Yes, I lived in NJ around 15 years ago, and PBA cards were well known (but not much talked about), and that's precisely the way they worked. Subtly flash the c

Yes, I lived in NJ around 15 years ago, and PBA cards were well known (but not much talked about), and that's precisely the way they worked. Subtly flash the card to a cop, and they might ignore it, they might take the card and skip the speeding ticket, or they might just skip the speeding ticket. Yes, corruption, but not exactly a get out of jail free card either. Or that's how it seemed to be, mostly, in NJ, over a decade ago. :) It's very possible that things are worse today (such things tend to devolve over time), or worse in NYC, or worse than what I saw at the time.