[Shotimes] Window tinting

[John J. Weidenbenner]

Do a Google search on window tint laws will yeild a lot of info. on the
state laws.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=window+tint+laws&btnG=Google+Search

http://www.pcisys.net/~bpc/auto_law/tint/

for example:

Missouri
AS-1 / 35% Net / Any / Any / 2002

Enforcement Note : New law removed out-of-state exemption but don't know how
the MO State Highway Patrol will deal with that ?

Tint is NO LONGER part of the State Safety Inspection, a plus for MO
residents.

Additional Note: Took effect Feb 14, 2002. Original law banned tint on the
front side windows but allowed anything behind and then changed in 2001 for
35% NET on ALL windows and in 2002 changed to 35% NET on front side windows
but once again, anything behind goes !



Note the net word. I assume that is meant to include the light loss through
the glass too.

John W.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>
To: "_SHOtimes" <Shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 10:13 AM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Window tinting


> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- 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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