Was this cop a jerk?
 

ok so my (low beam out) came on today in my E30. I didnt have time to go to pep boys to get a replacement so i went to work and on my way home i got pulled over GUESS WHERE? north brunswick:evil:

long story short i gave him all my paperwork included my pba given to me by my gf's father who is sarg. in spotswood... he takes the pba and gives me a "warning"

like i feel like would have been better off just taking the ticket lol

what do you guys think?

he was doing his job. I hate to say this..but if you know your light is out you gotta change it. Some cops can be dickheads in the way they do their job, but thats just what they are doing. Did you change it yet?

i allso got pulled over the other day for a bad inspection sticker i got off with a warning sometime you find a cool cop sometime you find a a--hole

you didnt get a ticket, why even bring it up? pba cards sometimes will talk you INTO a ticket if you get a real ball buster. its not a get out of jail free card you know

i brought it up to ask your guys opinons.. thats why one of the poll options is "no, your lucky you didnt get a ticket"

no i didnt get it fixed this just all happend to day. i get out of school at 12:15, home aat 1, leave for work at 2:30 and work from 3:30-11:30pm

leaves a very thin space to get a headlight and change it lol

its not a huge deal but i thought they only take pba's over a something thats a little more serious than a headlight..

anyways im just alittle mad cause i just got the thing lol i know its not get out of jail free but i would have rather got out of speeding or something worth points.

i duno just a little rant

I got pulled over for bad headlight after 6 months of not having one on the pass side...no ticket, verbal warning. Depends on the cop.

then why did you hand it too him?

it was a quick decision, i was almost positive that he was just going to give it back. spotswood isnt too far from NB i guess i overestimated the pba :(

but correct me if im wrong you dont get points for a headlight out? if i could go back id prob just take my chances of getting the ticket...that is if its a point free ticket.

no points

So you give him your PBA card because you thought you were going to get a ticket. You don't get said ticket, get off with a warning and you're a little peeved you didn't get your PBA card back? Am I missing something? If you didn't want him to take it then you shouldn't have given it to him. He wasn't a dick at all, he didn't write you for something he could have easily written for. I'm failing to see how he was a dick.

well i said jerk, and im asking. but yeah im "a little peeved" i didnt get my pba back..

and him not giving it back is what could potentially make him a jerk. i mean im not the only one who thinks so, i got like 3 votes on my side lol

Dick, jerk...all the same category :rofl:

I think you're making it a bigger issue than it is. You gave him the PBA card because you thought you were going to get a ticket right? Well you didn't get a ticket so the card possibly worked. Either way if you didn't want it taken in hopes to save it for a REAL violation then it should have stayed in the wallet...don't be mad at the cop...be mad at yourself for wasting it on a potentially silly ticket. ;)

lesson learned! to be honest i wasnt sure if there were points involved and i didnt wanna take the chance.. guess i paid tha price lol


Price: PBA

Nah, there's no point involved in a non-moving violation/equipment ticket. The worst that would have happened is him writing you a ticket for the light and you either A)had to pay it or B) go to court, show that you fixed it and possibly have it dropped.

Either way you did kind of waste the PBA card...lesson learned like you said.

you dont get to keep the get out of jail free card in monopoly either. maybe he was playing your game :lol:

cops a dick. its just a head light

why :shock:

It says on the back of the card to take it. Next one you get put the cops cell on it if they Allow you. Then if you get pulled over again after the cop takes it he'll call who ever card it is and return it to them. That doesn't always work but worth the try

for something as small as that...you dont use the PBA card

98 Lincoln mark 8...if it was a ford site that would be all I had to say everyone would know why but I'll explain. 97-98 mk8's had factory hid's they orig cost around $300 a bulb for new bulbs...well then ford decided hey it would be a good idea to discontinue these...yeah right :rolleyes: ...so the "fix" they came up with was a $1000 halogen conversion kit...I'm not paying $1000 for a headlight so I bought an aftermarket hid kit off eBay that was retrofitted for the mark8 wait for 2 months finally get it...drivers light dosent work ballast is bad...wait another month for new ballast...one hid is a diffrent color than the other...wait another month...get a new bulb... Finally finsished installing like 4 months later I drove around w/o if for like 2 months before I ordred the kit

I agree. The cop was just doing his job. You should have saved it for something that had points. Meh, live and learn. :wink:

Yeah well my gf said he would prob give me another.. Then a buddy I used to work with is a cop and said he's got one for me sunday. Sooo we will just have to think of that as a trial run.. Only thing is now have to change my headlight in the snow -_-

I had a woman come into my work the other day, and got a ticket for a headlight out. It went out at like 11 at night, what auto parts store is open to sell them. given tere is a Walmart, but how many people who don't even know how to fill their gas tank, knwo they sell headlights there. I think it's wrong and should of given her a warning. be nice if there was a campaign from the police force if they carried around headlights, and would give a person a warning, and a headlight, and if they got pulled over again, they would get a ticket AND have to pay for the ticket, and/or a fine from the DMV for failure to inspect/make necessary reapiars to your car.

this. and now you know.

if you have something simple like a bulb out, you take the ticket. you then fix the issue, bring proof to court, and !ticket. enjoy

Id be happy I didnt get a ticket....as for pba cards everyone has them nowadays.