Tint Ticket

[Sticky]

Talk about some bullshit.... im got off work tonight, and on the way home on south cobb drive, i get pulled over by three cop cars..... im like WTF??? when he gets to my car, he ask me how much % is my tint (of coarse im gonna play dumb and make believe i don't know)......... anywayz, so his little meter says 20%... after he writes the ticket, he comes back to me and say, "nice car man, what kinda engine work you got?"..... i looked at him like he was retarded, then he says, "Oh yea, your car is also to loud, but i won't give you a ticket for that today." What the hell is wrong with Smyrna Police?.......... and how much are the tickets usually?? and there is no way i can win if i go to court, is there?

[ORGANIZATIONXIII]

tint tickets aren't bullshit..

fyi, the tickets actually for the protection of the police. makes their job easier approaching a car, especially at night, to make sure the driver doesn't pull out a gun or try anything to jeopardize the officers lives..

I never understood the law until I started interning..

[aaronfelipe]

lmk what the tint ticket is.

[Miranda]

Oh snap!

I *totally* forgot to pay my tint ticket! :eek: I better jump on that tomorrow.


You know, I won't take my tint off. It's 5% all around, and I love my privacy. However, I ride around with the windows down alot, and my windows are always down, my lights turned on and my keys on my dash WHENEVER I get pulled over. I have to respect the need for safety, both the cop's and mine.

You gotta pay to play sometimes.

[never_finished]

my tint ticket was like 70 bucks i think...in gwinnett county.

[aaronfelipe]

my tint ticket was like 70 bucks i think...in gwinnett county.
I would expect it to be more,

[Miranda]

I dunno how bad it's gonna be, but I think it was due a few weeks ago.

I am sooo bad about crap like that. Non-moving violations don't really move me to action. In my defense, I tried to call for about 4 days straight to find out how much the ticket was going to be, and no one ever answered.

[Senko]

personally yes it is for their saftey, but at the same time, it is bullshit. he pulls you over JUST to check your tint? umm yeah.... DOUCHE!!!!! and the remark about the exhaust, thats just plain BS. I had the same crap happen to me in my 300zx, copped pulled me over saying , and I quote verbatim "OK Boy, you better find yourself a ride home cause you AINT got no insurance" well after much much talk, I finally convinced him to go back to his car and check my insurance after handing him my VALID CURRENT insurance card... seems cop computers are GHEY!!!! he called the insurance company and verified it. but he still wrote me a ticket for no registration cause my tag had expired, (car wouldnt pass emissions due to exh leak)

[Miranda]

personally yes it is for their saftey, but at the same time, it is bullshit. he pulls you over JUST to check your tint? umm yeah.... DOUCHE!!!!! and the remark about the exhaust, thats just plain BS. I had the same crap happen to me in my 300zx, copped pulled me over saying , and I quote verbatim "OK Boy, you better find yourself a ride home cause you AINT got no insurance" well after much much talk, I finally convinced him to go back to his car and check my insurance after handing him my VALID CURRENT insurance card... seems cop computers are GHEY!!!! he called the insurance company and verified it. but he still wrote me a ticket for no registration cause my tag had expired, (car wouldnt pass emissions due to exh leak)


What does that story have to do with your exhaust?

[Senko]

well my 300zx was loud, and the cop obviously singled me out because of it, got behind me for a good bit, and was running my tag, then pulls me over after he finds something to throw at me.

[Sticky]

i mean i understand why its for there safety, but if im just cruisin down the block.... is it that serious to pull someone over for tint........ i mean, he just drove past me, then bust a u turn...... i knew he was comin for me when i saw that

[TRINI4LIFE]

I had to pay $127 in Conyers last week for 15% tint on my windows. They said you can get a shop to take it off and get the shop to give you a letter stating that it was taken off and they would drop it to a warning.

