ridiculous fine for window tint

[_Christian_]

i have a window tint ticket and i just called to find out the price and its $245 for my first offense.:eek: wtf? im so fucking pissed. i figured it'd be cost maybe a third of that. does anyone have experience with any of these tickets? i know i earned the ticket and have to pay it, but does this not seem retardedly expensive to anyone else?

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[speedminded]

i have a window tint ticket and i just called to find out the price and its $245 for my first offense.:eek: wtf? im so fucking pissed. i figured it'd be cost maybe a third of that. does anyone have experience with any of these tickets? i know i earned the ticket and have to pay it, but does this not seem retardedly expensive to anyone else?

[/rant]It varies by city or county but i'm positive there is a maxium fine for each violation set by the state, at least for moving violations anyways so not sure about tint...

[thepolecat]

I thought GA did away with the tint law again. I know it was here, went away, then came back, and I thought it was gone again

[Evil Goat]

holy shit!, 7 years ago my first speeding ticket for 22 over was only $55, friend of mine just got a ticket in almost the same place a few weeks ago by the same exact bike cop for 21 over and his ticket was $164...its amazing how much shit has gone up through the years that quick, never gotten a tint ticket though, although i did pay $105 for a failure to obey traffic device ticket last year, and thought that was a little retarded

[speedminded]

Suwannee, Ga is $92 for tint and i thought that was ridiculously high, oh well!


I thought GA did away with the tint law again. I know it was here, went away, then came back, and I thought it was gone againIt's been back and it's still the exact same law as before except it applies to EVERYONE that enters into Georgia, not just residents.

[thepolecat]

well crap

[Echonova]

It's been back and it's still the exact same law as before except it applies to EVERYONE that enters into Georgia, not just residents.That doesn't seem right, when I lived in Arizona they allowed a much darker tint. I knew I had to change it when I moved here and I did. But if I was visiting, how can they give me a ticket for something that is legal in my home state? Again, I don't know the law.

[_Christian_]

But if I was visiting, how can they give me a ticket for something that is legal in my home state? Again, I don't know the law.
they can. they removed the old tint law because it only applied to ga residents. the new one applies to everyone.

[speedminded]

well crapI see it two ways, i fully understand and respect the safety concern but if I drive my car that's not required to have emmisions in it's registered county to a county that does require emmisions am I breaking any laws? If I buy a used car in Florida I don't have to pay sales tax because i'm a Georgia resident and we don't pay taxes on used car purchases but Florida does. Should I be required to pay the taxes down there? So why if a car is legal in it's registered state be required to abide to another states ruling...of course it can be argued MULTIPLE ways.

I have friends with duallies and race trailers that don't race down here any more because they get pulled over with their black tint and harassed every time...before they were always let go because of the out of state tags, they're from Indiana, it's not like they're running drugs down here to Dixie Speedway!!! lolol. Now they would be required to remove it on the side of the highway.

[Echonova]

:eek: Dayyuummm


Georgia (http://home.pcisys.net/~bpc/auto_law/tint/tint_ga.html)
NO / 32% Net / 32% Net / 32% Net / 2005

Note : New law went into effect that can be enforced on out of state vehicles as well as Georgia registered vehicles. Penalty is up to $1000 and/or 12 months in jail as a misdemeanor.

On Jun 8, 2004, the Georgia Surpreme Court threw out GA's tint law (http://home.pcisys.net/~bpc/auto_law/tint/tint_ga_old.html) since it discriminated against GA residents by not applying to non-residents. Look for the non-resident exemption to be repealed next year which would reinstate the tint law.

This can have ramifications for other states who exempt non-residents from their tint laws. Legislation was sponsored in the 2004 session to remove the non-resident exemption but failed to pass.

[_Christian_]

Penalty is up to $1000 and/or 12 months in jail as a misdemeanor.
wow. they're not playing games.

