90mustangGT said:Window tinting laws are stupid anyways. I don't think it has to do with officer safty, I think it has everything to do with profiling who they pull over.
DeVus1 said:Window tinting laws serve a dual purpose:
1: Really dark tint obscures the drivers veiw out of that window. This problem multiplies ten fold when its dark outside, and even more than that in areas with little or no street lights.
2: The darker the tint, the hard it is to see inside the vehicle. While many drivers on the raod are law abiding citizens, there are a few that arent. When an officer stops a vehicle, s/he is putting their life on the line. They dont know whos driving that car when they stop it, and if the driver is pointing a gun at the officer, s/he will not know until its too late.
Sorry for the rant, but this is a very sensitive subject.
larrendeuce said:What ever happened to:
-roll down the windows
-toss the keys on the pavement
-open the door with the outside handle
-exit the vehicle, facing foreward hands on your head
-walk backwards to the sound of my voice
larrendeuce said:What ever happened to:
-roll down the windows
-toss the keys on the pavement
-open the door with the outside handle
-exit the vehicle, facing foreward hands on your head
-walk backwards to the sound of my voice
DeVus1 said:Not sure how the police department operates where you are from, but around here those kind of commands are usually resevered for high risk stops (stolen vehicles etc). People already hate the police, imagine if everytime an officer conducted a traffic stop the driver (and passengers) were pulled out and cuffed at gun point just because they have tinted windows.
fordguy87 said:i'm from the gettysburg/hanover area and i went to a place where they tint windows yesterday and they're tint meter said i have 40% tint and they said its still illegal, its only allowed to be 70% in PA but she put a sticker on my back window on the hatch to make that one legal but she said the 2 side window tints will have to come off and we're not sure about the quarter glass i'm just going to leave those on and see what the cops say.
MahFiVeOh said:I was pulled over about a year ago for my tint being too dark (20% all around-see sig for pic) and i also had a tinted licence plate cover on it.The officer wanted me to peel the tint off the door windows right there and then.So i ask him how the hell am i going do this on the side of the road? He ended up just giving me a warning and said if i see you again your getting a ticket.Then about 4 mths ago i'm cruising around and a cop pulls me over for no reason, i'm thinking wtf did i do now.It was the same fuggin cop that pulled me over a yr ago He walks up to my window and says " Remember me? " He asks for my licence and registration and goes back to his car for about 5 mins or so then comes back with 2 tickets, $110 per, one for the tint and one for the licence plate cover.I think there was a lil discrimination going on here because as i waited for my tickets i was watching other cars go by with tints even darker than mine.Sorry for the rant but it still pisses me off to this day.
DemonGT said:i was pulled over for tint a few years back....what got me was i also got a warning for "not dimming my auxilary lights"...i said to the officer..."what auxilary lights?"
he went on to tell me how you have to dimm your fog lights for on coming traffic like high beams...i said..."so i have to turn them off for one coming traffic like high beams?" and he said "yes"...what BS...and as he tells me this about ten cars go by with fog lights...
silvrgt said:Discrimination? Come on man. He pulled you over once and gave you a warning that if he ever saw you again you were getting a ticket. Then, he saw you again with the tint on and gave you a ticket. Sounds pretty fair to me.