[Scrappy]

hey what do you drive btw? cause there was a lexus in the parking lot late night last night getting pulled over for the same thing... :D BUSTED

[5thgcelica]

sometimes the ticket is cheap. sometimes you can have it taken off and get a warning. and then sometimes (like my dads case) you pay the ticket, and have to have the tint remove, and show proof.

[babygurl]

i mean i understand why its for there safety, but if im just cruisin down the block.... is it that serious to pull someone over for tint........ i mean, he just drove past me, then bust a u turn...... i knew he was comin for me when i saw that


its all about quota!

[brads94accord]

its all about quota!

yep its the end of the month.

luckily i dont drive very far to work and theres never any police on my way to work...the rest of the time my car is in the garage...i try not to drive much at the end of the month.

i have had 3 tint tickets since i got it back in january 03..they were from..kennesaw city police, kennesaw state university police, and woodstock police...only the small town police departments care. i can sit next to a cobb county police officer all day long and they could give a flying fuck about my window tint.

ive got 15% on the sides, 5% on the back window and 5% strip across the windshield...

my roomate jay 1439/2000 got pulled over a few months ago and the officer tries to tell him that any tint on your windshield is illegal even a strip which is bullshit...then tests his tint, jays is legal 30%..the law is 30 + - 2%..well it read out as 29% and the officer started giving him BS about that too.

[B16a2 Civic]

did you know your tint was below the percantage allowed for lawfull purposes?

[ALVIN]

My tint ticket for 5% was $145 in snellville. Cop tried to tell me it was 0% lol...he did the "put the license behind the window and look" test lol. Good job though he passed like 5 cars on a 2 way road just to pull me over lol. Hey I dont care like Miranda said "you gotta pay to play" sometimes.

[babygurl]

did you know your tint was below the percantage allowed for lawfull purposes?


isnt there are form that you can get signed by an eye DR. that if your eyes are sensitive to the sun that allows you to have illegal tint?

[B16a2 Civic]

isnt there are form that you can get signed by an eye DR. that if your eyes are sensitive to the sun that allows you to have illegal tint?

i dont know
20/20 baby

[devin]

usually tint is a fix it ticket, i got one, just go to court with a pic of your car with no tint, and they MIGHT throw it out

[ALVIN]

yes he was like you can get that knocked down or thrown out if you take your tint off...I said ok and 5 days later I go pay my ticket. THe lady was like you know you have the rest of the month to get your tint taken off...I said yes but I'd rather not worry about having to be at court on a certain day.

[devin]

yes he was like you can get that knocked down or thrown out if you take your tint off...I said ok and 5 days later I go pay my ticket. THe lady was like you know you have the rest of the month to get your tint taken off...I said yes but I'd rather not worry about having to be at court on a certain day.



shit just get a pic of any car that resembles your car and take it in.

[The Golden Child]

hmmm ..

[Ruiner]

Talk about some bullshit.... im got off work tonight, and on the way home on south cobb drive, i get pulled over by three cop cars..... im like WTF??? when he gets to my car, he ask me how much % is my tint (of coarse im gonna play dumb and make believe i don't know)......... anywayz, so his little meter says 20%... after he writes the ticket, he comes back to me and say, "nice car man, what kinda engine work you got?"..... i looked at him like he was retarded, then he says, "Oh yea, your car is also to loud, but i won't give you a ticket for that today." What the hell is wrong with Smyrna Police?.......... and how much are the tickets usually?? and there is no way i can win if i go to court, is there?

How do you expect to win if you have ILLEGAL tint? I mean, it's illegal... :lmfao:

[oneloudstang]

i got a ticket for 3% tint in alpharetta and i had to show pics or a recipt showing i fixed it. i brought pics but felt like a dumbass after striping all my tint for the pics and the lady took one 3 second glance at the pic and dropped it down to a 25 dollar fine. i would have just printed a pic of the computer if i knew they barley looked at it and didnt even check to varify if it was my car.....

[TRINI4LIFE]

isnt there are form that you can get signed by an eye DR. that if your eyes are sensitive to the sun that allows you to have illegal tint?

