[Shotimes] Window tinting

[Donald Mallinson]

That cop that made the out of state driver remove tint in 
Nashville is flat out wrong.

A state can't enforce a law that doesn't apply to another 
state's driver!  Oh, I know, the cop was being a hard case 
and there was probably little that the driver could do about 
it.  And the driver would have won if taken to court.

When a state cop pulled over my wife because of a minor 
crack in a windshield in our MGB, I went to the state regs 
and found that a cracked windshield is NOT illegal unless it 
weakens the structure, or is in such a location and size 
that it restricts sight.

I copied that page and kept it with the car, doing something 
like that if you have tint that is legal in your state 
(along with a receipt from the tint company showing the % of 
tint) would probably stop any future problems like this as 
long as you hadn't already ticked off the cop.

Don Mallinson

Carl Prochilo wrote:
> Rick,  It's probably state dependent.  Limo tint is fairly common down here.

> Again about state laws, having lived most of my life in NY state, window
> tinting was much less common than what I see here in FL.  Because of that,
> I imagine that the darker shades will draw attention from law enforcement
> in the northern states, so staying legal is more important.