[Shotimes] Window tinting
Ron Porter
ronporter@prodigy.net
Wed, 15 Oct 2003 12:12:09 -0400
Yeah, somewhere over the last number of years, the rating system seems to
have changed. IIRC, it used to represent the percentage of light blocked,
now it is the percentage of light allowed.
Ron Porter
-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Mike.Wojton@us.o-i.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 8:34 AM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Window tinting
I believe the percentage figure refers to the amount of light let in,
not the amount that is blocked.
Mike Wojton
Toledo, Ohio
-'95 Green MTX 3/01-1/03
ShoShop y-pipe
-'95 White MTX
'96 Brake Upgrade
Putting the F U back in fun.
shotimes-admin@autox.team.net wrote on 10/14/2003 03:16:11 PM:
> 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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