Yeah. That is what I am about to do soon. I can not afford (Well I do not want to) pay another $127.00 for BS.

[nautiboi73]

get out of it NO aint gonna happen if it metered at 20% and the law is 28%net metter will not be off by that much.

Tint ticket is more than a non-moving traffic violation it is a Misdemeanor and u "can get up to $1000 in fines and 1 year in jail" by definition.

yes they will drop it to a warrning if you have it removed, from my experence.

[SEAN]

the only thing that annoys me about the tint tickets is over half of the cop cars I have seen out there have 20% tint or darker on their own cruisers as well...my girlfriend got a tint ticket in Norcross a few years ago...$75...the only time I think you should get one is if you have it on your front windshield...I saw a car at the show last Saturday down at Turner...I believe it was Marlon's...I don't know how he avoids tickets with the dark tint accross the entire front windshield...kind of hard to tell what the driver is going to do if you can't see him...

[Ruiner]

get out of it NO aint gonna happen if it metered at 20% and the law is 28%net metter will not be off by that much.

Tint ticket is more than a non-moving traffic violation it is a Misdemeanor and u "can get up to $1000 in fines and 1 year in jail" by definition.

yes they will drop it to a warrning if you have it removed, from my experence.

Law is 32%, if I remember correctly.

[Ruiner]

the only thing that annoys me about the tint tickets is over half of the cop cars I have seen out there have 20% tint or darker on their own cruisers as well...my girlfriend got a tint ticket in Norcross a few years ago...$75...the only time I think you should get one is if you have it on your front windshield...I saw a car at the show last Saturday down at Turner...I believe it was Marlon's...I don't know how he avoids tickets with the dark tint accross the entire front windshield...kind of hard to tell what the driver is going to do if you can't see him...

Read the Georgia code on tint laws. It will answer all of your questions/rants that you have in the post above. It sounds to me that you are uninformed. Educate yourself...

[speedminded]

I don't see how the meter read 20%...glass naturally has a slight tint to it of 2 to 3+%. If it was 20% film then it should have read 17%, never seen 23-25% film :dunno:


the only thing that annoys me about the tint tickets is over half of the cop cars I have seen out there have 20% tint or darker on their own cruisers as well...my girlfriend got a tint ticket in Norcross a few years ago...$75...the only time I think you should get one is if you have it on your front windshield...I saw a car at the show last Saturday down at Turner...I believe it was Marlon's...I don't know how he avoids tickets with the dark tint accross the entire front windshield...kind of hard to tell what the driver is going to do if you can't see him...read the law, it does not apply to police vehicles.

I saw an H2 with 20% all the way around...windshield too. I hate H2 pussy hummer's but it was hot just because of that. If i ever get a bug/beetle (old school/rwd that is) I WILL tint the windshield...i just want a light mirror all the way around :tongue:

[BlkCD5]

Originally posted by babygurl
isnt there are form that you can get signed by an eye DR. that if your eyes are sensitive to the sun that allows you to have illegal tint?


Yea, i believe the form is on the website.

[speedminded]

Yea, i believe the form is on the website.For sensitive eyes/photophobia....know an eye doctor and get a letter from them ;)

[Dirty Octopus™]

Sooo.... Gangsta

[speedminded]

Law is 32%, if I remember correctly.32% with a 4% error... that's why he said "net".

[ct9a gsr]

You know, I won't take my tint off. It's 5% all around, and I love my privacy. However, I ride around with the windows down alot, and my windows are always down, my lights turned on and my keys on my dash WHENEVER I get pulled over. I have to respect the need for safety, both the cop's and mine.

You gotta pay to play sometimes.

Cops can still give you a ticket for illegal window tint... all they have to do is ask you to roll one of your front windows up a little bit after being stopped.

