Makes you wonder sometimes doesn't it. My local police are doing work pressure tactics and dressed in army fatigues and stopping everyone for any stupid infraction to intentinally plug up the court system.

Think they watched a little too many episodes of Miami Vice...

 

I think if you check most state tint laws, you will find that they were passed before red light cameras became popular. By the way, why are you running red lights (and risking your Crossfire)?

 

i just got my front did it is 35 percent sides and back are 15 percent. it looks nice the only problem i'm having is at night the lights of other cars are a little blury from the front windshield. i dont know if that's because i had just got it tinted or what anyone else with this problem.

 

In BC canada, the camera snaps a picture of your licence plate. it doesn matter who is driving your car, the ticket is issued to the registered owner.

They now have Kangaroo traffic court in BC where some JP finds you guilty regardless...I went to court with my son over a speeding ticket...They didnt get the make of car right. The officer did not have to be present. A fill in court cop pleased the cops story. He outright lied about where he clocked my son. I know because I pulled over in my car to let him catch up after stopping for light. The road has many curves and the cop lost sight several times...The JP says nope the road is Str8 and there is only one curve at the end b-4 the bridge. After being convicted you have the option to appeal which has been privatised and will cost you $175 or more for the priveledge of defending yourself in a real court before a real Judge... The law has become a pathetic gong show and is designed only to tax you at every chance. The latest is a Ghost truck with an N (new driver sign).

Red light cameras do nothing to prevent the running of the light...It just catches you after the fact. A drunk could run the entire length of the city and kill someone on the other side, and all the light cameras in the world would have done nothing to prevent it...Take the officer off the hwy and place him at a traffic light...That prevents accidents.

BTW my son just got pulled over for a speeding ticket and they nabbed him for the side window tint...Get this, you have to get the tint removed then pay to have your car inspected. Cha Ching!

 

The cops just doing his duty right? So were Hitlers SS squad.

 

LOL I could never live in Cali, they are like *****.

 

The funny thing is I've seen some pretty stupid driving on the 401...and it's usually the Ontario Provincial Police! (I always thought OPP stood for something else, but that's a whole different matter!)

[/quote] Yes as former Ontarian I know what that stands for...LOL

Here in kelowna it's the same thing...They blatantly break traffic laws while on patrol. Turning lef out of the right turn lane etc. I blasted a cop last summer that pulled that move...I told him he's no more important than me and he can wait his turn like the rest of us...I said if I pulled that move you'd be all over me...He just looked and said nothing.

 

The real reason for limited tint on the driver's side, passenger side and no tint on windshields? It's for your police officer's safety. In the mid 80's during a few traffic stops around the country officers were shot approaching heavily tinted windows, and the reason the officers never saw it coming was the tint. They then made laws limiting the available tint on windows so that when an officer approaches you he can see you and what you are doing.

I know this because one of my father's deputies was a victim of this when I was a kid (early to mid 80's, don't remember the exact date cause I was so young). He was a good man and had a family. It was a simple "hey mister, your break lights aren't working, go fix em" stop that ended up ending his life and ruining his family's life. Funny thing is my father has a rule with his deputies that they don't do traffic stops. He said that is what city cops and highway patrols are for...his deputies are reserved for criminal investigation etc. The one exception to this...when safety is a concern (ie, 120 mph will get their attention, or breaklights not working).

Needless to say my father was a huge proponent of the tint laws in texas when they were being drafted.

 

Well I just did the tints and I did 35 on the sides and rear and 50 on the front... I like it alot and am very happy I did not go any darker because it does hinder visibility regardless of what anyone says... its only logical... light creates visiblity and tint limits light therefor limiting visibility...

that does not sound right at all to me... I just had my windsheild done with 50% tint... althought it is much brighter than 35% it has created no bluriness and my sides and rear have been done in 35% and yet... it has created absolutely no blur...

 

Because its fun!... and you can't stop me!...

Seriously, do you think I run red lights or did you just feel the need to make some **** remark? - I never said I tinted my windshield so I could get away with running red lights.

Glad you like it Sidez - it will pay off in the summer. I bet it looks nice.

 

I had mine tinted too, but I like it better for seeing out without the tint!