[Shotimes] Window tinting

[Al Fitz]

I don't know about that Don, it seems to me that the police do whatever they
want and only the courts can set them straight. By presenting the cop
documentation at the stop would probably piss them off even more. You have
to remember, in their minds, they are not always right but they're NEVER
wrong. Until cops have to answer for their actions, there is no incentive
for them to follow the law.

My son recently got a ticket from an 18 year veteran of the local PD for
willful reckless driving. Instead of paying the fine we went to court and
the judge told the cop he should go back to the academy and learn the law
and dismissed the complaint. Of course when my Son was stopped, the cop was
a total asshole and I'm sure he will be watching for my kid now.


Al Fitz
alfitz@alfitz.com




----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>
To: "SHOtimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Window tinting


> 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.
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