[speedminded]

Cops can still give you a ticket for illegal window tint... all they have to do is ask you to roll one of your front windows up a little bit after being stopped.she's just saying she has them down alot so they aren't even noticed as being dark but if she does get pulled over she has them down so they can see in....not saying she won't get a ticket, just that it helps them and they are more likely to let you go...i got pulled over every week by suwanee for my 17% tint...twice by the same cop because i changed wheels and he didn't recognize the car, lol...each time i was let go.

[4doortypels]

i guess i was just lucky with my integra... it was brite white (which made the tinting look a little darker against the white)... i got pulled over like 3 times and i never got a ticket for my tint, i had also blacked out my taillights. i had 5% all the way around. they never even said shit about it.

look its not that hard to take a picture of another persons car that is the same year and color and no tint is it???:goodjob:

but you may only get the one free

[The BUCKY]

take it to court. if you take it off and show pics they will usually drop the fine.

[speedminded]

i guess i was just lucky with my integra... it was brite white (which made the tinting look a little darker against the white)... i got pulled over like 3 times and i never got a ticket for my tint, i had also blacked out my taillights. i had 5% all the way around. they never even said shit about it.

look its not that hard to take a picture of another persons car that is the same year and color and no tint is it???:goodjob:

but you may only get the one freeMine was the same way, bright white with black tint then i painted the wheels black...think that made the tint look even darker.

I got the ticket in a gwinnett co. rolling roadbloack (standing in friday rushhour traffic and picking out people) i removed my tint and got a 50% discount on my fine, 1 week later the georgia supreme court ruled the tint law unconstitutional...lol.

[Master Shake]

[QUOTE=Miranda]Oh snap!

I *totally* forgot to pay my tint ticket! :eek: I better jump on that tomorrow.


You know, I won't take my tint off. It's 5% all around, and I love my privacy. QUOTE]

that ticket probably just doubled if you forgot to pay it.
i forgot a fuckin seat belt ticket cause i was in class, and when i payed it the next day, the bitch was like $90. city clerk probably thought i was gonna kill her cause i flipped the fuck out about it.

5% isn't shit. and if they gave a tint ticket for that....they're gay.
i think 5% is like limo tint or some shit.

[speedminded]

5% isn't shit. and if they gave a tint ticket for that....they're gay. i think 5% is like limo tint or some shit.5% isn't shit? 95% light Blocked? hrmmm... :thinking:

[Master Shake]

5% isn't shit? 95% light Blocked? hrmmm... :thinking:

wait.....i thought 5% was the darkness of it.
like.....5% of light blocked

[speedminded]

wait.....i thought 5% was the darkness of it.
like.....5% of light blockednope, it reads backwards...but for some reason J.C whitney would always sell their tint with the numbers reversed.

[Master Shake]

nope, it reads backwards...but for some reason J.C whitney would always sell their tint with the numbers reversed.
well goddamn....then i guess i'll be puting something around 75% on my civic, cause i like it dark...but i like to be able to see out the bastard at night though.

[speedminded]

well goddamn....then i guess i'll be puting something around 75% on my civic, cause i like it dark...but i like to be able to see out the bastard at night though.32% is the law, as in maximum of 32% of light is blocked or 68% of light passes through.

[ryanh300]

yep, i have 5% and i got pulled over by the damn GA State Patrol douche bags and the nice cop let me off with a warning when i think the meter said 1%. he said that if he sees me in carrollton again (where i go to school) with tint on then they will give me like a 300$ ticket but of course i still have it on, but its giving me problems lately

[Ruiner]

well goddamn....then i guess i'll be puting something around 75% on my civic, cause i like it dark...but i like to be able to see out the bastard at night though.

What? No. 75% is nothing. That allows 75% of the light through.

25% is MUCH darker as it only allows 25% of the light through. 5% would be almost black as it only allows 5% of the light through.

[Ruiner]

32% is the law, as in maximum of 32% of light is blocked or 68% of light passes through.

Backwards...

32% means that only 32% of the light passes through the window. That's why 5% is so dark. Only 5% of the light passes through, the other 95% is blocked...

[Julio]

I never had any problems with my old spec V in 1 + years.

