I can't believe so many of you guys feel the need to have a pba card. I've been driving for 26 years and have never had one and never felt the need for one. If you drive like a normal person and make sure your car is legal then you don't have to worry about getting pulled over. A headlight going out is one of those situations you might not realize for a day or 2 and yes, you will eventually get pulled over for that. Same thing with taillights or brakelights out. And it really depends on where you are in the state. The previous owner of the 4Runner I had drove for over a year with an expired inspection and never got pulled over. I drove it for 2 days with the 2 week inspection card and got pulled over right away.

I think your PBA card did its job, you ended up without a ticket. I agree with MonmouthCtyAntz, everyone has PBA cards now. In a sense they have lost their exclusivety

Eh like I said lesson learned.. I shouldve been able to think on my feet.. This pba was special lol it said SGT! Lol

Driving around someone with a headlight out can be annoying, especially when people use their high beams to 'make up' for the light thats out. Also, some people actually can't tell when their headlight is out, so when cops are bored they pull people over with burnt out lights and expired inspections. The cop did the right thing in letting you off. The only time they give tickets for stuff like that is when you piss them off (or if theyve been previously pissed off) and theyre trying to bang you for everything they can.

If it wasn't gold and engraved then it's "disposable" that way. He could have taken it and given you the ticket anyway. It's a card with no guarantee that he will let you off. I know cops that have gotten tickets from other cops for minor things like this. He's got to do his job.

plus look at the state of the economy. municipalities need to make bank somehow

yes, that's what I want my tax $ spent on :rollseye:

To some cops (not all!!), there's a "hierarchy" of PBA cards as well. My wife got pulled over for making an illegal right on red a few months ago. She missed the sign that said "No Right on Red between 7AM-4PM", and it was 8:30. Anyway, she gave the cop our brother-in-law's PBA card (he's a Corrections Officer), and she got a ticket anyway. So I called my buddy who's a town police officer, and he explained to me that some cops won't take PBA cards from COs, because they feel like they're "lower" than them. And, they also don't like PBA cards from officers that are higher on the food chain because all they do is sit behind a desk and aren't out on the streets any more. The cop that pulled the OP over ~could~ be one of those guys that follows those rules, and since his card was from a Sgt, he didn't like it too much.

no ticket = cop wasn't a dick.

my best friend who is a dispatcher said to me now they have to give out warnings..... i don't know if it is here say or for real

Indeed, dumbest idea ever.

How much do you pay in taxes, or are you still in school? It would be nice to see an initiative from our local law enforcement to help PREVENT an accident besides giving a ticket, like actually helping solve the potentinal cause. why do people bitch n moan about taxes, without it, **** wouldn't get done, grow up people. I pay my taxes and life goes on.

It's your responsibility to take care of your own car, not someone else's.

So you want cops to go around replacing headlamp bulbs? LMFAO......you can't be serious. Why is it the responsibility of the police to make sure YOUR car is safe and properly working? It's not, it's their job to enforce the laws. Once again no one is responsible for their own actions or in-actions, it's always someone elses problem.

EDIT: Damn it Tsar, posting at the same time as me.

im sure the homeless people would be thrilled to hear about your headlight campaign

what ever, I forgot, you all know everything, and ideas from enyone else but yourselves are stupid. :rollseye:

I guess Police don't need to have Serve anymore on their motto, just protect. They don't need to install, but I'm sure ifthe OP recieved a light after the warning, he wouldn't be on here compliaining about the cop being a dick. how bout this, who here owns a firebird that has had a couple of thei 78 lights in their tailights go out, and never even know, or how about someone wiht a brake light? How often do you guys check your tail/brake lights? I'm sure not everytime you go somewhere. things happen, and we forget. How many people on here didn't know a light was out till someone said something or somethign happened late where everywhere was closed.
I'm not sayign they would be a driving sylvania store, but it would be a nice jesture if the light companies formeda campaign with the law enforcement, granted it would be the choice of the law enforcement of that town/county/state if they would like to participate, it wouldn't be manditory, but you guys are really goign to complain about your taxes, and the stupidity of it when a 1.50 bulb ( or 7-15 headlight) compared to a wreck that could coast thousands, or even lives? really? how ignorant you all are. If you wantto complain about taxes then how abotu this, if you get the warning, you have to option of buying the headlight ( taillight or brake light is a dollar, no need to purchase from the officer for YOU to replace.

Believe me, there are far dumber things outthere that cost your precious tax dollars that you seem to not care to complian or not know.

But why is it the cops responsibility to fix your car? Its yours. It's not their fault the bulb blew nor is it their job to pay to fix it. I've heard of subsidized cell phones, subsidized farming, even subsidized child care...but not subsidized car repairs, lol.

Counter argument of the year!!

Apparently his argumentative skills are subsidized by the govt.

I agree.

Which homeless people, the crack heads that pan handle, or the ones that bit off more then they could chew years back when they bought a house a fancy car, and thought they didn't have a care in the world, cause realistically, **** em both, not my problem you pissed your money away.

But you want ME to give a damn about YOUR headlight, and buy you a new lightbulb for YOUR car because YOU were too irresponsible to do it yourself?

This has "fail" written all over it.

:rofl:

reading FTL for you, read the whole post, I said the police would give it to you, you would have to install it. if you can't fix it, then park it till it can be, drive it to a shop, or better hope you have a set of tools. it wouldn't hurt YOU tax dollars if Sylvania, wagner, phillips, etc donated so they could have a nice tax deduction at the end of the year. as well it would be an option per police precinct if they wantedto participate or not, it would be a nice jesture of SERVING the people you sworn to, not give them a yellow slip, and send them on their way.

You'll give a damn when someone slams into you, or vice versa. by the way, I guess no one knows the meaning of donating ;) the fail has been served back into your court kthanxbye.

Just weighing in-

So the cop will have to carry around a bunch of bulbs and a catalog to figure out which ones go with which car?

how is a cop suppose to carry around lighbulbs for every car..........squad car are already pretty tight

late to the party :D