# Do PBA Cards work? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 13, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pba-cards-work/344328 "2006-02-13T20:06:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fat\_Chance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8baadc/32.png) [@Fat\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fat_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pba-cards-work/344328/21 "2006-02-14T20:47:40Z")
> [@Cartooniverse](#): > > OTOH, “Courtesy Cards” are something different. This is what **MLS** was referring to. Not a normal P.B.A. card at all, it is something that an officer will have and be allowed to give out. Some departments frown upon this, but most understand that a fellow cop, or family member is given preferential treatment on the minor offenses. It is the way of the world. In the case of a Courtesy Card, all courtesy is extended to the bearer, **assuming** that they really should be showing the card in the first place. ( the daughter of a cop from two towns over? Sure. A friend of a cousin of a guy who used to be a cop? Nope ). It is not arbitrary. This courtesy is extended as a side-ways “thank you” to family members who have someone on the job. Sound pretty much like what I was given. Nice to know that its actually usefull. (after years of youthfull exuberance full of speeding tickets, its been 5-6 years since I’ve been pulled over, but its still nice to know just in case) ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2006, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pba-cards-work/344328/22 "2006-02-14T21:01:35Z")
Oh wait. Your posts say you live in New Jersey. Sorry. That card won’t do you a bit of good. 😃 😃 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-pba-cards-work/344328.md?page=1)