Cop cut my tint!
#31
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Was your tint legal to start with? You didn't say.....or I just didn't notice. I agree that the cop shouldn't have cut it, but if it was illegal under either Canadian or local province law, you probably don't have much of a defense.
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well tint is illegal in canada period.;on the driver window.
i already had car tinted when i purchased it from the dealer... so its not really my fault but ican not do anything. anyhow I think it was a bit rude and not legal for him to ddestroy my property--what if i wanted to keep that tint in 1 piece( for wehatever reason; to wrap my flowers in it) oh well... took me almost 2 hours to pull it off and wipe off the ****ing glue off the window....so now my driver window is clear... at least i got new 18 inch rims damn 35 series tires cost me almost a grand....
btw i submitted the ticket for the court dispute--so im hoping for the case by xmas. its free in canada to dispute tickets. i just want to make sure Judge hears my side of the story
i already had car tinted when i purchased it from the dealer... so its not really my fault but ican not do anything. anyhow I think it was a bit rude and not legal for him to ddestroy my property--what if i wanted to keep that tint in 1 piece( for wehatever reason; to wrap my flowers in it) oh well... took me almost 2 hours to pull it off and wipe off the ****ing glue off the window....so now my driver window is clear... at least i got new 18 inch rims damn 35 series tires cost me almost a grand....
btw i submitted the ticket for the court dispute--so im hoping for the case by xmas. its free in canada to dispute tickets. i just want to make sure Judge hears my side of the story
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it is illegal in BC
other provinces have different regulations and laws on tint
i think in nova scotia, there is no tint law there
good luck with the case but i dont think you have any grounds for defence
and ive heard of judges increasing penalties for wasting their time
other provinces have different regulations and laws on tint
i think in nova scotia, there is no tint law there
good luck with the case but i dont think you have any grounds for defence
and ive heard of judges increasing penalties for wasting their time
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It may not have been the best thing for the cop to do himself, but here were I live the cops sometimes either make you peel the illegal tint off yourself right there on the street, or if you don't they can impound your car. I know a few people already that had to peel their tint off on the spot. Not much you can do because illegal tint is an equipment violation and doesn't pass state safety inspection. If you can't pass state inspection you can't legally drive your car on the street, thus the valid reason for the cops to impound the car if they feel like putting you through the trouble. Most just give you a ticket, but if your attitude is bad, they put you through the ringer.
#37
I've seen French Gendarmes stop British cars and make them remove their (illegal in France) radar detector, make the driver place it under their front wheel and drive forwards 4 feet. It's even worse if it's just a sat nav with no radar function.
#39
When my car was stolen, these idiots didn't do a damn thing to attempt and find it. However, when I found it myself, two weeks later, it had stripped interior and a PARKING TICKET. These morons put a parking ticket on a car that was reported stolen and had interior stripped out. So much for doing their job.
OK, let's imagine what kind of country we'd live in if there was no law enforcement. LOL.... I can only assume that you're trolling now.
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Is that the cop's job to find people's stolen cars? I doubt it. That's between you and your insurance company. They may be interested in catching the person(s) that took it, but sending out a fleet of officers to search for Och's long lost Oldsmobile Calais is not part of their duties.
OK, let's imagine what kind of country we'd live in if there was no law enforcement. LOL.... I can only assume that you're trolling now.
OK, let's imagine what kind of country we'd live in if there was no law enforcement. LOL.... I can only assume that you're trolling now.
It'd be nice if people would respect others property and we wouldn't need such large amounts of law enforcement. I'm not about to go vigilante if someone screws up my car. Yes it sucks but you know what I'm better than them, I don't need to get my revenge. I don't bother anyone else and I have a clean conscious, how do they sleep at night?
#41
I'd have to disagree with the police finding someone's car. There was a crime committed that's what cops do, they investigate crimes. It's not like I call up the station and say "I lost my car could you help me find it, I'm walking around in the mall parking lot and can't remember if it was in A1 or A7, the numbers look alike." I wouldn't say the police should send a fleet to find a car either but if we have the mentality that cops shouldn't care that a person's car was stolen than so will the thieves.
