Got a ticket... tinted windows
Well, just got a ticket for tinted side windows yesterday. The tint was on the truck when I bought it. Was told by the seller it was the lightest tint, and legal. Drove it for 2 years and yesterday got a ticket. NO tint is allowed on the side (front) windows. $57 fine.
http://fightyourtickets.ca/tinting-m...hicle-windows/ |
I bought a vehicle once with tinted front windows and had a ticket within the first day. I took it off, showed the cop that it was gone and he ripped the ticket up.
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I got one near Innisfail in January this year from a Sherrif with my speeding ticket. Officer was a total D!CK as well. So in addition to the $57 tint ticket and $120 Speeding ticket... He made me peel it off on the side of the road. Handed me a scraper and said "Get to work"
I was pretty ****ed but he said either do it or he would impound and tow it. So the tint came off pretty easy as it was -25 outside but it took me another 3 hours to get the sticky goo off the windows this summer. More and more vehicles in Calgary have tint on them but its a no-go in Edmonton. The cops there like to give a lot more tickets up there. |
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See a lot of wanna be gangsters in their mufflered out cars with black tint right up to eye level on the frt windows. Keeps them legal I guess. Too bad on the ticket if you can see through it ok.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but tinted side windows from the factory are ok? I have them on my vehicle, back side pssenger windows, never had a problem..
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I believe back windows and back passenger windows are fine, just not front side windows or front windows.
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But putting after market tint on passenger or front windshield has always been a ticket, in every province. Not sure which states in the US. This discussion comes up in every car forum every time some new 17 yr old driver gets a ticket and he comes on screaming and hollering "TINTING'S ILLEGAL????" Oh, and as they say..."Ignorantia juris non excusat" ;) |
There was a warning letter e-mailed out this wk from MDA Co-Auto about tinting, mudflap height & width and aftermarket HID headlight installs. Apparently the province has decided to enforce this for a while.
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In a side impact accident a window that is covered in tint has a chance of comming in to the vehicle as a single sheet of glass instead of breaking to little pieces as safety glass does. Because the driver is going to be injured and unable to control the vehicle it has been deemed illegal with that fine amount. Drive safe out there.:)
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It's so the police can look inside your car and see if you got your seatbelt on etc etc and are being a good little boy.
Next up. Curtains and blinds in homes. :) |
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Tint
The darkness of the tint is not the only issue.
By having the tint film on a window you. Change the way the window is designed to break in a crash. Side windows are designed and required by vehicle safety standards into very small pieces. Pieces that will not penetrate very far into the occupants in a crash. Adding even a clear film to the side windows (still illegal) creates a lamination (windshields are laminated glass) that does not maintain the characteristics of breaking into small pieces required. The dark tint givEs anonymity to ocuupants,that can be less desirable. Not being able to see into a vehicle is a safety factor for cops. It also prevents other drivers from seeing in and confirming the driver of a vehicle they are approaching can see them. The sheriff is quite correct. A vehicle that does not comply cannot be operated. His way of dealing with it might be flawed. Complain about him if you want I'm writing. But no doubt more cars will get towed once a few officers get sick of the complaints. |
RCMP in Sundre did a blitz last summer on tinted windows coming down the hill on 27. Made a couple buddies scrape it off right then and there. Both guys re-tinted shortly after. Its the price of having tinted front windows. Every once in a while you'll get a ticket for it. No demerits if I recall.
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It used to be about seat belt enforcement. Now its about distracted driving enforcement. |
I like tint on windows, I don't have it on my front ones but i may get it, not for cool gangster look, but to make it harder for the crack heads to see what's in my truck
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There are many "theories" as to why window tinting is illegal. The best way to answer the question "why" is summed up by a police officer himself:
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I've heard the law is that they can give you a ticket, or you can rip the tint off and avoid the ticket. Nice to hear the cops up to their usual tricks. I've had my fronts tinted for a little over a year now and never had any problems (knock on wood)
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tint or not
I like not having tinted windows.
Makes it easier to see the deer when I'm hunting:) |
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"You can get a ticket for speeding, or you can promise to stop speeding and avoid the ticket" :confused: Tinting is illegal; you can get fined for it. |
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Personally some laws (including this one) really need to be revisited (justified). Majority of the time LEO's will not ticket you for tinted windows unless you did something else to attract their attention (unless of course there's an equipment violation sting that week). |
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Has there EVER been a documented case in Alberta where an officer was injured by a driver because he could not see the driver through tinted windows? When the law was first put in place, was there a documented case in Canada of an officer being injured because he could not see the driver? How about the United States? If so, what was the rate of officer injuries per tinted window? Was it enough to justify a law? I am not certain on the answers to these questions, but have a pretty good idea what the answers would be. I encourage you to think outside the box. How can an officer enforce a seat belt law if he can't see the driver? How can an officer enforce distracted driving legislation if he can't see the driver? Why would the province be "cracking down" on tinted windows at this time? |
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Distracted driving... who are we kidding, they don't enforce that. |
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Got stopped in Provost last spring......cop handed me a scraper and I did it right there. And the back windows are ok to be tinted.
And I also found it to be easier to see deer, etc.... |
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