Everyone here is correct.
My Audi has limo tint and the front windows have 50% tint. The car also has
three antennas on the back and New Jersey plates.
I have been stopped several times, in different states, and I have always
rolled down all the windows (even in the rain), turned off the radio, kept
both hands on top of the steering wheel and used "sir" when I opened my
mouth.
I inform the officer that my registration and insurance card are in the
glove compartment and ask permission to take my right hand off the wheel to
open the locked glove compartment. Using one hand, I open the glove
compartment and allow the officer to look in and then I get the papers out.
I have never gotten a ticket because of the tinting!
Fred
63 BJ7
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 9:55 PM, Richard Ewald <richard.ewald@gmail.com>wrote:
> Ed, let's put it this way. The back doors and the rear window have limo
> tint (the darkest available) and the front windows have 50% tint ON TOP of
> the factory tint.
> The key here is A: don't be an asshole, B if you get stopped, roll the
> damn
> windows down while you are stopping, and C keep your hands visible.
>
> By the letter of the law, my windows are illegal. But in practice it is a
> non-issue.
>
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Ed's Shop <shop@justbrits.com> wrote:
>
> > <<I have tinted windows on my daily driver, and I don't get stopped.>>
> >
> > There is a HUGE difference in the modern OEM (KEY word) tinting and what
> > the
> > 'tuners' use, Rick!!! And I mean HUGE<G>!!
> >
> > Several years ago the Uniform Traffic Code Act adopted "standards" for
> > the opacity(sp?) for side & rear window tinting for NEW vehicles. It is
> a
> > 'numbering' system which manufacturers adhere to. With ONE glance an
> > Officer CAN tell the difference between what you are tooling around in vs
> a
> > tuner's
> > (damn near solid black) tint!!
> >
> > It IS an Officer Safety thing.
> >
> > When an Officer approaches YOUR car he CAN see that your hands are either
> > empty or holding your D.L.!! With a tuner car he CANNOT see whether the
> > driver's hands are empty, holding said license or an Uzi!!!
> >
> > Case rested<G>!!
> >
> > As an example, the morning after I got my 'new' Camino back for the Land
> of
> > Fruit & Nuts I went DIRECTLY to my local 'cop shop' for an opinion (even
> > tho
> > I was almost positive that stuff on driver's door & passenger door WAS
> > ILLEGAL) and YEP, Officer confirmed. It was gone the following day.
> >
> > Ed
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