Bitch was dark .

[The Ninja]

Cops can still give you a ticket for illegal window tint... all they have to do is ask you to roll one of your front windows up a little bit after being stopped.

cops can't make you do anything. All of the times i've been pulled over i rolled my windows down, both of them, and dealt witht he cop. 2/3 of them asked me to roll my windows up (cuz they couldn't give me tickets for what they had planned) and I said no, and they gave me bullshit threat/stories and what not and i still said no and they just left me alone. 1 of'em followed me for a while even pulling up next to me as he saw me leaning over in my car (was about to roll up my passenger window), and i looked up and GRINNED at his ass and started laughing and then left it down. good shit.

[speedminded]

Backwards...

32% means that only 32% of the light passes through the window. That's why 5% is so dark. Only 5% of the light passes through, the other 95% is blocked...^^^yeah, that. I think about it too much then always get it backwards :headslap:


40-8-73.1

(a) As used in this Code section, the term:
(1) 'Light reflectance' means the ratio of the amount of total light that is reflected outward by a product or material to the amount of total light falling on the product or material.
(2) 'Light transmission' means the ratio of the amount of total light, expressed in percentages, which is allowed to pass through a surface to the amount of light falling on the surface.
(3) 'Manufacturer' means a person who produces or assembles a vehicle glass-coating material or who fabricates, laminates, or tempers a safety-glazing material, which material reduces light transmission.
(4) 'Material' means any transparent product or substance which reduces light transmission.
(5) 'Multipurpose passenger vehicle' means a motor vehicle designed to carry ten persons or less which is constructed on a truck chassis or with special features for occasional off-road operation.

(b) Except as provided in this Code section, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle in this state:
(1) Which has material and glazing applied or affixed to the front windshield, which material and glazing when so applied or affixed reduce light transmission through the windshield; or
(2) Which has material and glazing applied or affixed to the rear windshield or the side or door windows, which material and glazing when so applied or affixed reduce light transmission through the windshield or window to less than 32 percent, plus or minus 3 percent, or increase light reflectance to more than 20 percent.

(c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this Code section shall not apply to:
(1) Adjustable sun visors which are mounted forward of the side windows and are not attached to the glass;
(2) Signs, stickers, or other matter which is displayed in a seven-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield farthest removed from the driver or signs, stickers, or other matter which is displayed in a five-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield nearest the driver;
(3) Direction, destination, or termination signs upon a passenger common carrier motor vehicle if the signs do not interfere with the driveŕs clear view of approaching traffic;
(4) Any transparent item which is not red or amber in color which is placed on the uppermost six inches of the windshield;
(5) Any federal, state, or local sticker or certificate which is required by law to be placed on any windshield or window;
(6) The rear windshield or the side or door windows, except those windows to the right and left of the driver of:
(A) A multipurpose passenger vehicle;
(B) A school bus, any other bus used for public transportation, and any bus or van owned or leased by any religious or any nonprofit organization duly incorporated under the laws of this state;
(C) Any limousine owned or leased by a public or private entity; or
(D) Any other vehicle, the windows or windshields of which have been tinted or darkened before factory delivery or permitted by federal law or regulation; or
(7) Any law enforcement vehicle.

(d) The Department of Public Safety may, upon application from a person required for medical reasons to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun and only if such application is supported by written attestation of such fact from a person licensed to practice medicine under Chapter 34 of Title 43, issue an exemption from the provisions of this Code section for any motor vehicle owned by such person or in which such person is a habitual passenger. The exemption shall be issued with such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed by the Department of Public Safety.

(e) No person shall install any material upon the windshields or windows of any motor vehicle, the installation of which would result in a reduction of light transmission or an increase in light reflectance in violation of subsection (b) of this Code section.

(f) The Department of Public Safety is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Code section.

(g) Any person who violates subsection (b) or (e) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

[nautiboi73]

Law is 32%, if I remember correctly.

law is written as 32% +-3%( for error in metter or difference in glass)

[nautiboi73]

For sensitive eyes/photophobia....know an eye doctor and get a letter from them ;)
also for skin sensitivity, burn victums and such.

