I'm going to the police department tomorrow morning to talk to someone who actually knows the laws in CA.

He also got me for failing to show current registration. I have the new registration with sticker still on it in my glovebox but I handed him the old one(expired friday). I even showed him the new one and told him I forgot to put the sticker on the plate. He asks me to get out and walk back to his car. He then tells me he's getting for: No front plate(my fault), rear window tint(legal), failure to display plate sticker(my fault), and failing to show current registration(had it in the glovebox). I tell him the tint is legal and that I have the current registration in the car. He tells the tints illegal, argue with the court. I then tell him I have the current registration in the car. He says " That's fine, sign the ticket".

I fucked up by signing the ticket

 

I always thought rear window was ok..I see a TON of side windows tinted really dark here where I live. I don't know how they get away with it unless they have a D.r.'s note

 

signed

 

Have them show you in the vehicle code where it says you must have visibility out the rear window of your vehicle, and then ask them about cargo vans that are completely enclosed, armored cars, 18-wheelers, trucks carrying cargo in the bed, etc - none of them have rear visibility through the cabin.

Apparently the law contradicts itself, so be prepared to get screwed since our legal system seems to intentionally be vague about these sorts of things in order to bend the law to their suiting...

From CHP's website : http://www.chp.ca.gov/html/answers.html

Can I put after-market tinting on the windows of my vehicle?
The main requirements for legal window tinting in California are:

1.The windshield and front driver's side and passenger's side windows cannot receive any aftermarket tinting.
2.If the rear window of a vehicle is tinted, the vehicle must have outside rearview mirrors on both sides.

The law prohibits any person from driving any motor vehicle with any object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied upon the windshield or side or rear windows, with certain limited exceptions.

However, legislation signed into law effective January 1, 1999, exempts from the above prohibition specified clear, colorless, and transparent material that is installed, affixed, or applied to the front driver and passenger side windows for the specific purpose of reducing ultraviolet rays. If, as, or when this material becomes torn, bubbled or otherwise worn, it must be removed or replaced.


California Vehicle Code :

http://home.pcisys.net/~bpc/auto_law/tint/tint_ca.html


26708. (a) (1) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any
object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied
upon the windshield or side or rear windows.

(2) No person shall drive any motor vehicle with any object or
material placed, displayed, installed, affixed, or applied in or
upon the vehicle which obstructs or reduces the driver's clear
view through the windshield or side windows.

26708.5. (a) No person shall place, install, affix, or apply any
transparent material upon the windshield, or side or rear windows, of
any motor vehicle if the material alters the color or reduces the
light transmittance of the windshield or side or rear windows , except
as provided in subdivision (b) or (c) of Section 26708.
(b) Tinted safety glass may be installed in a vehicle if (1) the
glass complies with motor vehicle safety standards of the United
States Department of Transportation for safety glazing materials, and
(2) the glass is installed in a location permitted by those
standards for the particular type of glass used.


Rob (Bad30th)

 

Signed. Got 3 of these tickets this year, its bs especially if your car doesnt come with mounts.

 

has anyone noticed an upbeat in police activity with pulling people over??? i saw ten chp in a 2 mile stretch of fwy the other day on 99??? wtf state needs money i guess

 

ANd they have been hiring like crazy LAPD had a couple hundred people hired, CHP is still hiring like crazy.

 

All Gov. jobs keep hiring, its funny, there is not enough tax dollars to support everything as it is, yet they keep hiring. Just blow cali up, stupid state.

 

Exactly thats what i say.

 

let me get out before they blow it up lol

 

Me too, then i say we start a revolution and overthrow the government and start over fresh to get these douche bags out who live fat and happy while screwing the american people. Who's with me?

 

1 here. lol

 

make it mandatory for all f bodys to have LTs

 

Signed the petition a while back. I've driven along patrol cars in the street here and there with my limo tinted windows up and no front plate and have not had a problem with them in the street or atleast not yet. But i did get a ticket like 2 weeks ago in the freeway by a motorcycle cop. I think the ones to watch out for are the motorcycle cops there like flies just more annoying. F*** that a**hole that pulled me over good thing i wont have to do a thing to my car. Itll be funny if he catches me again for it.

 

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