Officer Disciplined for Stopping Doctor On Way to Birth

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two arrogant egos collide....

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I don't see what the officer did that was so terrible -- physicians don't have any special immunity from traffic laws ...

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two arrogant egos collide....

LOL.:chuckle Exactly!

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As much as I agree that the physician is not immune to traffic laws, I regretably side with the physician in this story.

My husband is a police officer. I can not for the life of me ever imagine that he'd make the same judgement call that the officer in this story did.

The physician was ONLY going 10 over the speed limit. The traffic offense didn't merit the disciplinary actions that the officer gave the physician IMO. It's not like he was speeding dangerously in excess of the posted limit. Most times, my hubby won't pull anyone over unless they are speeding in excess of 10mph.

Once the physician explained the situation, he should have either received a quickly written ticket or a warning.

This officer picked the wrong battle. :rolleyes:

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I can't get the article to come up. Any help?

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The only way I would side with the police officer, is if you had every physician who was on call speeding to the hospital, that is alot of traffic around one.

The physician would have to be so incredibly specialized, that another physician at the hospital would be unable to perform a procedure in his/her place.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

link won't come up for me but sounds like a bit of common sense could have been used

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