Knowing your rights: Window tint

[MotF Bane]

Wait so you're saying that the NIGHT TIME light is so bright that you need windows tinted? If you had untinted windows at night, you would have headaches?

You should probably not be allowed to drive a car. Or have children.

This from the guy who broke his automatic transmission.

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[Farmer]

Drive with 90%+ tint and sunglasses at night. It's the only way.

 

[SandEagle]

Wait so you're saying that the NIGHT TIME light is so bright that you need windows tinted? If you had untinted windows at night, you would have headaches?

You should probably not be allowed to drive a car. Or have children.

the glare at night is strong and distracts me sometimes. i am one of the best drivers in the.......hey!! fvck you man!!

 

[zerocool84]

Depends a lot on what type of car you drive as well. A ricer or a car on 30" chrome wheels are going to attract much more attention. I'm in Ca too and tinted all around but have never been ticketed for it. I drive a large luxury car where the majority of drivers are elders so I'm not much of a target.

I drive a car that gets stopped for its stock exhaust because cops think it's illegal because it's loud. I just don't drive like an idiot to draw attention from the cops.

 

[ghost recon88]

I've got smoked headlights, 35% tint in the fronts and 5% in the back and rear window. If I were to do it again, I would get the same tint % all around as I don't like the contrast it has. Although with that said, since its so dark in the back, and only 35% in the front I think the cops don't give a crap as in comparison it looks pretty light in the front. I will probably get 20% all around next time.

And for the record, any front window tint is illegal in Michigan, and I've never been pulled over.

 

[Sinsear]

Always go to court for stuff like this; speeding tickets included.

I second this. Court is often overtime for many police officers. I strongly encourage people to fight tickets.

 

[BoberFett]

The main issue police have with very dark tint, is they can not see inside the vehicle. Bad for an officer when approaching a car for a traffic stop, from a safety issue. You could have a gun and be ready to shoot him down (it has happened many times). And with too dark a tint, they can't see in to see if you are doing something blatantly illegal. So states do have a limit, which in most cases is a good compromise.

Awww, poor pigs. I might feel sorry for them if they would stop being a bunch of thuggish assholes who are just as dangerous than the criminals they're supposedly protecting us from.

 

[SandEagle]

Awww, poor pigs. I might feel sorry for them if they would stop being a bunch of thuggish assholes who are just as dangerous than the criminals they're supposedly protecting us from.

the police put their lives on the line everyday to protect your sorry ass. grow up.

 

[ShawnD1]

This from the guy who broke his automatic transmission.

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So you're going on record to state that automatic transmissions never break? :awe:

 

[Anonemous]

Is it true that some luxury cars have tinting by default (from dealer) or is that baloney?

 

[ShawnD1]

Is it true that some luxury cars have tinting by default (from dealer) or is that baloney?

my friend's Subaru Impreza came with tinted windows from the factory.

 

[JEDIYoda]

Because it requires you to roll your windows down to a certain position. I think I've heard something like they need a warrant to check tint. I guess they can ticket you either way but if you don't let them check and were not speeding, you can probably get it revoked.

Thasts total BS...you have to roll down your window to speak to the officer...rofl

 

[Anonemous]

my friend's Subaru Impreza came with tinted windows from the factory.

So would those be legal?

 

[zerocool84]

So would those be legal?

Of course but it's only the rear windows tinted which in most states is legal. Never are the front windows tinted in any consumer car.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

In CA, the back three can be as dark as you want. The front three cannot have any tint. However, enforcement of the front windows varies city by city.

Santa Ana doesnt give a shit and has much more shit to worry about (murder).
Irvine and Huntington Beach sit around all day just to get some sort of action.

 

[IGBT]

driving is a privilege subject to terms and conditions of the license. Terms and conditions are subject to change.

 

[grrl]

They'd see it subjectively.

Be amused. I've never gotten pulled for a window tint although there would be some government factions that would disappear overnight if I had my way.

Wow, you sound like a real life anarchist.

 

[FallenHero]

I got pulled over for my tint a while back. Cop told me to roll the window down half way, pulled out this clamp type device that shines light through and measures throughput on the other side, said it was too dark. Bam, $128 ticket.

I'm going to fight it just to be a pain in the ass. I've owned the car for two years and never been pulled over for it. The person I bought it from had it for five years and swears she never got hassled about it, and she bought it from out of state where the tint laws are different. If the judge still wants me to pay the fine, I guess that's his prerogative, but at least I wasted the courts time.

All 5 minutes it will take for the trail, conviction and punishment?

 

[BUTCH1]

I'd really like to have mine tinted (FL) but almost everyone I know that does winds up getting pulled over multiple times for the cops to check it to see if within limits so I decided not to get it done..

 

[Broheim]

i have it, but for real medical reasons. glare and headaches from light. i believe its called acute photosensitivity. stupid cop once pulled me over and said why can't i just wear sunglasses instead of having tint. i'm not cory hart asshole, i can't wear my sunglasses at night.

acute photosensitivity is a skin condition, it has nothing to do with your eyes.

if you don't wear sunglasses then what do you do when you leave your car?

 

[Broheim]

Awww, poor pigs. I might feel sorry for them if they would stop being a bunch of thuggish assholes who are just as dangerous than the criminals they're supposedly protecting us from.

aww did the cops close down your meth lab? feeling a little butthurt are we?

 

[OverVolt]

aww did the cops close down your meth lab? feeling a little butthurt are we?

You are stupid and naive. Yeah he is posting from jail on his iPhone genius. That is clearly the most obvious conclusion.

 

[Broheim]

You are stupid and naive. Yeah he is posting from jail on his iPhone genius. That is clearly the most obvious conclusion.

when did I say he was in jail?

and what is an "iPhone genius"?

 

[jlee]

I'm saying 1. I was not in violation of anything 2. It should not have taken them a week to cite me if I were therefore the person who issued the ticket can not be considered knowledgeable in these violations.



There's no evidence if they can't prove a crime right? Even if the police show up at your house with a warrant for a dead body and they found cocaine all over the place, that can't be used as evidence. How can one's opinion of the darkness of windows be justification for a random search?

ROFL

nocaps

 

[DougoMan]

In CA, the back three can be as dark as you want. The front three cannot have any tint.

Not true. Front windows have to allow 70% of light in.

http://www.tintcenter.com/laws/CA/