08-21-2019, 11:22 AM | #1 |
Member
Join Date: Jun 2018
Drives: 2017 Raven Toyota 86
Location: Gardena, CA
Posts: 35
Thanks: 6
Thanked 21 Times in 8 Posts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
First ticket -_-
So I'm beyond pissed. I got a ticket for window tint this morning even though it's only 30%. I thought that was legal here? This being my first ever ticket what do I do next? The code is 26708 VC btw.
|
08-21-2019, 12:21 PM | #2 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2018
Drives: 2013 FRS
Location: VA
Posts: 305
Thanks: 1
Thanked 86 Times in 55 Posts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
What do you mean what do you do? You either keep pushing your luck until you get another ticket or you take the window tint off.
|
The Following User Says Thank You to CoolHandMoss For This Useful Post: | DarkPira7e (08-21-2019) |
08-21-2019, 12:34 PM | #3 |
Member
Join Date: Jun 2018
Drives: 2017 Raven Toyota 86
Location: Gardena, CA
Posts: 35
Thanks: 6
Thanked 21 Times in 8 Posts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
I'm just saying because when I got my front windows tinted the shop told me 30% was legal. So it isn't?
|
08-21-2019, 12:47 PM | #4 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Drives: BRZ, Noble M400, AC-LS7,1956 AC
Location: Wi/Fl
Posts: 1,022
Thanks: 328
Thanked 867 Times in 471 Posts
Mentioned: 7 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
Find a shop with a meter and have it tested. If over 30 then have the first shop fix it if under take the car and test to the authority that wrote the ticket.
Did the first shop consider the window has some tinting of its own? Did the officer test the window and show you the test? |
08-21-2019, 12:52 PM | #5 | |
Member
Join Date: Jun 2018
Drives: 2017 Raven Toyota 86
Location: Gardena, CA
Posts: 35
Thanks: 6
Thanked 21 Times in 8 Posts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
Quote:
|
|
08-21-2019, 01:05 PM | #6 |
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2018
Drives: 17 Asphalt 86
Location: Ottawa
Posts: 2,167
Thanks: 1,708
Thanked 2,206 Times in 1,128 Posts
Mentioned: 13 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
It isn't always enforced but if you look up Cali laws they are right. Front windows 70% VLT . The only way you could legally keep it as far as I'm aware is for medical reasons.
It's the same law here in Ontario yet even dealers tint your car from the factory. Cops don't care unless they wanted a reason to pull you over. |
08-21-2019, 01:15 PM | #7 |
Banned
Join Date: Apr 2017
Drives: 2013 pearl white FR-S
Location: Socal
Posts: 536
Thanks: 39
Thanked 191 Times in 124 Posts
Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
end of the month coming... the pigs, eermm i mean cops, need to hit their quota... going for easy targets now
if the car in your avatar is your car, that looks super dark.... mine is tinted too, but it's nowhere as dark as yours... and technically, we are not allowed to have any tint on the front window in cali |
08-21-2019, 01:23 PM | #8 | |
Rice King
Join Date: Jul 2017
Drives: '19 FWD master race CTR
Location: The land of the North
Posts: 2,887
Thanks: 1,079
Thanked 2,001 Times in 1,203 Posts
Mentioned: 25 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
Quote:
__________________
Glorious Honda.
Know my 5x120 GREATNESS PEASANTS. |
|
The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Jordanwolf For This Useful Post: | new2subaru (08-23-2019), Tcoat (08-21-2019) |
08-21-2019, 01:30 PM | #9 | |
Member
Join Date: Jun 2018
Drives: 2017 Raven Toyota 86
Location: Gardena, CA
Posts: 35
Thanks: 6
Thanked 21 Times in 8 Posts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
Quote:
|
|
08-21-2019, 01:31 PM | #10 |
Member
Join Date: Jun 2018
Drives: 2017 Raven Toyota 86
Location: Gardena, CA
Posts: 35
Thanks: 6
Thanked 21 Times in 8 Posts
Mentioned: 0 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
Yea that's my car just looks a hell of alot darker on the pic lol. Trust me i wish it was that dark.
|
08-21-2019, 01:38 PM | #11 | |
Undisputed El Presidente
Join Date: Jun 2012
Drives: Zenki 37J ZN6
Location: Stockton, CA
Posts: 11,571
Thanks: 9,382
Thanked 9,397 Times in 5,261 Posts
Mentioned: 374 Post(s)
Tagged: 33 Thread(s)
|
Op, you can try to go back to the shop and see if they genuinely made a mistake explaining the law, or maybe you misunderstood. Tint is measured in how much light is let through, so 70% tint lets 70% through and blocks $30 percent. Easy to see some confusion. Usually they have you sign a waiver saying you know its illegal though, so worth asking them at least.
If not its only $25 admin fee at the court once its signed off. But you'll have to pay for the windows again if you want them retinted which sucks. Quote:
|
|
The Following User Says Thank You to finch1750 For This Useful Post: | Tcoat (08-21-2019) |
08-21-2019, 01:43 PM | #12 | |
Senior gif poster
Join Date: Jun 2013
Drives: 2013 Asphalt FRS
Location: Ca, SoCal
Posts: 934
Thanks: 591
Thanked 759 Times in 390 Posts
Mentioned: 5 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
Quote:
Well you can't really fight this sort of ticket, you pay the ticket. Also take off that 30% tint, come on man. Anything over 15% is likely to get a ticket. I don't get this tint thing, sure reflecting the heat is all good but you don't need a super dark tint to do that. When I see a heavy tint job on the front and side driver windows, I think "wtf is this person trying to hide?" Yeah any tint on the front windshield or two front windows is not legal in Ca, but if your under 10% or 15% its unlikely you will be stopped for it. |
|
08-21-2019, 01:49 PM | #13 | |
Banned
Join Date: Apr 2017
Drives: 2013 pearl white FR-S
Location: Socal
Posts: 536
Thanks: 39
Thanked 191 Times in 124 Posts
Mentioned: 3 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
Quote:
yeah, i def need them |
|
08-21-2019, 02:00 PM | #14 |
Database error
Join Date: Jun 2019
Drives: BRZ
Location: Turkey
Posts: 806
Thanks: 4,712
Thanked 1,657 Times in 614 Posts
Mentioned: 15 Post(s)
Tagged: 0 Thread(s)
|
Years ago I got a ticket for a %0 something. It was only for UV filtering. The officer couldn't see but find it with his nails (actually I told him, then he looked; don't tell me stupid it would be worse if he figured out I was lying. And he would.. I'm very bad on lying.. anyway...). He said: "This is for your own good, If you fall into a sea, you can't break the glass if this is on." Nearest sea is maybe 250 miles away to my city. However people were drowned in an underpass in a flood. He might be right..
|
|
|
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
Ticket in CA | weedtank | Southern California | 7 | 08-05-2016 05:23 PM |
Got my first ticket... | WNDSRFR | Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum | 76 | 08-04-2015 09:33 PM |
HELP!!! Fix it ticket | andrealynn.BRZ | Southern California | 72 | 03-21-2015 07:26 PM |
Did my FRS just get me out of a ticket? | phloozy | Scion FR-S / Toyota 86 GT86 General Forum | 22 | 06-26-2013 02:08 PM |
I got a ticket. | DIM | Off-Topic Lounge [WARNING: NO POLITICS] | 5 | 01-23-2013 09:31 PM |