Do you think nurses get special treatment?

[NurseLife88]

So I was looking at some old threads on here and they got me thinking. One in particular about whether cops give nurses tickets. So what do you think? Do nurses receive special treatment when people know you are a nurse? Any personal experience with this subject you want to share?

I have two stories both similar and different at the same time. I was once pulled over after a workout. I had on teeny shorts and shirt and probably definitely looked a hot mess. So I was pulled over for speeding going 6 mph over. I was asked to step out of my car and proceeded to be searched. Officer stated I was being searched because he smelled marijuana. I don't smoke and I don't know how he could have possibly smelled anything besides my sweaty nastiness. But anyways search concluded and officer tickets me for speeding as he has nothing else to charge me with.

Shortly after this I was again pulled over for speeding in the same vehicle. ( Yes I know I have a lead foot lol) This time I was in scrubs and had my name tag hanging on my rearview mirror. I also was going about 15 over not 6 as I was prior. The cop didn't even ask where I was going. Proceeded to give me a verbal warning and then let me on my way.

Now I don't know if this has anything to do with me being an obvious nurse the second stop vs the first. Or whether one cop was just nicer than the other. But it does make me wonder...

Any nurses care to share their experiences, opinions,etc??

[K9lover, ASN, RN]

Absolutely, I was stopped by a CHP officer driving home from work; there was also a hospital in direction I was headed. He asked me if there was an emergency and the moment I said "no" I realized he had rolled out the red carpet for me to tell him I was en route to a staffing shortage or something of that nature and I had missed that one.

I slid on the ice en route from home, although my totaled car was not in the road the co-worker who picked me up & I drove back and forth until CHP sowed up, I told him I was coming home from my job at the county jail; he did not cite me.

[TraviesaRN]

I have gotten out of maybe 20-25 tickets. I know for a fact about 6 of those were because I was a nurse, but the others I think it had more to do with being an ER nurse and working with the cops so frequently. I knew them well. A friend even got pulled over in my car and the officer when looking at the registration asked him "******** that works in the ER??" and my friend said yes, he was picking me up from a night out and the officer let him go.

[Horseshoe, BSN, RN]

I have gotten out of maybe 20-25 tickets. I know for a fact about 6 of those were because I was a nurse, but the others I think it had more to do with being an ER nurse and working with the cops so frequently. I knew them well. A friend even got pulled over in my car and the officer when looking at the registration asked him "******** that works in the ER??" and my friend said yes, he was picking me up from a night out and the officer let him go.

What are you doing to be getting pulled over so often?!

[kbrn2002, ADN, RN]

I have gotten out of maybe 20-25 tickets. I know for a fact about 6 of those were because I was a nurse, but the others I think it had more to do with being an ER nurse and working with the cops so frequently. I knew them well. A friend even got pulled over in my car and the officer when looking at the registration asked him "******** that works in the ER??" and my friend said yes, he was picking me up from a night out and the officer let him go.

Boy, if you've gotten out of 20-25 tickets you must have a serious case of lead foot!

[TraviesaRN]

Boy, if you've gotten out of 20-25 tickets you must have a serious case of lead foot!

I do, like really bad. I have been trying really hard this year to work on it. Especially after my last ticket. Definitely didn't get out of that one. :| I travel a ton too though all over the country so I am driving a lot.

[TraviesaRN]

What are you doing to be getting pulled over so often?!

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