[nautiboi73]

^^^yeah, that. I think about it too much then always get it backwards :headslap:


40-8-73.1

(a) As used in this Code section, the term:
(1) 'Light reflectance' means the ratio of the amount of total light that is reflected outward by a product or material to the amount of total light falling on the product or material.
(2) 'Light transmission' means the ratio of the amount of total light, expressed in percentages, which is allowed to pass through a surface to the amount of light falling on the surface.
(3) 'Manufacturer' means a person who produces or assembles a vehicle glass-coating material or who fabricates, laminates, or tempers a safety-glazing material, which material reduces light transmission.
(4) 'Material' means any transparent product or substance which reduces light transmission.
(5) 'Multipurpose passenger vehicle' means a motor vehicle designed to carry ten persons or less which is constructed on a truck chassis or with special features for occasional off-road operation.

(b) Except as provided in this Code section, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehicle in this state:
(1) Which has material and glazing applied or affixed to the front windshield, which material and glazing when so applied or affixed reduce light transmission through the windshield; or
(2) Which has material and glazing applied or affixed to the rear windshield or the side or door windows, which material and glazing when so applied or affixed reduce light transmission through the windshield or window to less than 32 percent, plus or minus 3 percent, or increase light reflectance to more than 20 percent.

(c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this Code section shall not apply to:
(1) Adjustable sun visors which are mounted forward of the side windows and are not attached to the glass;
(2) Signs, stickers, or other matter which is displayed in a seven-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield farthest removed from the driver or signs, stickers, or other matter which is displayed in a five-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield nearest the driver;
(3) Direction, destination, or termination signs upon a passenger common carrier motor vehicle if the signs do not interfere with the driveŕs clear view of approaching traffic;
(4) Any transparent item which is not red or amber in color which is placed on the uppermost six inches of the windshield;
(5) Any federal, state, or local sticker or certificate which is required by law to be placed on any windshield or window;
(6) The rear windshield or the side or door windows, except those windows to the right and left of the driver of:
(A) A multipurpose passenger vehicle;
(B) A school bus, any other bus used for public transportation, and any bus or van owned or leased by any religious or any nonprofit organization duly incorporated under the laws of this state;
(C) Any limousine owned or leased by a public or private entity; or
(D) Any other vehicle, the windows or windshields of which have been tinted or darkened before factory delivery or permitted by federal law or regulation; or
(7) Any law enforcement vehicle.

(d) The Department of Public Safety may, upon application from a person required for medical reasons to be shielded from the direct rays of the sun and only if such application is supported by written attestation of such fact from a person licensed to practice medicine under Chapter 34 of Title 43, issue an exemption from the provisions of this Code section for any motor vehicle owned by such person or in which such person is a habitual passenger. The exemption shall be issued with such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed by the Department of Public Safety.

(e) No person shall install any material upon the windshields or windows of any motor vehicle, the installation of which would result in a reduction of light transmission or an increase in light reflectance in violation of subsection (b) of this Code section.

(f) The Department of Public Safety is authorized to promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Code section.

(g) Any person who violates subsection (b) or (e) of this Code section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
u be on it Speed :goodjob:

[nautiboi73]

Tinting your entire windshield is a Federal Violation.


DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Highway Administration

49 CFR Part 393

The final rule allows tinting of windshields as long as the
percentage of light transmitted through the tinted windshield is at
least 70 percent of the light at normal incidence in those portions of
the windshield or windows which are marked as having a luminous
transmittance of at least 70 percent.

some vehicles come with a little tint already in the winshield, but not below that AS1 line. anything below that is considered Cirtcial viewing area.

all tempered glass(side and rear) and laminated glass(windshield) have a 70% min glazing from the factory. so if any untind glass is metered it will read anywhere above 70%. some glass will state what it's % in on the glass.