STI_LeGGy_GT Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 :spin:well i have had my car for years now and been tinted since i bought it...... no problems now the police are crackin down hard in the frederick area they got me today:mad: made me take it off and gave me a damn 60 dollar fine BS anywho just letting you all know watch out in frederick area if u gots some tint later on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God help me Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 What % did you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarrod Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 wow made you take it off and still wrote a ticket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STI_LeGGy_GT Posted May 20, 2008 Author Share Posted May 20, 2008 Ihad 20% and yeah60 bucks and a waste of 175 bucks gotta love the mardyland police department Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detslider Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 was that the only ticket they issued? I know there are a couple LEOs on the board; maybe they can chime in but from what understand (at least in VA) you have to be stopped for a moving violation (speeding, no turn signal, failure to follow a posted sign, etc.) before they can begin writing citations for equipment violations (tint, exhaust, reflectors, broken glass, etc.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_luv Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Really I got stopped for my TINT alone by a Statie on 66. Court comming up in a few weeks. was that the only ticket they issued? I know there are a couple LEOs on the board; maybe they can chime in but from what understand (at least in VA) you have to be stopped for a moving violation (speeding, no turn signal, failure to follow a posted sign, etc.) before they can begin writing citations for equipment violations (tint, exhaust, reflectors, broken glass, etc.) Mr.350 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutru01 Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 I had 20% on my last swp lgt sedan. I never got messed with in MD. Now, VA, thats a different story. (as in three tint tickets in one year) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutru01 Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 35% all the way around FTW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRAZY KEN Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 ...just goto your optometrist and have him write you a prescription tint do to your eyes being sensitivity to sunlight! Done...finito... CRAZY KEN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutru01 Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 easier said than done.... Not many doctors will do this anymore......so I have heard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detslider Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 Tommy- AFAIK You should confirm this on your own before using it as defense in court;) Pour thru http://www.vsp.state.va.us/index.shtm http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+TOC4602000 maybe you can find something of use. I got a VA tint ticket about a month ago, I just paid it, even though my vehicle is not registered in VA:spin: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STI_LeGGy_GT Posted May 20, 2008 Author Share Posted May 20, 2008 ...just goto your optometrist and have him write you a prescription tint do to your eyes being sensitivity to sunlight! Done...finito... CRAZY KEN i got one and the Ahole said that all i have to do is wear sunglasses oh and in md they can pull you over for just tint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlander Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 I presume the trooper metered the tint? Vir Est Fatum Ut Perficio Concepta Suus Progenies. - Man is destined to fulfill the capacity of his lineage (i.e. Darwinism) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutru01 Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 ^ They always do. I think their meters are calibrated lower also because in my last car I had 20% and it always read 15% when I got pulled. Now I have 35% and the one time I got pulled over it was 25%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detslider Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 http://www.charlottesvillenewsplex.tv/news/headlines/19014274.html This is about seat belts but it's the same rules I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psucaptainkickass Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 ^ OEM glass is about 3% IIRC...may attribute the low reading... I know the difference is 5% but still... This happened to me to. I am at 20% and got pulled over in PA. measured at 14% front, 15% back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detslider Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 ^ They always do. I think their meters are calibrated lower also because in my last car I had 20% and it always read 15% when I got pulled. Now I have 35% and the one time I got pulled over it was 25%. Could be, I told the shop to install 35% but the meter showed 15% Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlander Posted May 20, 2008 Share Posted May 20, 2008 They are supposed to meter the window to be able to enforce the law. I know there have been issues with calibration of meters (mainly with them not being calibrated as specified or not factoring in the % of error ). Most courts accept the trooper's reading at face value, so good luck. Vir Est Fatum Ut Perficio Concepta Suus Progenies. - Man is destined to fulfill the capacity of his lineage (i.e. Darwinism) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
God help me Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Had 35% in MD for over a year not a single issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psucaptainkickass Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 ^ That's cause you can see right through it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xenonk Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 hmmm, I'll have to be extra careful then.. Keefe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hokiebird Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Could be, I told the shop to install 35% but the meter showed 15% Yours is definetly lower than 35% even with factory tint factored in. I've been pulled over for an exhaust in VA with a car that had PA tags and was perfectly legal there. I don't know what the rules are for them being able to pull you over, but I have a feeling that if they want to pull you they will come up with something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuskiTrombone Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 They can certainly pull you over. Most senior officers will use it as an excuse to see if you are under DUI, etc. and then let you go with a warning. I've had my share of tint tickets and other equipment tickets. I have the prescription for photophobia from the doctor. You have to send that prescription along with some paperwork to the DMV in Richmond in order to receive a special registration that allows for darker tint. The darkest it allows is still 35% all around including the front window. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detslider Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Yours is definetly lower than 35% even with factory tint factored in. I've been pulled over for an exhaust in VA with a car that had PA tags and was perfectly legal there. I don't know what the rules are for them being able to pull you over, but I have a feeling that if they want to pull you they will come up with something. Yeah mine is pretty dark. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/projectl/MAIC%20Subie%20Meet/Leggy.jpg As far as VA police stopping out of state vehicles for tint the law reads 1. No sun-shading or tinting films may be applied or affixed to the rear side windows or rear window or windows of any motor vehicle operated on the highways of this Commonwealth that reduce the total light transmittance of such window to less than 35 percent; 2. No sun-shading or tinting films may be applied or affixed to the front side windows of any motor vehicle operated on the highways of this Commonwealth that reduce total light transmittance of such window to less than 50 percent; http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+46.2-1052 The laws for exhaust are similar No person shall drive and no owner of a vehicle shall permit or allow the operation of any such vehicle on a highway unless it is equipped with an exhaust system in good working order and in constant operation to prevent excessive or unusual levels of noise; provided however, that for motor vehicles, such exhaust system shall be of a type installed as standard factory equipment, or comparable to that designed for use on the particular vehicle as standard factory equipment. An exhaust system shall not be deemed to prevent excessive or unusual noise if it permits the escape of noise in excess of that permitted by the standard factory equipment exhaust system of private passenger motor vehicles or trucks of standard make. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+46.2-1049 It's BS and just one of the resons why I don't see myself become a permanent resident of VA Sorry to the OP if all this talk 'bout VA feels off topic, I know the thread is supposed to be 'bout MD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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