Dealer tinted for me and said street legal, but I got a ticket?
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I can relate to that. There are so many new potholes on the streets after the ice storm. Some of them are the size of a kitchen sink. I had to pay so much attention so I can avoid them. I found myself driving on hwy's a lot more just for that reason, but there are bumps even on hwy's though
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I agree, I've had 20% tint on every car I've owned for the past 8 years and I've only gotten one ticket for tint. Been pulled over several times for other stuff, but didn't get cited for the tint.
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Hopefully that's true. I just got the front windows tinted to 70% today (back windows to 35%). Looks pretty light, so I am hoping that I don't get pulled over.
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When I purchased my car back in August, I selected the tinting option from the dealer. The dealer said that they would make sure that the two front, side windows will not be tinted too dark, making it street legal. Yesterday, I was stopped by a cop; he put a device on the driver side window, and the LCD display on his device showed 40%. So, the cop said it was too dark and I received a $1xx ticket. I believe that there will be points deduction on my driver's license as well.
I have no plans to check with my dealer as to why they said my tint was going to be street legal, but now I received a ticket for it because I know that they don't care.
Last night, I checked the web about the tinting law in NYC, and it said "Front Side Windows Must allow more than 70% of light in" Nothing more I can say here - I will plea guilty and pay the fine.
My point of this thread is that I would like to find out whether you guys had any experience about getting a ticket for tinting. Did you guys decide to remove the tint afterward? If not, how do you guys prevent getting more tickets in the future?
Lastly, NYC's road condtion is terrible, whether it's on locals or on highways - tons of potholes. I tried whatever I could to prevent them, but I still ended up running over a number of potholes. Sometimes, I feel that the shocks aren't that great because the "bang" noise and the vibration from running over a pothole are just too strong. In addition, I just discovered another hard scratch near the gas tank door. My car is wrapped with clear bra almost everywhere, and my luck was so bad that something had to strike an area without the bra.
I have no plans to check with my dealer as to why they said my tint was going to be street legal, but now I received a ticket for it because I know that they don't care.
Last night, I checked the web about the tinting law in NYC, and it said "Front Side Windows Must allow more than 70% of light in" Nothing more I can say here - I will plea guilty and pay the fine.
My point of this thread is that I would like to find out whether you guys had any experience about getting a ticket for tinting. Did you guys decide to remove the tint afterward? If not, how do you guys prevent getting more tickets in the future?
Lastly, NYC's road condtion is terrible, whether it's on locals or on highways - tons of potholes. I tried whatever I could to prevent them, but I still ended up running over a number of potholes. Sometimes, I feel that the shocks aren't that great because the "bang" noise and the vibration from running over a pothole are just too strong. In addition, I just discovered another hard scratch near the gas tank door. My car is wrapped with clear bra almost everywhere, and my luck was so bad that something had to strike an area without the bra.
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