Indiana window tint law
08-26-2005, 01:20 PM
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Indiana window tint law Is this:
Source: http://www.state.in.us/isp/faq/
Did you know that? Technically it's illegal to put dark tint on the hatch, and it sounds as if the % you use is open to interpretation. What % do you think you can use and not get hastled too much? Do any cops know or care about the law? I was/am going to put like 5% on my hatch....
What is the Indiana law concerning tinted windows?
No vehicle may be operated in which a windshield, side wing, side window which is part of a front door, or rear back window has been covered or treated with sunscreening material or tinting that would prevent the occupants of the vehicle from being easily recognized or identified through the window from outside the vehicle
No vehicle may be operated in which a windshield, side wing, side window which is part of a front door, or rear back window has been covered or treated with sunscreening material or tinting that would prevent the occupants of the vehicle from being easily recognized or identified through the window from outside the vehicle
Source: http://www.state.in.us/isp/faq/
Did you know that? Technically it's illegal to put dark tint on the hatch, and it sounds as if the % you use is open to interpretation. What % do you think you can use and not get hastled too much? Do any cops know or care about the law? I was/am going to put like 5% on my hatch....
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08-26-2005, 01:37 PM
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I have dark windows and I don't get hassled. I dont know what percent they are becuase I didn't put them on.
EDIT:
Looks like 10%ish, Maybe 5.
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Looks like 10%ish, Maybe 5.
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08-26-2005, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by LTwonZ
I've always been told by police that 35% was the legal limit.
08-27-2005, 01:22 AM
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I have 5% all around and I have the windshield done in 5% about 8-10" down. Never been hasseled. I've been pulled over and the cop never said a word about the tint.
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08-29-2005, 11:28 AM
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I have 15 % all the way around and haven't had any problems in over 2 years of having it on. Been pulled over numerous times as well, and not 1 cop has mentioned anything about my tint.
08-29-2005, 01:42 PM
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The law is 35% all the way around the vehicle. On a tint meter there is a +/- 2% for error. If I read the new fees correctly there is a $150.00 fine for it, and the tint must be removed if a ticket is issued. If you receive a written warning in the town I patrol in (Shelbyville) you must remove the tint and bring it by the station for someone to verify it has been done. I believe that is the case anywhere.
08-29-2005, 10:56 PM
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Captain, do you enforce that much or do you just kinda let it go most of the time? I could see how extreme dark tint would be a scary thing walking up on a car in the middle of the night, not knowing if they have a gun or not knowing how many passengers are in the car...etc..
08-29-2005, 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by markymark
Captain, do you enforce that much or do you just kinda let it go most of the time? I could see how extreme dark tint would be a scary thing walking up on a car in the middle of the night, not knowing if they have a gun or not knowing how many passengers are in the car...etc..
I do wonder how much it's enforced. I still plan on limo tint for the hatch and the windows are undecided....25%-35%.
08-29-2005, 11:08 PM
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It depends if I want to enforce it or not. It makes for a legal stop. I have wrote only 1 ticket for it.
Uhmm how would you roll down the rear window if the tint on it is illegal? lol
Uhmm how would you roll down the rear window if the tint on it is illegal? lol
08-29-2005, 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Captain InsaneO
It depends if I want to enforce it or not. It makes for a legal stop. I have wrote only 1 ticket for it.
Uhmm how would you roll down the rear window if the tint on it is illegal? lol
Uhmm how would you roll down the rear window if the tint on it is illegal? lol
I did not know there was a legal limit for the hatch. How can there be? After all, there are vehicles out there that don't even have a back window you can see the driver through. Would you possibly write a ticket for having tint darker than 35% on the hatch?
08-30-2005, 12:40 AM
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I am not sure on my tint but i have good tint on both my cars... Here are pics. I have never been stopped or questioned about my tint.
Blue TransAm
and my marquis
Like I said never had any problems with the tint.
Blue TransAm
and my marquis
Like I said never had any problems with the tint.
08-30-2005, 01:12 AM
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He has seen my car several times and hasn't wrote me a ticket yet.
You can ask him, my windows are really dark. The main reason
I have it like that is my eyes are really sensitive to sunlight. I have
a hard time seeing when it is really bright out. I have talked to my
eye doctor about this and he said it is somewhat normal.
You can ask him, my windows are really dark. The main reason I have it like that is my eyes are really sensitive to sunlight. I have
a hard time seeing when it is really bright out. I have talked to my
eye doctor about this and he said it is somewhat normal.
08-30-2005, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Black02SS
He has seen my car several times and hasn't wrote me a ticket yet.
You can ask him, my windows are really dark. The main reason
I have it like that is my eyes are really sensitive to sunlight. I have
a hard time seeing when it is really bright out. I have talked to my
eye doctor about this and he said it is somewhat normal.
You can ask him, my windows are really dark. The main reason I have it like that is my eyes are really sensitive to sunlight. I have
a hard time seeing when it is really bright out. I have talked to my
eye doctor about this and he said it is somewhat normal.
That's why I have a really dark pair of Oakleys.
09-28-2005, 03:12 PM
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as said 35% is what most people call legal, but they said 30% gets no problems at all. 5%.. well yeah.. personaly id never tint the hatch a diffrent % than the side windows because i think it looks goofy, but thats just me
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Originally Posted by Captain InsaneO
It depends if I want to enforce it or not. It makes for a legal stop. I have wrote only 1 ticket for it.
Uhmm how would you roll down the rear window if the tint on it is illegal? lol
Uhmm how would you roll down the rear window if the tint on it is illegal? lol