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- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Path: sparky!uunet!scorn!danielle
- From: danielle@sco.COM (THE RED NINJA)
- Subject: Help... Tinted Windows
- Organization: The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc.
- Distribution: usa
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 01:18:31 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.011831.17719@sco.com>
- Sender: news@sco.com (News admin)
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- Hello all, is there anyone on the net that can
- give me some advice about tinted windows?
-
- Here's the situation, I had the windows in my
- Integra tinted about 4 months ago. I had the
- rear window tinted at 20% and the rear side quarter
- windows and doors tinted at 35%. According to
- the installer, it is legal to have the doors tinted
- up to a certain level (35%). I thought it was fine
- until a couple of days ago. I got pulled over by the
- CHP after work at about 12:30am (working really late).
- I was going about 30mph in a 35 zone down a three lane
- street. The street has a bunch of trees along it that
- kinda covers the street lamps a bit. The CHP noticed me
- as I was the only one going down the street and he was
- the only one coming from the other direction (also three
- lanes). I had just entered a dark shadow from the trees
- when we passed each other and he glanced over at me. I
- guess he couldn't see me in the dark so he made a U-turn
- and pulled me over. He gave me a ticket and said it was
- a traffic violation not a fix it ticket. He said that
- I violated section 26708A of the Vehicle Code and that I
- must remove the tint from both of my doors as I cannot have
- ANY kind of tint on the doors.
- I've just received my courtesy notice from the court and
- it shows an $82 bail for the ticket and from what I hear
- it is also a point on my insurance.
-
- My question is, what can I do about this problem? I've
- thought that the tint is legal and now I'm told it's not.
- I've also talked with the city police and they've told me
- that it is legal to have tint on the window (up to a certain
- limit). So who's correct the CHP or the city police? If anyone
- can give me some advice on how to approach this or where I
- can find some "laws" regarding tinted windows, I would
- greatly appreciate it.
-
- Sorry for the long, dragged out details.
-
- Thanks,
-
- d.
-
-