[speedminded]

they can. they removed the old tint law because it only applied to ga residents. the new one applies to everyone.correct, someone with enough money and a great attorney pulled some strings and argued the previous tint law was unconstitutional because it only applied to residents....and they won. The tint law went away for a year or so while it was run back through the steps and rewritten to apply to ALL applicable vehicles.

[The BUCKY]

go to court if you can. i did with my last one and the judge droped the ticket. told her i purchased the car from a private buyer with the tint and removed it the day of the ticket

[S II K]

i think tint law is the dumbest law made. Its cool if they made it a law but i really think its unnecessary for the pigsters to be so anal about it.


just my opinion.

[speedminded]

go to court if you can. i did with my last one and the judge droped the ticket. told her i purchased the car from a private buyer with the tint and removed it the day of the ticketDepends on the county/city...some only do 1/2 half off if you remove it.



i think tint law is the dumbest law made. Its cool if they made it a law but i really think its unnecessary for the pigsters to be so anal about it.


just my opinion.The day you're in uniform and have to walk up to a vehicle after pulling it over and can't see anything that's going on inside you'll understand...you better hope your hand is running on the quarter panel so you may have a chance to push off away from the spray of bullets coming through the side window at you. Think of things in other people views or situations and you'll understand what they have to deal with...every day every time they are just trying to do their job ;)

[The BUCKY]

i was in gwinnett

[Shawna]

I had a client that received a ticket in Fulton and the fine was 1k the sad thing was she had just bought the car from a dealership a couple days earlier and asked about the window tint being dark and they told her it was legal and she shouldnt have any problems

[speedminded]

I had a client that received a ticket in Fulton and the fine was 1k the sad thing was she had just bought the car from a dealership a couple days earlier and asked about the window tint being dark and they told her it was legal and she shouldnt have any problemsAlways have something like that in writing...could easily mail a copy of that ticket to the dealeship as a bill ;)

[Kelly]

Could be a repost but get it tinted before your court date, bring the receipt to the judge and it could get dismissed.

Happened to Killer

My :2cents:

[Shawna]

jason I worked at a dealership for 2yrs you're not telling me anything I don't already know... this was a little blue haired lady



Shouldn't you be working???

[S II K]

The day you're in uniform and have to walk up to a vehicle after pulling it over and can't see anything that's going on inside you'll understand...you better hope your hand is running on the quarter panel so you may have a chance to push off away from the spray of bullets coming through the side window at you. Think of things in other people views or situations and you'll understand what they have to deal with...every day every time they are just trying to do their job ;)


i know its their job but honestly a $1,000 ticket for tint? idk i guess from their point of view is understandable why they dont like dark tint...but i also dont think tint is all that dangerous. idk i agree with the law but not how they deal with it...

[Princess12]

Rick has 2 pending against him... one was $85.00 in Jefferson and we're waiting to hear about the other. He took the tint off the front 2 windows hoping they would at least cut the ticket in half.. who knows.

[Maniaç]

I have never been told anything about my tint(20%).

[speedminded]

i know its their job but honestly a $1,000 ticket for tint? idk i guess from their point of view is understandable why they dont like dark tint...but i also dont think tint is all that dangerous. idk i agree with the law but not how they deal with it...Try going to another country, you think the US has strict fines? Half the shit I see on streets here could get your license taken away for LIFE in some European countries. FOR LIFE...no license...forever. Think about it.

[speedminded]

I have never been told anything about my tint(20%).What color is your car? Lighter colors tend to make the tint look darker. i had zero problems with my dark blue 300zx and it had a light mirror on it and never once at an issue...my white integra on the other hand always got harassed with the 20% i had on it. Then when i went from white to black wheels i got pulled over again by the same cop the same week! haha. Never once got a ticket though until i was hit by a rolling road block in friday rush hour traffic...gwinnett setup at an intersection just for seat belts, child seats, and window tint. Minding my own business, sunroof open, i get a knock on the window saying pull over...haha. I stripped the tint, got half off the fine then ONE (1) week later i see the front page of the paper regarding the tint law being thrown out after it was ruled unconstitutional...ONE WEEK! lol.

