MD Plates

[BassDominator]

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So, I graduate in less than a month now.... and I was wondering if there was any point to getting MD license plates?

It won't really get you out of a speeding or parking ticket, right? I imagine it is up to the discretion of the police officer? Any law enforcement types out there that can clarify this?

I don't plan on driving like a maniac or parking in the blue zone, so is there really any point? Is it just a status symbol? I worry it's just an invitation for some junky to break into your car.

Thanks in advance for satisfying my curiousity.

 

[KyGrlDr2B]

I'd say don't do it. I think these are hopelessly tacky. AND if you lightly touch someone's bumper one day at a stop sign, the next thing you know, you've got someone in a neck brace taking you to court. 😉

 

[dave262]

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[southerndoc]

I think they go well with having "MD" on your credit cards, personal checks, and of course all your regular magazine subscriptions. 🙄

 

[4 Ever]

also, some people might key your car intentionally just because you are a doctor. people do the cruelest things without reason

 

[Anasazi23]

I think that in some certian scenarios, depending on what hospital you work in of course, that MD plates allow you to park temporarily in "physician designated parking" on city blocks for limited amounts of time.

I suppose the theory is that if you're called in for some sort of emergency, you can park on the street directly outside and move the car later. Also, I know that at one hospital in which I worked, you could not get a physician's parking permit without MD plates.

 

[Energon]

If you lightly touch someone's bumper one day at a stop sign, the next thing you know, you've got someone in a neck brace taking you to court. 😉

This happned to my uncle... a real $hi!!y situation. I am with KyGrlDr2B, there are just too many @$$holes out there waiting to make cash off doctor folk.

 

[Gleevec]

One of my med school friends told me to stick this sticker I got from my med school with its name on it on the car because cops are less likely too care about speeding issues. Is this worth doing or should I take it off?

 

[lattimer13]

I'd say don't do it. I think these are hopelessly tacky. AND if you lightly touch someone's bumper one day at a stop sign, the next thing you know, you've got someone in a neck brace taking you to court. 😉

i agree. especially the tacky part.