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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 08:47 AM
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Well this morning i was dropping my little sis off at school, and i had the camaro, and for the first time i got pulled over for no front license plate and also for my tinted windows. I go pulled over in LaGrange, and i have driven through this town numerous times and never got pulled over once, and it finally happened. The cop said based on my driving record would depend on what i get. He said if its bad im getting 2 state tickets, if its good im getting 2 local ordinance tickets. So i ended up get 2 local ordinance tickets. Also the cop told me, "If i see you in a week with out a front plate and your tints still im writing you up for state tickets"

So it finally happened, but im just gonna pay the $25 tickets and be done, im not getting my tints removed, i might have to go talk to the eye doctor about my VERY sensitive eyes to light..lol..Also are there any good ideas for front plates? i dont wanna put it on, im thinking i might just put it on my dash by my windshield..Sorry for the post guys, i had to vent
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 08:54 AM
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sorry to hear that you got caught.

goingto the eye dr and getting a letter will help with the tints, but the front plate(legally) has to be mounted to the car.
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 09:04 AM
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SgtB what percent tint do you have on your car?
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 09:06 AM
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Honestly, I do not know. When I bought my car used they were already tinted.
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 09:08 AM
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they look really dark like mine thats why i was curious..But im not too worried about it, i mean it is end of the month, so i know they have to fill their quotas, and also its going to be summer time soon, so im not gonna be driving with the windows up anyways..
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 09:12 AM
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i know yours are darker after i saw teh pics you posted
thats what i do.. i only drive the car on nice days thouugh so my windows are always down during the day and only roll them up at night
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 09:13 AM
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ya mine are dark, and it probably doesnt help me having a black car with black rims, it just makes the tint that much darker
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 09:15 AM
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I hear the Vette guys like to rubberband their front plate to the back of their sunvisors, so they can flip it down around cops.
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duct tape it
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 11:43 AM
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hahaha i knew it,
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 11:48 AM
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lol..javier i knew it was gonna happen too, im just gonna have to be more careful, drive with the windows down more i guess..lol..its all good though
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 12:06 PM
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lol..javier i knew it was gonna happen too, im just gonna have to be more careful, drive with the windows down more i guess..lol..its all good though
haha, thats what I do. I got pulled over in Countryside for no front plate once. I felt like a jerk telling the cop that with temp plates, you only get one for the back...

But I think I hold a record, I've been pulled over 17 times, and I never got a ticket!
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 12:28 PM
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Front License plats arent illegal if they are higher then a certian part off the ground. Zip tie it to your Visor, if you get pulled over flip it down so its visible in front. They cant ticket you.
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 12:32 PM
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I keep mine under my seat and put it in the window when I get pulled over. It's worked so far.
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 12:40 PM
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i have veterans plates...so far(knock on wood) i haven't had a problem
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 01:49 PM
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I have Police Memorial plates (a lot like the fireman memorial plates) so that helps a lot. What doesn't help is the plates say "SLOW"
I have my front plate mounted on a scrathched up SLP mounting bracket with a clear cover that's all cracked up. I always have it sitting on the passenger's seat.
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 01:51 PM
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im just gonna leave it in my front window for now on...But how much trouble can you seriously get in for having tinted windows?
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 01:58 PM
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they can make you scrape it off in front of them....just get a beater to drive on shitty days and only drive your car on nice days where you can have the windows down
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Old Feb 22, 2006 | 02:18 PM
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I thought window tint and front license plates were both like a secondary enforcement activity and they have to pull you over for something else before they can get you for that ?

Maybe thats just another one of those cops can't do this and that bs rumors....
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when i had my old black camaro i got pinched for that **** all the time
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