So i get pulled over today and, among other things, get a ticket for blocking the view of the windsheild. The popo said that it really meant the side window tint which was illegal. When he first asked me about the tint i proudly said it was legal and 35% and i got a ticket. I also bitched because his citation was vague (obstruction of windsheild for a side window tint wtf????????) and i didnt want to take that in to court and have them try me for other bs and render all my evidence useless. etc. So i made sure it was in his notes that there was illegal tint.

I asked around and a couple people told me that side tint is now illegal in cali. Is this true? Is there anyway i can beat it because i got it when it was legal for sure?

 

Nope, that won't matter. The laws change, and vehicle owners are supposed to adapt to those. There was a time when emissions regulations weren't so strict, or you didn't need to wear seatbelts, but as soon as the laws come in, those are the ones that get used.

Sucks that you have to find out about it with a ticket though. Warning would have been cool. Cops.

 

I think they changed it at the new year, you can only have 70% tint on your side windows which is barely any tint. I don't like it one bit, but I know that most cops won't pull you over just because of your tint if you aren't doing anything illegal.

http://www.tintlaws.com/

 

He was really trying to fish for ****. He asked if we knew why we got pulled over and we honestly didn't. Then he said there must've been something wrong because i just put on my seatbelt. Then he did a walk around and nailed me for tints and no front license plate, and no seatbelt. like three cops were within 1/4 mile just pulling over teenagers. i had 2 other friends get tickets. I hate days when its super obvious cops are trying to make their quotas. I never even got a reason for getting pulled over. It probably wasnt for tints because I admitted to having them (thinking they were legal)

 

In my state (Pa.), you can`t legaly tint the side windows period.[&o]

 

Here is a link to the California Vehicle Code that covers tinting sec. (26708).

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/vctop/d12/vc26708.htm

Read paragraph D (1). It covers the amount of blocking the tint may do on the side windows next to the driver and passanger. The last update to the law was in 1999.

 

I feel for ya man cause thats a bull**** ticket. But cops dont make quotas