (They use a fundraising service)

I do not donate, and I've also never gotten a speeding ticket.

Good job, you just jinxed yourself. 😉

 

[justletmeinplz]

A friend of mine's mom is the go to attorney for the local PBA. He's gotten out of so many tickets it's ridiculous. My dad is an MD and he's gotten out of a few tickets, but he's gotten a few too. Seems like PBA connection definitely trumps doctor status when it comes to getting out of a ticket. Also, my friends that are in the service, firefighters, paramedics, etc... get out of their share.

On a side note, I went to high school with the grandson of the then president of Bolivia, Hugo Banzer Suarez. He had a card in his wallet that he could flash and basically get away with anything....in Bolivia.

 

[MossPoh]

The troopers here are the worst. I got a ticket driving home from my MCAT, when the officer asked me where I was coming from and I told him he got really mean and said "what? trying to be better then us blue collers?"

...........................yeah. not the best day.

You're a girl aren't you? Couldn't you just cry a bunch. That works for all of my female friends. That guy must've been somewhat backwards. I mean, most of my family is loaded with farmers and what not and they do seem to view me differently, but I can still handle the combine when need be! I can also pound beers with the best of them, and I even have some cowboy boots for those rare times I go riding. If you knew me that'd make you laugh due to my normal style..

 

[ShyRem]

Um, here's a thought. Why not just OBEY THE LAW and don't speed??? then you won't have any tickets to "get out of".

Just a thought.

 

[Powdermonkey]

Um, here's a thought. Why not just OBEY THE LAW and don't speed??? then you won't have any tickets to "get out of".

Just a thought.

yeah, plus you save gas. I've increased my mpg from like 39 up to around 44 just by slowing down from 75 to around 65 on the interstate. Amazing.... Plus you arrive at your destination much more relaxed from not having to look for police everywhere. Even if it takes you a few extra minutes, its not worth the stress of speeding.

 

[singinfifi]

Um, here's a thought. Why not just OBEY THE LAW and don't speed??? then you won't have any tickets to "get out of".

Just a thought.

I wasn't speeding. I stopped in an Epass lane thinking it was a regular toll lane.

 

[medhacker]

A ticket attorney can always get you out of a ticket for about $45- 50 in any major city w/o having to appear in court.

Much more efficient...

 

[Gpan]

A ticket attorney can always get you out of a ticket for about $45- 50 in any major city w/o having to appear in court.

Much more efficient...

are you serious??? I am interested to know more about this.

 

[167649]

A ticket attorney can always get you out of a ticket for about $45- 50 in any major city w/o having to appear in court.

Much more efficient...

I am highly skeptical of this statement.

A "ticket attorney" sounds like one of those "DUI lawyers", you know, the commercials claiming that they will somehow get you out of it. Even though in my state 9/10 of DUI cases brought to court fail. (Not much defense when you blow over the legal limit!).

 

[Dr. Wexler]

also, after reading the DMV's site, its just like any other customized plate. I don't think having an MD in the back of your car will get you outta any speeding tickets.

I read an article (that I can't find now) that in California docs with MD plates are "allowed" to speed if it is an emergency. The article really about how all kinds of docs were using the plates and abusing the priviledge by speeding whenever and whereever.

 

[MossPoh]

Um, here's a thought. Why not just OBEY THE LAW and don't speed??? then you won't have any tickets to "get out of".

Just a thought.

Just depends on the area though. I tend to go with the flow of traffic, but the one time I got pulled over was a notoriously long, silent stretch of road with fields on both sides and a speed limit of 55. Sorry, but I'm not obeying the law there...Generally I do, when it is a reasonable speed limit. If it is 70 then I have no need to go any faster, but 55 and under on any highway is just torture. I've been in a car with friends when they got pulled over for going 3 over the speed limit. Not 30......3. That is a bit ridiculous, so that ticket one should get out of. I have a hard time believing ANYONE has obeyed the speed limit 100% since the day they got their license. If they say so, then they are just a flat out liar. We've all broken the law. If you consistently are going like a bat out of hell and driving like a maniac that seems a little different than not paying attention to your speed and creeping to like 5 over.

 

[acrunchyfrog]

I read an article (that I can't find now) that in California docs with MD plates are "allowed" to speed if it is an emergency. The article really about how all kinds of docs were using the plates and abusing the priviledge by speeding whenever and whereever.

Hmmm. Dunno how the cops would be able to tell when there isn't an emergency to speed to. Now, in my little neck of the woods, emergency vehicles (ie EMS) are allowed to exceed the seed limit by 10 miles an hour, but no more. I assume that this does not apply to cops, who have been trained in high speed driving.

When I asked a stater about exceeding the speed limit to respond to the station in my private vehicle, he was pretty clear that, since I have no emergency lighting or training, I was not to exceed the posted limit. EVER.

 

[medhacker]

I am highly skeptical of this statement.

