Sorry to read about your brother.......no one should be above the law....especial those entrusted to protect it.

 

He's Ok. Will recover. His 2nd gen Dodge was no match for a Dodge Charger with a grille guard though!

 

Ive been lucky with mine so far, i have 2 layers of 5% on my side windows and i have 20% on my whole windshield with a top and bottom strip of 5%. its dark as hell, and actually kind of hard to see out at night, but i its nice and cool on hot florida summers

 

It goes both ways, here in mississippi i believe 35% is the max tint you can have. I would like to know why our law enforcement can have blacked out windows and most do, when i get pulled over i want to see who is doing it also.

 

[QUOTE=saddiesel;2362582]Wow!!!! What a horrible statement. Laws are not in effect to generate revenue, they are there to protect the public and the Officer. There are Officers who have DIED as a result of approaching a vehicle and being unable to detect a threat until it was to late. You have to take a test to get a license, you know the law, if you violate it you should be cited. Some departments offer "ride alongs", I suggest you ride along with an officer to see it through their eyes before you judge.


While you may not like what I said, fact is, I spoke the truth. I have on many occasions heard the Chief of Police and the Judge in my little town get after our local officers about their tickets not being up to what they believe should be normal levels, revenue levels.

As far as officers who have died in the line of duty, I DO also understand the high risk levels of their jobs AND I also DO understand their need for safety when approaching a vehicle - tint or not. I GET the fact that tint increases their concerns, but in my part of the country tint is really more of a normal situation on a vehicle, as in keeping the damaging sum out of your interior.

Recently, one of our county Sheriffs was shot by someone who had many warrants, etc out on him, vehicle was stolen, no tint, and the officer was in his vehicle when shot, did not have time to even get out, the perp leaped out of his vehicle, ran back to the Sheriffs vehicle and shot him point blank. Fortunately, the officer lived to tell the story, after several weeks of a manhunt the perp didn't live to tell his story.

As far as doing a ride along, NO THANKS to that suggestion. I've been around a long time, DO know the facts, have seen pretty much it all, and DO NOT need any kind of first hand experience in a vehicle with an officer. I spend many hours volunteering my time to things relative to the local Sheriffs Department and my in-town local Police Deptartment. I have heard many stories, seen many incidents, and frankly, I am one of the most honest, law abiding people you would ever run into. As far as the tint in my truck - I have it there to protect my investment. I know that when a vehicle is pulled over, the plates are run and the info that would be given back to the police about me tells them I have a clean driving record - 45 years of NO tickets actually - nothing, nada out there that would be a negative or a concern.

I have only ever been pulled over a couple times in all those years of driving, in road checks, and the first thing I did was roll down ALL my windows so the officer could see inside my vehicle. I do know how to protect my own safety as well as that of an officer.

CD

 

I like tint like the most of us but I can fully understand why the law is what it is. If I can't see your eyes I can't tell what ytour gonna do next. And from the law mans chair. . . .It's not good walking up on a car that you can't safely see into. . . .

 

It honestly doesnt have anything to do with my likes or dislikes, its the law. Tint laws do suck, which is the posting, but are there to protect Officers and the public. I live in Texas, and understand the need for tint, a legal amount. When the percentage of tint on a vehicle is unlawful then that person should be cited, just like any other violation. Also, like rbox, Im out of this discussion

I am also sorry to hear about your brother and glad he's gonna be alright. Law enforcement is like any other organization, there are good and bad within its ranks.