[s-cars] Pulled over for Tinting!?!?

[Bill Noland]

It's the front side windows that got you, no doubt. The CA Vehicle Code does 
not allow tinting of the windshield or front side windows:

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

The good news is, that you obviously live in a low crime area, where the 
police have time to pull cars over for illegal tinting. You received a 
fix-it ticket. So long as you correct the problem and get a sign off from an 
officer and mail it in, there is no fine. You can get any peace officer to 
sign off. I've been popped for no front plate or missing license plate 
sticker (after someone stole it)  a few times in the past. Usually, it's 
quickest to stop by a Highway Patrol office and have them verify, but you 
can ask an officer on the street, in the donut shop parking lot, or 
whatever. Last time, my wife asked a police officer parked on the street to 
sign off, the officer didn't even get out of his car to check.

Bill Noland


> So, we have some visitors that arrived here in northern CA last night,
> and on the way home (about 11:30pm), a cop pulls me over. I hadn't
> done anything, and I asked him what the problem was. He said that I
> have tinting on my windows, and it is illegal. He wrote me a ticket to
> appear at court within 30 days and prove the window no longer has tint
> or else I have to pay a fine and points!?!?!