Got a ticket... tinted windows

[Iron Brew]

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/

[Coiloil37]

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.

[Clgy_Dave2.0]

Originally Posted by Iron Brew

Well, just got a ticket for tinted side windows..... NO tint is allowed on the side (front) windows. $57 fine.

Uh, yeah. Always has, always will be.

[Chomack]

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.

[Iron Brew]

Originally Posted by Calgary Dave

Uh, yeah. Always has, always will be.

Yeah? It's different all over. I've never put a tint on, but almost every vehicle has them now. I had always been under the impression light tints were allowed. Not at all in Alberta. I'm guessing I'm not the only one unaware of this.

[Sooner]

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.

[Bigdad013]

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..

[Okotokian]

I believe back windows and back passenger windows are fine, just not front side windows or front windows.

[elkhunter11]

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..

Factory tints are legal.

[Clgy_Dave2.0]

Originally Posted by Iron Brew

Yeah? It's different all over. I've never put a tint on, but almost every vehicle has them now. I had always been under the impression light tints were allowed. Not at all in Alberta. I'm guessing I'm not the only one unaware of this.

Factory tinting has always been fine. As is tinting the rear and rear passenger windows.
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"

[32-40win]

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.

[super7mag]

Originally Posted by 32-40win

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.

GOtta offset the the deficit some how!!!

[rancho-non-relaxo]

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.

[rugatika]

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.

[Ebrand]

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.

[Iron Brew]

Originally Posted by Ebrand

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.

Nope. RCMP, not sheriff, and never had any complaints about the officer. Was very polite and professional. Mind you, I've NEVER been in the habit of being a dick to officers. Not wise.

[Clgy_Dave2.0]

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[bigd]

Originally Posted by Calgary Dave

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[Albertadiver]

Originally Posted by Calgary Dave

bump.....

Sinner!