Until you've worn a uniform, and put on a bullet proof vest to go to work everyday, and have stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation alone in a remote area, then you can't really speak from any experience now can you. I've stopped many vehicles and I never liked stopping vehicles with tinted windows. Just like everyone else, I have the same built in survival instinct that you have. I'm not paranoid by any means, or I wouldn't have lasted at this job for the past 22 years. We ride as a single offer in a car and I really like going home at the end of my shift everyday. Whenever I stop a vehicle, I keep in mind that the driver may have just robbed a convenience store down the street that I was totally unaware of, or on the other hand most likely the driver is an innocent soccer mom picking her kids up from a soccer game. I approached the vehicle slowly and stop for a moment at left rear taillight and reach over to check to see if the trunk lid is latched or ajar. I certainly don't want the trunk coming open behind me with some one hiding in there with a gun. I stop again at the left rear window and do a visual check the rear seat and rear seat floor area, providing the vehicle has a rear seat. Very hard to see inside the rear seat of a vehicle with limo tint. I watch the driver's outside rear view mirror to see if the driver is closely watching my approach. Again, very hard to see the driver's face in the mirror with tint on the driver's side window. I stop at the rear edge of the driver's door, so that the driver has to turn around in the seat and look to the rear to see me. Much harder for a driver to stick a gun in my face if I'm standing behind him/her than if I was standing in front at the rear view mirror. Standing behind the driver can give me an extra second or two to react to a threat if I need to do so. Yep, you can call it another BS law, but it's there for a reason and I for one agree with the law.

 

I got a not front plate ticket going down Rt 81 just before the NC border. He measured my tint and told me that if it was 5% darker he could ticket me for that also. I'm running 25% and I think he could have ticketed me if he wanted. It was a holiday weekend and I think they were just checking cars out in general.

 

Sorry for your situation. Although I like the look I haven't done it. Vette's get to much attention as it is, so IMHO no need to draw extra attention.



PS: Did I mention I don't run with the required front NJ plate....another reason no tint. I could get a double banger if I tinted.

 

I totally agree with you, safety first. But in my situation, I met the cop & my drivers side window was down, so he could clearly see me. I'm guessing he saw the passengers side window or the back. Either way, he was very nice about it, & had a job to do.

 

G/F got ticketed for dark tint on her C6 last week by the city locals. She had it removed and replaced with the lighter/legal variety.
The dark tint looked great but she didn't think it was worth the hassle.

 

I am scheduled for thursday to get tinted?

 

Okie law says 25%. Texas is 35 but they didn't seem to notice when I was there.

 

That sucks Jim. That C6 looks HOT with dark tint

 

Haters, I don't know if you car is registered in another state they can't give you a ticket for TINT in the visiting state, thats some ole bull****!

 

don't stop cars with TINT!!! or use you PA and tell them to roll down the window before you walk up on the DRIVER, I do understand what your saying but they don't have a problem with it in other states so, and the law is not for COPS to see in the car, its because its hard to see things like pedestrains at night. Its like anything else you give me a ticket for going 5 over the speed limit, but you run lights to get to Mcdonalds!

Its a Bull**** LAW

 

Yea I was going to change what I wrote but like I said I have 5% now and when I was in florida I had it on about 4 cars between me being 16-18 and got pulled over A LOT and its NEVER been a issue, im not really worried about it here, oklahoma cops are cool for the most part, florida they are not so cool

 

Ummm you're new here... be nice...

Where I come from, we respect folks, period. If they do something to lose that respect, and it happens, we don't lump them all in together. You should try it sometime. Have a nice night.

 

the cops got nothing better to do i guess

 

Here's a little different twist. My son (22) was driving his Honda Accord in a small town just across the Indiana/Illinois border (we live on the Indiana side). A State trooper stopped him for a seat belt violation. He had the belt on at the time and told the officer that he WAS wearing the the belt since he left home and always did. The cop told him that since he had TINTED windows he couldn't tell if he had it on or not and accused him of putting it on when pulled over. My son got a ticket for not wearing a seatbelt! He wasn't speeding or anything else, and nothing else was said about the tint job...
He's taking this one to court. It will be his word against the cop's, as there was no other witness.

 

Sorry to hear about your incident.
I Just got 50% tint on mine Friday. I wanted to go darker but the legal limit here in MD is 35% NET. If you get caught here, they give you a repair order to take the tint off and replace it with a legal tint or no tint at all. You then have to take the car to the DMV to prove it was done.

A police officer was recently shot and killed here after stopping someone for speeding. They are blaming it on the tint... he could not see in the car.

Needless to say, I don't want to take any chances.... legal tint for me.

 

Sorry bout your ticket, any ticket does suck. I am always worried about getting the front plate one.

In ohio i believe we have different side and rear laws, side is like 45 and rear is 35. What i don't understand is how manufacturer's get away with spray painting the inside of minivan's and SUV's rear and rear-side windows pure black and nothing is ever said.

I've sat behind many SUV/minivan's and their back window is like perfect black paint, can't see anything at all.

If i was a LEO and i pulled over a vehicle with tinted windows I would use the PA and make them get out of the car and put their hands on the side of the car until I felt I was safe enough to let them back in. Maybe even put them in the infant sized back seat of my cruiser so they would have to fold themselves up like a pretzel and mash their knees against the barrier.

While I also agree that tint can/does look cool, I have had a car with 15% all around. Try backing up at night. Impossible. You can't see anything at all behind you. In a big car, nothing you can do, someone could be standing on your rear bumper and you couldn't tell it. No thanks.

Also, while i'm on a tirade, how does a LEO allow/not allow for the combination of factory tint and aftermarket tinting. IE: if it had say 90% factory and you thru 45% on it, would it read enough less than 45 that you could be ticketed? Just curious.

 

I was going 70mph and a cop going 70? the outher way did a turn around for me. I was in my Suv w/dark tint. I rolled down the 4 windows
so he could see I was not going to shoot him.

He was going to wright a ticket, than when he came back he saw it was off and we chatted a wile and I left w/no ticket. I think its stupid for a cop to go to all the work for something so silly.

All tint is illegal in Chicago.

Paul G.

 

I thought the real reason you guys touch the left rear of the car is to put your prints on the car incase something happens, so there is more evidence to bust a guy for a shooting or whatever during a traffic stop.

 

Sounds like the same leo that got me at 83rd and K-7 in Shawnee about 5 yrs ago in my Accord Ex Coupe ! And yes, my tint was 10% all the way around. He let me slide though since I still had MO tags and told me to 'correct' the tint (I did, by the way). As much as I'd like to go sub 15% on my black '01, I stuck with the 35% all around. Good to hear he didn't say anything about the blackouts !

 

Hey Janelle ---

Sorry it happened... but I'm really glad you didn't blame the LEO for doing his job. I wish more people could do that instead of coming here and bashing the cops for it.

Take care and good luck with your ticket