Pulled over for tints...while windows were down.
 

Got pulled over about an hour ago, my windows were down since the second I left my driveway (super hot day today).

I'm a little shocked at the cop's nerve to proceed to tell me that I have side window tint when he hasn't for one second seen even a millimeter of my window.


I was let off with a warning but god knows how hard i would have raged to get a ticket for something the cop never even saw for one second.

Wtf is this bs? That to me sounds alike to saying "Oh this is a fast sportscar. You probably speed a lot in it. Here, take this speeding ticket in advance"

:mad::shakes head:

Your reputation must precede you and he must have seen you before

If you run as dark a tint as you do it's only a matter of time until you get popped

I ran the same tint as you, got popped and now run much lighter up front

Cops don't like Zs. :shakes head:

For all he knows this could be a different person, different black Z, or I could have taken off the tint last time he saw me, if he ever saw me to begin with (which is highly unlikely considering NYC). Thats number 1.


Number 2 - Probable cause dictates he would have to see me, and there would have to be a reason he "suspects" i have tint TODAY and right NOW. Not having seen a window whatsoever while my car passes there is absolutely no probable cause or reason that I would have any. Your logic is flawed. :ugh2:


EDIT: what is much lighter in your eyes? I am at 35% and its only dark in the dark. Daytime you can see through no problem.

Mostly the drivers...

He saw you, you got popped with a warning

Next time will be a fixit ticket, arguing about how he found about it is pretty worthless since at the end of the day you're in violation and got caught

You drive a high-profile car with limo tint, you're going to get popped again

Yeah at least it was just a warning OP.

No doubt i'm taking this shiit off. However its pretty ridiculous to assume there was a violation without having seen a violation. Read my example of assumption that I speed because I drive a Z. Should I be pulled over, warned, and eventually ticketed for that too? :shakes head:

He likely based the darkness of the glass behind the side windows. LEOs need just reasonable suspicion; not necessarily sole probable cause. He probably let you off because he didn't have a tint meter to gauge your tint.

I rarely issue citations unless it's blatant--5% tint on the entire windshield, for example. :icon14:

Edit: NY's tint statute states 70% for both front and side windows maximum, with no limit on the back window. 35% is in violation by half.

Dam I only hear about this in New York, cops used to be diicks in SoCal now they don't care about no front license plate and no tint really anymore

Why didn't you ask him how he saw your tint?

Anyhow, he only gave you a warning for a law you violated. I'm pretty sure he could give you a ticket instead. I say today is your lucky day. Go buy lottery.

Thanks. Now this makes good senae (rear qurter window is tinted too).

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