[Healeys] An interesting read !!!

[Richard Ewald]

Ed, let's put it this way.  The back doors and the rear window have limo
tint (the darkest available) and the front windows have 50% tint ON TOP of
the factory tint.
The key here is A: don't be an asshole,  B if you get stopped, roll the damn
windows down while you are stopping, and C keep your hands visible.

By the letter of the law, my windows are illegal.  But in practice it is a
non-issue.

On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 7:02 PM, Ed's Shop <shop at justbrits.com> wrote:

> <<I have tinted windows on my daily driver, and I don't get stopped.>>
>
> There is a HUGE difference in the modern OEM (KEY word) tinting and what
> the
> 'tuners' use, Rick!!!  And I mean HUGE<G>!!
>
> Several years ago the Uniform Traffic Code Act adopted "standards" for
> the opacity(sp?) for side & rear window tinting for NEW vehicles.  It is a
> 'numbering' system which manufacturers adhere to.  With ONE glance an
> Officer CAN tell the difference between what you are tooling around in vs a
> tuner's
> (damn near solid black) tint!!
>
> It IS an Officer Safety thing.
>
> When an Officer approaches YOUR car he CAN see that your hands are either
> empty or holding your D.L.!!  With a tuner car he CANNOT see whether the
> driver's hands are empty, holding said license or an Uzi!!!
>
> Case rested<G>!!
>
> As an example, the morning after I got my 'new' Camino back for the Land of
> Fruit & Nuts I went DIRECTLY to my local 'cop shop' for an opinion (even
> tho
> I was almost positive that stuff on driver's door & passenger door WAS
> ILLEGAL) and YEP, Officer confirmed.  It was gone the following day.
>
> Ed
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