[Shotimes] Officer has "tinted" attitude

[Alan Fanning]

Technically speaking, no tinting allowed on the front windows beyond what
left the factory. 

    Alan

> Message: 8
> From: Bobbonnit1@aol.com
> Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 16:15:07 EDT
> To: SHOTIMES@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shotimes] Officer has "tinted" attitude
> 
> I was pulled over yesterday by a San Pablo "peace" officer for what he said
> was tinted windows.  My side windows were down and I wondered why he pulled
> me over to begin with.  San Pablo is a high-crime city and wasting time
> pulling 
> over motorists for tinted windows that he can't even see because they were
> down is a contributing factor why the crime rate is so high.  After I showed
> him 
> I was all legal, is when he asked me to roll up my window so that he could
> show me they were tinted!  Imagine that, a cop with X-ray vision.
>   I bought my 89 SHO from a California Highway Patrolman who tinted the
> windows himself. The rear and back door windows are alot darker than the
> driver/passenger doors  .. When I told the Officer this,  well,  this "know it
> all of 
> the vehicle code" peace officer got offended and said, "that's the highway
> patrol".  Hmmmmmmm I wondered....Just who knows the VC better?.  I let him
> wallow in his moment of superiority and took the ticket.  Does anyone know the
> particulars on window tinting in California?
> 
> BobK.  '89, 130k,  All OEM White, except tinted windows