A "ticket attorney" sounds like one of those "DUI lawyers", you know, the commercials claiming that they will somehow get you out of it. Even though in my state 9/10 of DUI cases brought to court fail. (Not much defense when you blow over the legal limit!).

That's sort of like saying the gallbladder sounds like the bladder and thus you would treat the gallbladder the same way you would the bladder, follow me here?

Ticket attorneys do exist, many make great livings and are usually very effective at what thet do. It's a good thing you are skeptical though... 🙂

 

[medhacker]

are you serious??? I am interested to know more about this.

Yeah dead serious,

google it under "ticket attorney", "ticket clinic" and the like.

 

[167649]

That's sort of like saying the gallbladder sounds like the bladder and thus you would treat the gallbladder the same way you would the bladder, follow me here?

Ticket attorneys do exist, many make great livings and are usually very effective at what thet do. It's a good thing you are skeptical though... 🙂

Okay, fair enough...but when I google ticket attorney, most of them are DUI lawyers too!

Anyways, I just don't see how they can "always" get you out of a traffic ticket. I am sure that is what they say. I wonder about their actual success rate.

 

[danzman]

Hmmm. Dunno how the cops would be able to tell when there isn't an emergency to speed to. Now, in my little neck of the woods, emergency vehicles (ie EMS) are allowed to exceed the seed limit by 10 miles an hour, but no more. I assume that this does not apply to cops, who have been trained in high speed driving.

When I asked a stater about exceeding the speed limit to respond to the station in my private vehicle, he was pretty clear that, since I have no emergency lighting or training, I was not to exceed the posted limit. EVER.

For what it is worth, I was a car mechanic for the local sheriffs’ dept a couple of years ago and I can say with much conviction that cops in general are pretty awful drivers. Their training in high speed conditions is nothing more than a visit to a local flat track once a year to perform a few maneuvers. We had a guy who would routinely travel down the highway at 120 just because he could. He eventually flipped the car about five times. I was always astonished at what they would do just because they could. They do just as many stupid things as the rest of us

 

[ShyRem]

danzman, that depends ENTIRELY on the department and the training they provide. I can tell you about many departments where they get a lot of driving training. (however, I live in a place now where they get NO driving training. Very scary.)

So basically all you can say is the cops where you lived and whose cars you worked on were pretty awful drivers. That's pretty a pretty narrow statistical sample.

 

[danzman]

Goodness, everyone is so jumpy on SDN. I was only trying to say that cops are just people and they too make mistakes. One of the local city guys that I work out with claims that they get zero training at high speeds, the sheriffs’ dept gets all of about two hours a year, and the city dept gets to take a class when they are hired and track time twice a year. All I was saying was that all of this combined is not near enough training to go driving around at 120 during lunch hour. I think in general (small sample) that police get most of there driving training simply by being in a car all day. But there jobs almost never warrant driving at speeds of more than 20+ due to the nature of most car chases and emergency calls (i.e. in a neighborhood where there is not enough room to get up to those speeds). To train someone to drive at speeds much higher than that you need to go to school for a couple of weeks and get a lot of practice, (like the highway patrol does) and most local dept’s simply can’t do that. There was one deputy that would pass out every time he got into a chase, after three wrecks they gave him a desk job. Every single accident I ever saw while working with the dept, that was the officer’s fault, was due to either the officer speeding at an unnecessary rate, or they made simple mistakes that could have been prevented such as not having their tires inflated properly. Two things should be noted. 1 I have the utmost respect for police officers and the job that they do. I considered becoming one for many years. 2 I raced cars for a couple of years in college and can say, again with much conviction, that it is insanely difficult to drive safely at high speeds with or without training. No one should be speeding anyway. So, back to the op’s question, I can’t see a reason for a doctor to speed at all, but my guess is that if you could convince the officer that it was an emergency he/she would let you go. The last thing the world needs is for doc’s to start driving too fast just because they can. Ironically, I think the reason for the MD tags was to allow physicians to park in places where they may otherwise get towed while tending to an emergency, rather than speeding to get there. Sorry to push your buttons Ms Rem 😕

Dan Z Man

 

[ShyRem]

danz, you just need to be careful with how you say things. Because

and I can say with much conviction that cops in general are pretty awful drivers. Their training in high speed conditions is nothing more than a visit to a local flat track once a year to perform a few maneuvers.

sounds a whole lot different than your explanation above.

Saying what you really mean (or getting at least somewhere close) is one of my pet peeves -- I get on my kids for it all the time.

And for what it's worth, my "button" (if I had to name one) on this particular subject is that anyone would think they're above obeying the law in any but the most unusual and rare of circumstances. So, no, you didn't push it at all. 🙂

 

[danzman]

Duly noted, forgive my generalization....

And for what it's worth, my "button" (if I had to name one) on this particular subject is that anyone would think they're above obeying the law in any but the most unusual and rare of circumstances.

I agree completely.