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- From: cf947@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Chun-Hung Wan)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: Help... Tinted Windows
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- Date: 18 Nov 92 09:02:57 GMT
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- In a previous article, danielle@sco.COM (THE RED NINJA) says:
-
- >
- >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.
- >
- >
- I don't know which state you're in but in California it is legal to have
- the rear and the rear side windows tinted as much as you like, (that means
- even limo tint.) Only the front and front sides are made illegal to tint.
- Then again, this is in California.
- --
- A motion picture major at the Brooks Institute of Photography, CA
- Santa Barbara and a foreign student from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
-
- "The mind is the forerunner of all states."
-