Window Tint ticket today :(

[Injected54 10+ year member]

Get 35% on the front and be legal now.

 

[qtipextra 5,000+ posts]

So, if you have illegal tint, and get pulled over... If you have your fronts rolled down before the officer gets up to your vehicle, and he asks you to roll up your windows, could you use the 5th amendment and decline their request?

I've been thinking about matching my front to my back windows, which is 20%, and legal is 35%.

 

[Call_it_done 10+ year member]

So, if you have illegal tint, and get pulled over... If you have your fronts rolled down before the officer gets up to your vehicle, and he asks you to roll up your windows, could use the 5th amendment and decline their request?

I think like the question and would love to hear a more educated answer than mine...but my guess would be that if he's pulling you over for that specifically, he can cite that he saw the tint. Even if you don't have to put them up for him, if you want to fight it, they'll say, ok put up your windows to prove they're legal. Just my guess though.

 

[qtipextra 5,000+ posts]

I think like the question and would love to hear a more educated answer than mine...but my guess would be that if he's pulling you over for that specifically, he can cite that he saw the tint. Even if you don't have to put them up for him, if you want to fight it, they'll say, ok put up your windows to prove they're legal. Just my guess though.

Usually, (as far as what I have heard), cops wont pull over for tint alone. So the tint would be out of site, out of mind. Or, say they did pull you over for it, or they ask to see because they had noticed dark tint, you could have your windows down when they got up there anyway. Which, using the 5th, I would think it would protect you from having to roll up the windows, and if he doesn't test, he has no proof, and therefore would not hold up in court. But I am not sure if the 5th amendment would cover an action that could be self-incriminating.

 

[Call_it_done 10+ year member]

Usually, (as far as what I have heard), cops wont pull over for tint alone. So the tint would be out of site, out of mind. But, they still might ask because they had noticed dark tint. Which, using the 5th, I would think it would protect you from having to roll up the windows, and if he doesn't test, he has no proof, and therefore would not hold up in court. But I am not sure if the 5th amendment would cover an action that could be self-incriminating.

Self-incriminating? So when they ask to see your glove compartment for no reason and you say no that self-incriminating??? haha Nah j/k But yeah I agree with what you said except don't they and can't they just pull you over for tint alone? I have a cop that sits right in my town facing the road and I know if I drove past looking like I do in my car, he'd pull me over for just the tint.

 

[andrewmoore13 10+ year member]

get 20% and call it a day.

i get away with mine all the time. i currently have a few illegal things on my truck:

blue license plate bulbs

smoked plate covers front and back

20% tint

 

[Call_it_done 10+ year member]

I think, and I know this was stated, it really does just depend on where you live the local authority. As for MA, I'm living here for the summer and I'd say they're not too laid back. haha they kicked my car out of the state for the exhaust.

 

[qtipextra 5,000+ posts]

Self-incriminating? So when they ask to see your glove compartment for no reason and you say no that self-incriminating??? haha Nah j/k But yeah I agree with what you said except don't they and can't they just pull you over for tint alone? I have a cop that sits right in my town facing the road and I know if I drove past looking like I do in my car, he'd pull me over for just the tint.

For the glove compartment, as far as I know (which isn't too much), they have to have reasonable suspicion to request to look into the glove box, or search anywhere else in the car. While many cops abuse this, if there is absolutely no suspicion, they technically could not make you open the glove box. They could ask you, but you would not have to without a warrant, unless they claim and properly state what is suspicious, and demand that you open it. Its a sketchy situation, and hard to find a definitive answer.

As far as tint, yes, they can pull over for tint alone, and I am sure they do. But, at least around here, they usually wont for just tint. But yes, they can pull over for anything illegal, no matter how big/small the "offense" is.

 

[Banana Balls 5,000+ posts]

So, if you have illegal tint, and get pulled over... If you have your fronts rolled down before the officer gets up to your vehicle, and he asks you to roll up your windows, could you use the 5th amendment and decline their request?

Yup! And then they can haul your *** to jail for not cooperating with the law, or if they feel like it, they can remove you from the vehicle and roll them up on their own.

Depends on what mood they're in. You should try it.

 

[blackman 10+ year member]

alright....i work at a shop and my boss's stepdad is police cheif.......well i know he's pretty crooked anyways....but we had double 5% all the way around except the front which is 30% all the way except the double 5 % strip on a 95 chevy ....and another cop told us to pull it off right there.....i told em u peel it off....and got on the phone and called my bosses stepdad.....he said let me go...lol

now all our cop cars have 5% tint with a 5% strip.....

u might try that.....but idk i heard florida police are big assholes compared to our police who are crooked cops who are dicks......

 

[Call_it_done 10+ year member]

Yup! And then they can haul your *** to jail for not cooperating with the law, or if they feel like it, they can remove you from the vehicle and roll them up on their own.
Depends on what mood they're in. You should try it.

Yeah people argue on both sides and I can easily see both (not talking tint lol) but it comes down to this:

A cop will do whatever a cop wants to do. Some will do as they are supposed to and follow procedure. Others will f with you just because they have a little bit of authority and they decide to use it, plus more of which they don't have. Nothing is going to stop them from doing anything when it's you and him on the side of the road...period.

 

[fbi90909 5,000+ posts]

get 20% and call it a day.
i get away with mine all the time. i currently have a few illegal things on my truck:

blue license plate bulbs

smoked plate covers front and back

20% tint

i get away with too much shit too. lol, blue halos in the head lights which are clealy visible. smoked license plate cover, smoked tail lights.

iirc they can't just pull you over for tint. it's like your seatbelt. well in florida that is. it is against the law to not wear it, but they can't pull you over for it unless if you either did something wrong, or if there is a click-it-or-ticket campaign time period or something of that nature.

 

[Banana Balls 5,000+ posts]

Yeah people argue on both sides and I can easily see both (not talking tint lol) but it comes down to this:
A cop will do whatever a cop wants to do. Some will do as they are supposed to and follow procedure. Others will f with you just because they have a little bit of authority and they decide to use it, plus more of which they don't have. Nothing is going to stop them from doing anything when it's you and him on the side of the road...period.

They're police. That is their job.

 

[qtipextra 5,000+ posts]

i get away with too much shit too. lol, blue halos in the head lights which are clealy visible. smoked license plate cover, smoked tail lights.
iirc they can't just pull you over for tint. it's like your seatbelt. well in florida that is. it is against the law to not wear it, but they can't pull you over for it unless if you either did something wrong, or if there is a click-it-or-ticket campaign time period or something of that nature.

I have heard that seatbelt thing, but I know that they can pull over for just a seatbelt, it can and does happen, and there is no law against it either, you are doing something illegal, and they can pull you over for it. But it depends on the cop and how their day is going, as with anything. I always wear my seatbelt, so I never have to worry about it.

 

[cjcrook 10+ year member]

I've had a couple tint tickets, both time pulled over for speeding, and got away with only a $40 tint ticket and no points.

But, they could use the tint as an excuse to pull you over to do a random check for something else, like open container, DUI, DWI, etc. so it could work against you.