[SicStang03]

white.. look at the sig or advitar

[speedminded]

white.. look at the sig or advitarerrr, the sig is a quote and the avatar looks like an oriental rug :thinking:

[Shawna]

start working Jason... better yet can you save me a little debbies snack cake??

[stillaneon]

whats even more stupid about tint... You can get pulled over and arrested for not having insurance and you will not be fingerprinted by GA law, but if you have illegal tint on your car, you can be fingerprinted.

[Nissangeek]

Could be a repost but get it tinted before your court date, bring the receipt to the judge and it could get dismissed.

Happened to Killer

My :2cents:

That rear tint almost got me a ticket. Damn Paulding County Sheriff. Luckily they just wanted to fuck around with some one and use there new toy to test the tint so they let me go.

["B"]

i have a window tint ticket and i just called to find out the price and its $245 for my first offense.:eek: wtf? im so fucking pissed. i figured it'd be cost maybe a third of that. does anyone have experience with any of these tickets? i know i earned the ticket and have to pay it, but does this not seem retardedly expensive to anyone else?

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Damn bro, you got ass raped. I don't see how regular people can get tickets for shit the police do all the time. Undercover cops got major tint on their windows.

[speedminded]

Damn bro, you got ass raped. I don't see how regular people can get tickets for shit the police do all the time. Undercover cops got major tint on their windows.read the laws, they don't apply to state vehicles: ie. police cars or those used for police activity, school buses, etc...

[Julio]

just go to the eye doctor and get it as a prescription or whatever.

["B"]

read the laws, they don't apply to state vehicles: ie. police cars or those used for police activity, school buses, etc...

EXACTLY!!!

[rickgiblin]

i got 2 tickets pending rite now for window tint... one was in jackson county/jefferson, and the other one was in braselton, ga. the jefferson one was $88. and the officer that gave me the one for braselton said that if i got my windows fixed, he would drop it, so $40 later, my windows are fixed and no fine :)

[speedracer41]

I have been stopped twice by the GSP and both tickets were $250 each, kind of funny that it only cost $125 to get done

[_Christian_]

Damn bro, you got ass raped. I don't see how regular people can get tickets for shit the police do all the time. Undercover cops got major tint on their windows.
yeah, my shit is pushed in pretty good. lol. i understand the law and it is not a pointless law, but the fines make no sense to me. undercover cops wont get pulled over by cops because they are govt vehicles, but i do know a cop who has illegal tint on his personal car. damn double standards.

[Maniaç]

What color is your car? Lighter colors tend to make the tint look darker. i had zero problems with my dark blue 300zx and it had a light mirror on it and never once at an issue...my white integra on the other hand always got harassed with the 20% i had on it. Then when i went from white to black wheels i got pulled over again by the same cop the same week! haha. Never once got a ticket though until i was hit by a rolling road block in friday rush hour traffic...gwinnett setup at an intersection just for seat belts, child seats, and window tint. Minding my own business, sunroof open, i get a knock on the window saying pull over...haha. I stripped the tint, got half off the fine then ONE (1) week later i see the front page of the paper regarding the tint law being thrown out after it was ruled unconstitutional...ONE WEEK! lol.I really didn't ask you to tell me your life story.. but thanks.. lol. j/p my car is grey.. so it doesn't look that dark.. but ive seen the same % on another darker car and it looked much darker... thanks for informing all the noobs that didn't know...


