[That340i]

My car has 15% all around and it’s pretty dark..but I haven’t gotten a ticket for my tint (yet), Wife has TWICE when we had our 2014 Optima EX it had 5% on rear and 15% on the front, she also had gotten a ticket on her RRS because of dark tint... that had 5% rear and 15% front and that truck was black so the dark tint made it a lot worse...She hasn’t gotten pulled over for tint again because the windows are a little lighter now. Our 2017 Optima has 20% all around and the Tesla has 20% all around...I’m still riding dirty with my 15% tint.

[Bob in IL]

One of the tint shops that I've used said what you drive and how you drive can have a big effect on whether or not you get pulled over for tint. Makes sense.

I live in IL and always stay legal at 35% all around (I've gone 40% a couple of times). As mentioned earlier IL allows a 5% variance to allow for factory tint so you could go to 30% and still be legal.

[c0nrad]

Originally Posted by Billfitz

New York only allows 70%, and that's what the stock glass is. Only the rear window can go darker. Inspection stations have been required to test this since Jan 2017. Any that don't run the risk of losing their inspection station license.

i live in a neighboring state now

[Billfitz]

Originally Posted by KLNLQIm

i live in a neighboring state now

Pass that on to your profile. Unless it's New Jersey, in which case I understand not wanting it known.

[Littlebear]

Originally Posted by Billfitz

.... They don't apply to factory tint, and they only apply to passenger cars.... Every SUV and mini van is a passenger car, no matter what you call it or how you classify it....

It seems every minivan, light truck & SUV also get breaks on pollution & gas mileage standards!!

I was stopped in rural NY for stock tint in my E46 (he let me go after nosing around), but I think the tax-man-in-the-cute-uniform was mad because he didn't get me on his radar for speeding.

Murf

[DarkStarBimmer]

that stinks. He was probably using it as an excuse to see if you had warrants or had any other reasons to look into your car further.

At least you didn't make LivePD!

[Billfitz]

Originally Posted by Littlebear

It seems every minivan, light truck & SUV also get breaks on pollution & gas mileage standards

There was a bit of sense to that back when pickups and vans were mainly used as work vehicles and were a small part of the overall automotive market. That hasn't been the case for at least 20 years now, but it's not in the interests of either the auto or petroleum industries or the politicians they pay to support their interests to level the playing field.

[Littlebear]

I agree with Bill. But also messing with the market is the 25% duty on foreign made trucks. Thus Trucks & SUVs became the cash cows of Detroit. Which Pols will protect over....

Murf

[int]

Originally Posted by vooonoo

Not true. No such thing.

Don't generalize - yes, it is a thing. It WAS a thing here where I live (in Quebec) until recently: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...-officers.html

[Littlebear]

Originally Posted by DarkStarBimmer

that stinks. He was probably using it as an excuse to see if you had warrants or had any other reasons to look into your car further.

At least you didn't make LivePD!

Yes, and they always find warrants out for "Thomas Murphy"! It's just a matter of if they want to use filters (age, address,...).

Murf

[vooonoo]

Originally Posted by int

Don't generalize - yes, it is a thing. It WAS a thing here where I live (in Quebec) until recently: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...-officers.html

Nope not a thing in the US


Source: was a cop

...Arrests look better anyway

[Tribalpinoy911]

Idk follow the law? Its not like the rules were written the day after you got your windows tinted.

[Billfitz]

Originally Posted by Littlebear

messing with the market is the 25% duty on foreign made trucks. Thus Trucks & SUVs became the cash cows of Detroit.

Note where Toyota and Nissan build pickups.

[Billfitz]

Originally Posted by vooonoo

Nope not a thing in the US
Source: was a cop

That cop didn't work in Vermont. https://www.thrillist.com/cars/natio...in-every-state

Or New Hampshire. I live about 20 miles from a notorious speed trap, where there's a 55 limit that drops to 30 at the town line, with a cop pretty much permanently occupied handing out tickets.

[vooonoo]

Originally Posted by Billfitz

That cop didn't work in Vermont. https://www.thrillist.com/cars/natio...in-every-state

Or New Hampshire. I live about 20 miles from a notorious speed trap, where there's a 55 limit that drops to 30 at the town line, with a cop pretty much permanently occupied handing out tickets.

Lol bottom line don't break a law and you have nothing to worry about

[Littlebear]

Originally Posted by vooonoo

Lol bottom line don't break a law and you have nothing to worry about

Hey, isn't that what Putin says?

Murf

[chiefneil]

Originally Posted by int

Don't generalize - yes, it is a thing. It WAS a thing here where I live (in Quebec) until recently: https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/...-officers.html

Yes, I’ve seen plenty of articles from ex-cops about quotas. Frequently “unwritten” quotas, but the cops get pressure from their bosses to bring up their ticket numbers nonetheless. Seems like it’s one of those “pretend to be PC in writing but not in practice” things.

[VCuomo]

Originally Posted by Billfitz

That cop didn't work in Vermont. https://www.thrillist.com/cars/natio...in-every-state

Or New Hampshire. I live about 20 miles from a notorious speed trap, where there's a 55 limit that drops to 30 at the town line, with a cop pretty much permanently occupied handing out tickets.

1. Speed traps are not the same thing as ticket quotas.

2. Ticket quotas, as was previously noted, aren't a "thing" here in the USA. What is a "thing" is that supervisors know on-average how many tickets should be given out during an officer's shift. If an officer consistently is below what should be given out, then he/she might get scrutinized as to what they're doing while on-duty. But that's it, and that's not a "quota".

[Billfitz]

Originally Posted by VCuomo

Speed traps are not the same thing as ticket quotas.

Communities don't set up speed traps with the expectation that they won't hand out a lot of tickets. I get that it's not exactly the same as a quota, but it's very close to it.

[chiefneil]

Originally Posted by VCuomo

2. Ticket quotas, as was previously noted, aren't a "thing" here in the USA.

"The mayor has designated traffic court and ticket revenue for future pay increases," Atlanta Police Union President Ken Allen wrote this month.
https://www.cnn.com/2013/06/26/justi...ses/index.html

Polanco says he encountered an unwritten rule that officers are expected to bring in "20 and one." That's 20 tickets and one arrest per month. But it was tough to get anyone outside the department to believe him, because NYPD officials would always deny there were any quotas. They still do.
https://www.npr.org/2015/04/04/39506...licing-lingers

Six police officers in Whittier, California have taken a stand against ticket quotas, and now they will have a chance to tell their story to a jury. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Howard L. Halm last month found sufficient evidence to believe the officers have a valid claim.
https://www.thenewspaper.com/news/52/5280.asp

[BMWM5NYC]

Performance Goals= Quota. Just a nicer way to say it.

[Beek]

I've never been too concerned about my tint just as long as my mirrored shades are more reflective than the ones the cop has on.