Going to court tomorrow to try to get out of Tint ticket

[Jeffrey White]

I agree with the privacy thing, I want mine as dark as possible tell these people stop looking in it !

[xcrew229x]

When a cop, (formerly me) stops you at night, he can't see a thing in a car tinted too dark. So he either aproaches with his hand firmly on his gun, or his gun out, behind his back. Because he wants to live to go home at the end of his shift. And he doesn't know you from Adam. And it is simply good tactics. I had a tint meter, and there are a bunch of cars out there that are way over the line. It's a BIG red flag for a cop, especially at night. There's no rule that says the guy driving the smart car isn't the suspect.

[ltTXsmarty]

"They also gave me a warning for no proof of insurance. I only had my car a couple weeks and didnt have the paper work showing that it was insured in the car yet. So anyway, the only ticket I got was for the tint, and I was determined to get out of it."

Sounds to me like you got off easy. When I pull someone over and they don't or can't provide proof of financial responsibility, they get a citation, not a warning. It's then up to them to prove they had financial responsibility the day the citation was written.

It's a crying shame you feel that the "COPS" are to blame for your dishonesty. No "COP" stood by your side with a gun to your head when you were looking up a window tinter on the all reputable "Craigslist". Most honest people won't look up a reputable window tinter on "Craigslist" most people look for them in the yellow pages. Need you be reminded that there are several nonreputable things going on on "craigslist", why would you even think that a window tinter who needs to advertise on "Craigslist" would tell you the truth!

Also seems as if you have a bit of a problem with following the law of the land in Minnesota, seeing how this wasn't your first go around in "Court". If I was a betting girl, I'd say you got a ticket cause when you got pulled over you had a bad attitude! All I can say is, sooner or later your luck will run out and as a "COP" I'd even pat the next officer on the back for writting your citation. It's people like you who put our lives at risk on a daily basis! THANKS A LOT!!

[limey]

Originally Posted by mnext02

As NWA would say.... F the police

At times like this I really wish this board had an "Ignore" feature so I wouldn't have to suffer your immature ramblings in the future.

[SmartCard]

Originally Posted by rawlus®

so what's one of these tint jobs cost and how OEM does it look?
my state's limits are 35% so that probably means i'd have to get something around 20% of so to be well on the safe side of total light transmission.

again a problem with point of view- 35% blockage or 35% transmittance? If 35% is transmittance, then 20% is even darker and certainly illegal!

[xcrew229x]

Tint meters measure light transmittance. A Crown Vics window, as a point of reference, transmits 79% of the light. That's factory tint. In Ohio, you've got to have 50% light transmit thru the tint. The problem more often than not happens when you ask for 50% tint, and put it, or even 35%, on top of the factory tint, which ALL cars with A/C have. It gets real dark, real fast.

[angel]

Originally Posted by mnext02

Ok. Here is the whole story.........

I was at a stoplight turning left onto a freeway on ramp. There were about 10 state troopers parked on the on ramp, doing some kind of commercial sting, where they make sure trailers are up to code and what not. Anyay, there were two left turn lanes. I was in the right one. The arrow turned green, but the lady in the turn lane next to me just sat there. I couldnt figure out why. I saw all those troopers on the other side of the intersection and wanted to make sure the light was green. I double checked and then went through the intersection. When I got to the other side a trooper pointed me to pull over to the side. He thought I ran a red light, since the woman in the lane just sat there. (I guess this woman was daydreaming or something). So I tell the officer my story and that I didnt run a red light. He says that he could not see the light from where he was standing, so he only gave me a warning for that.

It's holiday weekend. And they're out in full force here too. I'm thankful. I just wish they had the resources to be out in force like that every day. Then maybe we'd have less folks driving around illegally. Whether it's tint too dark, turn signals that don't work, lack of insurance and just plain driving unsafe.

Originally Posted by mnext02

Meanwhile, I had my window half way down and he noticed it was tinted. He measured it with his meter and it said 32% I think. Anyway, he told me I could peel it off right there or he could give me a ticket. I sat there for a few seconds trying to decide what to do, when all of a sudden he stormed off and said "well, I guess your getting a ticket". They also gave me a warning for no proof of insurance. I only had my car a couple weeks and didnt have the paper work showing that it was insured in the car yet. So anyway, the only ticket I got was for the tint, and I was determined to get out of it.

Doesn't matter if he would not have pulled you over for "just tint." If it's illegal, it's illegal. He even offered you a way out as to NOT have a ticket. And dude!! YOU KNEW IT WAS ILLEGAL but did it anyway. Sorry. No sympathy here.

It takes more than two weeks for your insurance company to mail you proof of insurance? They couldn't email it to you so you could print it out? Couldn't have them fax it to you? I had proof of insurance before I drove off the lot. You're lucky he just wrote you a warning. [/quote]

Originally Posted by mnext02

The point of the story is, he never would have pulled me over for tint. 35% is not even that dark. He was just being an A-hole. I had it tinted for $125 by a guy I found on craigslist. He did a great job and told me that 35% was very popular and that it was highly unlikely I would be pulled over. The ticket I got was for $125 also.

Originally Posted by mnext02

So I went to court today. It really wasn't court, it was by the courtrooms but basically was just a meeting with this guy called a Hearing Officer. I dealt with this guy before when I talked to him about keeping a speeding ticket off my record. Anyway, the guy is pretty cool and kind of a nerdy guy, who seems like he is really bored with his job. When I went in there he was staring at his computer with a look on his face like "get me the Heck out of here".

So I told him the story and told him everything except I said that the installer told me it was legal tint. He said well you better take this ticket to him and tell him to make it legal.
He said he would just change it to a warning. I said "yes sir, yes sir, thank you sir", walked out of there with a big smile on my face and did a Tiger Woods fist pump!

Let me guess? Now you'll just go along your merry way and pretend it never happened. I guess you could just lie again next time and make derogatory remarks about someone doing his job just because you happen to be on the receiving end.

Originally Posted by mnext02

As NWA would say.... F the police

That's right. But the police weren't being the bad guys in this situation. They were enforcing the law that YOU CHOSE NOT to follow. YOU wasted that officers time, the courts time and the tax payers money. I'm guessing you still haven't learned anything and you'll continue to do what you've been doing and then play victim.

I hope you leave the tint on there. And I hope they pull you over again, see the warning on there, and give you another ticket. Shouldn't be so easy to get out of 2nd time around.

[jwight]

Originally Posted by Dunerunner

jwight - The 'tint law' is intended to protect law enforcement such that when they approach your vehicle, they can assess any risk that might exist from within your vehicle.

Absolutely - no disagreement from me on that, and no extra tint added on any of our cars. xcrew229x summed it up pretty well.

[saskdiesel]

Originally Posted by mnext02
As NWA would say.... F the police


Your right. And I hope nobody comes running when you get stabbed in the neck.....

[JanetMermaid]

Originally Posted by mnext02

As NWA would say.... F the police

Let me guess. You're a young male.

That's a pretty harsh (and immature) response to a simple ticket that YOU KNEW YOU MIGHT GET.

Let's hope you never have occasion to call those same police in an emergency. You'll be quite the hypocrite if you have to respond, "Thank god you're here."

In case you can't tell, most members of this board appear to be more mature and have more integrity, and are, well, smarter than your post would lead us to believe is the case with you.