[Shotimes] Window tinting

[Paul L Fisher]

Sorry Don, the state's can enforce their own tint laws that are more
restrictive on out of state drivers. Look at
http://www.pcisys.net/~bpc/auto_law/tint/ and you'll see which states do
what.

Paul L Fisher
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>
To: "SHOtimes" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 9:00 AM
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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