EdzBenz

I live in the near west suburbs of Chicago and was pulled over on my way to work this morning. The officer (in my home town) pulled me over for having my front windows tinted. My windows aren't even heavy tint because you can see through them. I know this is illegal, but come-on, during the morning rush? I think he was using this as an excuse to pull me over, and possibly expected someone more shady to be driving so he could try and rack up violations.
He gave me a warning and told me to get the tint removed. There's no way I'm removing the tint. Have any of you guys had a "repeat" experience with a cop that has told you to remove illegal tint? If so, what happened?

KA8

he's just having a bad day and you happen to catch his eyes that's all. I got several tickets for tint. Either way you lose money. Get it fixed, sign it off, then retint will cost the same as just paying the fine.

BigBody6

Congrats you popped your Tint Ticket cherry....down here the pigs from Metro Dade and Broward Sherrifs Office have given me like 8 fix it tickets for my 5% Tint and my windshield is also tinted 28%. I just get my friend from the station to sign off on them.

Chucky300

I get pulled over a lot because I have those side shades in the back which look like tints.

The windows are glazed from the factory with some coating - and in the sunlinght - it looks almost like a mint green effect.

But they just apologize for the mistake and send me on my way.

jacek9478

[QUOTE=EdzBenz;2511857]I live in the near west suburbs of Chicago and was pulled over on my way to work this morning. The officer (in my home town) pulled me over for having my front windows tinted. My windows aren't even heavy tint because you can see through them. I know this is illegal, but come-on, during the morning rush? I think he was using this as an excuse to pull me over, and possibly expected someone more shady to be driving so he could try and rack up violations.
He gave me a warning and told me to get the tint removed. There's no way I'm removing the tint. Have any of you guys had a "repeat" experience with a cop that has told you to remove illegal tint? If so, what happened?[/QUOTE

In Des Plaines where I live they will pull you over every time they see you, I guess they are really bored.
I had that problem w/ my old car. They made me go to court couple of times.
After a while I just gave up tint on front windows. Wasted to much time dealing w/ bs.

Regards
Jack

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I've been pulled over 3 times for the same thing. One cop had the nerve to tell me to rip it off while he watched. I said no and he gave me yet another warning.

MilitaryBenz

lol crazyness im from ny and they go crazy with it........prob just boredom so he was like wth lemme bother him lol........leave it on

BklynBenz

whatevs its just a ticket, gotta pay to play

Cleve_E350

Whats that condition called where people actually need tints on their car when they are driving because of a disease they have with their eyes? Is it called Glacouma?(Spelling)

I wonder if you get a doc you know really well type up a letter for you to keep in the car. Has anyone does this?

MilitaryBenz

if you get the front windshield tinted all you need is somethin written up for sunglasses or darker windows cuz you get headaches or something and you should be fine

Cleve_E350

Yeah but they call it a special word. Anyone know what it is?

mleskovar

This sounds like something you just made up....is it?

ILOVEARABS

I have 5% tint on my w221 and i havent gotten messed with

grane

to have the front windows tinted such that the officer can't see in the windows, roughly.

It's actually a good thing because we get a lot of illegal aliens and drug dealers from a state south of us who try to despoil our nice state "detained" for further inspections.

letsduthis71

its photophobia..no it doesn't mean you're scared of the light... you're just hypersensitive to it..could be due to a variety of reasons (including glaucoma)

i'd make friends with a doctor and get a note ..cops can't negate that..it's like being able to carry syringes if you're diabetic

letsduthis71

oh and btw...if cops can pull you over for tinted windows..they should pull over anyone wearing sunglasses

m_berman

Great point. How about that guy with the patch over his eye?

badwagon

That doesn't even begin to make senese. The purpose of the tint law is so officers can see inside of a vehicle when making a stop. It is for there safety. I am not a fan of this law either. I have 15% on all my windows except the windshield. I will take my lumps if and when I am stopped, 'till then I'm not going to worry about it

mleskovar

Safety for drivers and pedestrians as well. Any pedestrian that steps into a crosswalk or the street without having eye contact with drivers that may want to share the same space is at risk. Same between drivers making turns or starting out into traffic.

robbyt18

When I lived in Michigan, I had 5% tint on my car all the way around (except windshield). It was very dark. Could not see in. I got a doctor's note from my optometrist stating that I was sensitive to light which is the truth since I do get migraines from light flashes. My migraines cause me to have something called an aura. The aura is a small area of your vision that goes away. For me, my periphery in a small area of my vision just disappears. It totally sucks and definitely not good if you're driving.

Anyways, when cops pulled me over for my tint (happened several times), I showed them the note and they let me off after running my license and registration. They had to because it was MI law.

kablaam

Obey the law and the pigs won't have to pork you. The law is there for a reason, whether you understand it or not. If you don't and get caught, don't blame anyone but yourself.

You pay to play, stop complaining.