wrote:

> Dave C. wrote:
>
>>So in other words, it's safer to NOT wear a seatbelt in NY. After all, when
>>you are stopped for speeding, you will have nothing to plead to, if you are
>>buckled in.
>
>
> Not really, since the police in NYS often pull people over just for
> having an unbuckled seatbelt. And I'm sure if you were pulled over for
> speeding and the cop decided to give you a lesser ticket instead, there
> would always be some no-points charge he could come up with.
>
> For an inside look at how NYC police operate, google "ny.pd ra.nt"
> (without the dots) and look at the web-based discussion board that
> comes up first. Lots of discussions about the "professional courtesy"
> cops extend to other cops' family members when they get pulled over.
> There are a *lot* of cops in the NYC area, and therefore there are
> whole communities where almost everyone is related to one and has a
> union card which gets them out of tickets.
>
> -Apr

That's pretty standard anywhere, cops don't give tickets to cops and
cops' families--unless it's a pretty bad situation. Sometimes this even
extends to military police and police from out-of-area.