[Shotimes] Window tinting

[Donald Mallinson]

Al,

I know it sometimes seems like all cops are bad, but as with 
most things in life, I am sure most cops do their best to be 
GOOD cops.  I have personally known quite a few of the 
local, county and state police, only one of which came about 
because of a "problem" thank goodness.  All of them were 
just like you and me, they have a job to do and they just 
want to be respected like anyone.  We have several police 
SHO owners/enthusiasts that seem like normal people to me...

As for ticking off the police if you carry the regs with 
you, I already mentioned, it could happen, but one of our 
first SHO fanatics, had limo tint on all windows and even 
put the heated windshield from the Taurus in his SHO, 
because it had a bit of tint.  He had bad eyes that were 
light sensative and a prescription from his doctor for 
tinted windows.

He would get pulled over all the time, but after presenting 
his "documentation", Cops genearally didn't bother him.

I guess it didn't hurt that he was an ex-cop himself?  :)

Still, if someone is getting hastled like the original guy 
was, I would get the regs and have them handy and just 
present it in a nice way.

Still won't stop a bad cop from making trouble, but it would 
help other times.

Don Mallinson

Al Fitz wrote:
> 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
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> ----- 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
> 
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>>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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