has this happen to you? My tint is only 35% all around and VA legal limit is 50 front/35 rear. I mean how can you stop someone at night for tint?

 

They are cops, they can do whatever they want. Technically the tint is illegal in the front so you can either pay the ticket or remove the 35% in the front (here they'll waive the fee if you remove the tint)...

 

When would you prefer they do it? What's convenient for you?

 

DOT.

You can be upset at the cop for doing their job, or you can be upset at yourself for knowingly doing something illegal.




Protip: it's not option A.

 

I'm not upset, it's just stupid that a different cop gave me a warning during the day and this cop gave me a ticket at night. I know it's illegal so i'll have it taken off.

 

All it means is that you got lucky with the first cop.

 

Exactly. Not all cops are equal.

They "can" ticket you. They don't have to. It's called discretion. It's ultimately up to the cop on what he or she wants to enforce.

First guy gave you a break, second guy didn't. It's how it works.

 

VA cops hate illegal tint, the main reason for the 50% tint is so it's not completely black inside the car when an officer walks up to the window for a stop. Then would probably be driver safety as the windows are harder to see out of at night than 50% tint.

 

next time you drive by a cop, put all your windows down

 

He was driving in the opposite direction. i guess you pay and learn with cops.

 

35% all around is legal here now.

Thats all.

 

Yes

 

tnl_tsx, not bagging on your or anything, but it's just one of those things you can't complain. the cop can't be blame as an asshole because the state made that law and the cop's job is to enforce it.

 

I wonder how much money the government makes from "upsell" of other fines when they stop someone for tint or broken taillight, etc....it would be interesting to see a statistic of how much revenue comes from small time stops such as this.

 

*tints*

Jesal, it passed?
:yeah:

 

That's why i'll remove the front tint so then they won't stop me again. I only complained 'cause he was driving in the opposite direction, make a u-turn in 45 mph speed limit street and gave me a ticket.

 

At 2am it is usually a pretext for something else - DUI, etc.

 

Exactly

 

Just what I was about to say. At 2am, they look for any reason to pull someone over so they can check for DUI.

 

why not

 

Really??? Here in chicago?

 

Welcome to VA.

 

VA cops are picky like that. I got stopped in FFX county 2 years ago for tint even though I live in MD where my car is registered also. He said I either take it off and come to court with proof or pay a fine, they were obviously more concerned with money than safety.

 

35% all around here in GA too. In fact they repealed the tint law a couple of years ago so for a while any tint was legal. The 35% limit was eventually reinstated though...

 

Sad but so true.

 

Glad to hear you guys finally got front window tinting legalized. I'm on a Hyundai board and somebody in Illinois had his Sonata tinted but left the front ones clear due to the old laws. It looked

 

^ - What are Oregon's laws? I worked up there a few years ago and someone there told me the front windows could be tinted

 

35% all around maximum on cars. Trucks and SUVs is 35% front, no limit on the rear. My Santa Fe has 25% applied to the front windows...matches the factory rear tint. It's been a year....so far so good.