There are over a million cars stolen every year in the US. That's one every 25 seconds. Can you imagine what would be required in terms of $$$ and manpower if we were to send out cops on a wild goose chase looking for stolen cars? And then people would complain that while the cops were looking for stolen cars, someone is getting shot or raped. You know, real crimes. https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...99&postcount=5
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Is that the cop's job to find people's stolen cars? I doubt it. That's between you and your insurance company. They may be interested in catching the person(s) that took it, but sending out a fleet of officers to search for Och's long lost Oldsmobile Calais is not part of their duties.
OK, let's imagine what kind of country we'd live in if there was no law enforcement. LOL.... I can only assume that you're trolling now.
OK, let's imagine what kind of country we'd live in if there was no law enforcement. LOL.... I can only assume that you're trolling now.
As far as catching the persons that stole my car, what did police do to find them? Did they conduct an investigation? Did they take finger prints? The car was found in the middle of a residential block - did they survey people from surrounding houses if they saw anything? No, they slapped a parking ticket on a car thats been reported stolen, and sat with stripped interior.
Far as I'm concerned, we don't need law enforcement like this. The thiefs know damn well that they will get away with stealing peoples personal property, as long as they not stealing from big corporations. The thiefs also know that property owners virtually cannot do anything to protect their property. If you see your car getting stolen, the only thing you can do is call the police, which will show up 2 hours later. If you are to go ahead and beat the crap out of the thief with a baseball bet or better yet perforate their brains with an AK47, you're going to jail. However if there was no damn law enforcement, the thiefs would think twice before violating someone's property because that might get them killed. Believe or not, we would be living in a far greater country.
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If you report it missing within a very short amount of time after it was stolen, yes. They'll try to hunt the driver down and arrest him. But if you wake up one morning and discover your car gone, they aren't going to send out officers to find your car for you. That's not their job.
There are over a million cars stolen every year in the US. That's one every 25 seconds. Can you imagine what would be required in terms of $$$ and manpower if we were to send out cops on a wild goose chase looking for stolen cars? And then people would complain that while the cops were looking for stolen cars, someone is getting shot or raped. You know, real crimes. https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...99&postcount=5
There are over a million cars stolen every year in the US. That's one every 25 seconds. Can you imagine what would be required in terms of $$$ and manpower if we were to send out cops on a wild goose chase looking for stolen cars? And then people would complain that while the cops were looking for stolen cars, someone is getting shot or raped. You know, real crimes. https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...99&postcount=5
#44
They'll be interested in finding the criminal, not your car. That's between you and your insurance company.
It wouldn't surprise me if there were special units, whose job it is to track down and handle car thieves (among other things). But again, they're after the thieves, not your car. That's between you and your insurance company.
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If you report it missing within a very short amount of time after it was stolen, yes. They'll try to hunt the driver down and arrest him. But if you wake up one morning and discover your car gone, they aren't going to send out officers to find your car for you. That's not their job.
There are over a million cars stolen every year in the US. That's one every 25 seconds. Can you imagine what would be required in terms of $$$ and manpower if we were to send out cops on a wild goose chase looking for stolen cars? And then people would complain that while the cops were looking for stolen cars, someone is getting shot or raped. You know, real crimes. https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...99&postcount=5
There are over a million cars stolen every year in the US. That's one every 25 seconds. Can you imagine what would be required in terms of $$$ and manpower if we were to send out cops on a wild goose chase looking for stolen cars? And then people would complain that while the cops were looking for stolen cars, someone is getting shot or raped. You know, real crimes. https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...99&postcount=5
Originally Posted by Och
Far as I'm concerned, we don't need law enforcement like this. The thiefs know damn well that they will get away with stealing peoples personal property, as long as they not stealing from big corporations. The thiefs also know that property owners virtually cannot do anything to protect their property. If you see your car getting stolen, the only thing you can do is call the police, which will show up 2 hours later. If you are to go ahead and beat the crap out of the thief with a baseball bet or better yet perforate their brains with an AK47, you're going to jail. However if there was no damn law enforcement, the thiefs would think twice before violating someone's property because that might get them killed. Believe or not, we would be living in a far greater country.
Most cops are not corrupt. Although I don't agree with all laws, to a certain extent they're there to protect us from ourselves.