+6

[_Christian_]

update: i went to court this morning and did a pretrial. the solicitor agreed to drop my tint ticket as long as i change it within the next 4 weeks. he also said he'd work with my on another ticket i got. so im having a fan-fucking-tastic morning.:bigdance:

[Killer]

i have a window tint ticket and i just called to find out the price and its $245 for my first offense.:eek: wtf? im so fucking pissed. i figured it'd be cost maybe a third of that. does anyone have experience with any of these tickets? i know i earned the ticket and have to pay it, but does this not seem retardedly expensive to anyone else?

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i got mine removed before my court date, sent them the invoice and the ticket was dropped.... (that was in gilmer county though.) and my ticket was only 60$

[Kelly]

Repost^^^

[©hris]

i have a window tint ticket and i just called to find out the price and its $245 for my first offense.:eek: wtf? im so fucking pissed. i figured it'd be cost maybe a third of that. does anyone have experience with any of these tickets? i know i earned the ticket and have to pay it, but does this not seem retardedly expensive to anyone else?

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i removed mine before my court date... took several photos and showed the judge. Fine was only $75 and just retinted it legal limit after that

[Kyle]

Does it make any difference if you purchased the tint when the tint laws were removed. GA's indecisiveness better not cost me money.

[©hris]

nope... I had mine tinted when they got rid of the law. Even had the receipt. He did lower my fine for taking it off though.


I wouldnt worry about it.... i had 15% and drove around for 8 months before some cop had nothing better to do than to pull me over.

[nautiboi73]

:crazy: funny to me.

[cactusEG]

DAMN.. good thing im taking my tint off

[ShooterMcGavin]

sucks, both smyrna and cobb co charges about $80, i know cuz i got one from both. 2nd one convinced me to get it taken care of. walked into court day of my hearing, spent less than a min telling the prosecutor i'd had it taken care of, he said it was dropped, w/o inspection cuz he'd take my word for it :yes:

[Echonova]

This thread needs to be locked... We all know the tint laws now.




lol.. j/p:goodjob:

[nautiboi73]

This thread needs to be locked... We all know the tint laws now.




lol.. j/p:goodjob:

you would think, it has been back for over 2 years now.

[GSRteg®]

I hope it goes again. :yes:
I thought GA did away with the tint law again. I know it was here, went away, then came back, and I thought it was gone again

[fucksohc]

wow thats bull shit! they should atleast give u a warning and a time period to get it removed... and if u dont have it done within that time fine u... but if it was a second offence i could see a big fine up front... srry dude wish i could help... id try and fight that bitch...lol

[Echonova]

This thread needs to be locked... We all know the tint laws now.




lol.. j/p:goodjob: Wow, I don't remember posting that.... I must have been hammered.

[fucksohc]

Wow, I don't remember posting that.... I must have been hammered.

ROFL












u must have been

[©hris]

I went almost a year w/ 15% and no problems. It just depends the mood of the cop really. Most never really gave me any problems.

[SicStang03]

as long as ur not in an old black out beater than u are usually straight. His tint was like less than 5 up front and the rear... thats why he got busted. 15 and up should be ok as long as the cop isn't PMSin.

[Slow Motion]

what is the legal limit???

[_Christian_]

^32%

[PawnShopCEO]

The day you're in uniform and have to walk up to a vehicle after pulling it over and can't see anything that's going on inside you'll understand...you better hope your hand is running on the quarter panel so you may have a chance to push off away from the spray of bullets coming through the side window at you. Think of things in other people views or situations and you'll understand what they have to deal with...every day every time they are just trying to do their job ;)


this is really stupid... someone that is going to shoot a cop.. isnt going to stop when they pull you over. Also if someone was doing something illegal they would just constantly pay the fine and leave the tint. Note that lots of cop cars have rediculously dark tint cops = hypocrits

[PawnShopCEO]

as long as ur not in an old black out beater than u are usually straight. His tint was like less than 5 up front and the rear... thats why he got busted. 15 and up should be ok as long as the cop isn't PMSin.


my black g35 i got 2 tint tickets (5% all around).. my silver one i havent had a problem yet (5% also) and its been 3 months