I got a ticket for window tint yesterday

[bkptfd232]

The officer was an obvious newbie!! He did not use the tint gun to check the percentage of tint on my windows...I am thinking I should fight it out in court cuz what makes him an expert on what percentage of tint I had? Or should I just pay the fine? Any advice? Anyone else get popped for window tint? If so what is your story and what did you do about it?

 

[shadowshaker]

wat percentage is it?if its dark jus take off the tints or jus pay the fine

 

[jared88]

I believe you have 24 hours to get it off and its dropped. I got a ticket for that before and the fine was 85.00 and I never even took the tint out of my windows.

 

[02minrlgrygt]

when i got the ticket i just paid it, it was 65.00 wen i got it its not worth the headache

 

[bkptfd232]

I took it off the doors and left it on the back and quarter windows...I went back to Bo Dunk Bergen and could not find anyone to check it and get the ticket dropped so now what? I will try again on Monday I guess and see if that will suffice, The reciept I have says the tint was 30%... according to NYS V&T that is the legal limit, so I did not have to take it off, I was just pissed cuz he had no reason as far as I am concerned to pull me and ticket me... I was legal!!

 

[05likewhoa]

take the receipt and pics to court and fight it, when the cop tells his side of the story and admits that he didnt test it u SHOULD win, depending on the judge

 

[BadA55f0Xxx]

Should have just paid the fine and left the tints on

 

[shadowshaker]

dont fight it ,because u will have to lose time an days off.just plea guilty an sometimes the judge drops it to a lower price

 

[05likewhoa]

if u know ur right dont pay it.......its up 2 u

 

[bkpony]

i got it with both door windows for 80.00 ea. totaling out to 160.00. the a hole cop want to write me up for the rear .i told him that how can you give me a ticket on the rear if he cant use his tint reader.after the cop hand me the ticket he end up telling i have a nice stang.what a d%^k. i end up paying for it.

 

[Chuckie B]

i would have just paid the fine and left the tint on personaly. not worth the headache.:smash:

 

[Rob04Mach1]

No way I could drive a car without tinted windows, I would have also just paid the ticket and kept it on. Hope you at least get it dropped after removing it

 

[Ghostly Echo]

dude he didnt test it so the ticket will be dropped its like a cop not showing up for a court day

 

[Unrealford]

I was told ANY tint on front windows are Illegal in New York, I was told they dont even make tint light enough to pass..
But I have it on my Mustang and got pulled over about a week or so ago for no front plate, I got warned to install front plate and to quit doing burnouts on street
{I guess he lives on my Road}....I told him I havent drove since heart surgery and people from work visited and done it.. Wife was driving when I got pulled over..

 

[Chevy_Guy]

I was told ANY tint on front windows are Illegal in New York, I was told they dont even make tint light enough to pass..
But I have it on my Mustang and got pulled over about a week or so ago for no front plate, I got warned to install front plate and to quit doing burnouts on street
{I guess he lives on my Road}....I told him I havent drove since heart surgery and people from work visited and done it.. Wife was driving when I got pulled over..

Correct. Anything on the front windows is against the law in New York. You can paint everything behind the driver door black if you want to and they can't say shit. They also allow 6" down on the windshield.

 

[desmodronic]

i got one of thse in nyc on my daytona mustang tint is darker..........95 buck ticket.......the reason they are hot on this is cos the times square bombers car had tinted rear windows.........nypd has these little blitzes "after the event" so to speak.......cop told me windex and a razor blade will remove the tints.....i told him it doesnt bother me but as it bothers him then maybe he should take it off for me.......as an aside......i was pulled over two other times for tints......the first time the cop said that as i was an "elderly gentleman" he wasnt that concerned......!!!!! the second time the cop asked to see my cell phone to see the "recent calls" thing......so make of that what you will.......it still sux though.......incidently on mustang the tint is so dark at night i need to put the passenger window down whilst parking so i can see the kerb.......

 

[4eyedcoupe]

Correct. Anything on the front windows is against the law in New York. You can paint everything behind the driver door black if you want to and they can't say shit. They also allow 6" down on the windshield.

As explained by the judge when ticketed for having rear door windows tinted on a 4dr, no tint on any door windows including the rear doors of a 4dr....but it probably comes down to vague wording in the law and how the cop and/or judge interpret said law

 

[4eyedcoupe]

As explained by the judge when ticketed for having rear door windows tinted on a 4dr, no tint on any door windows including the rear doors of a 4dr....but it probably comes down to vague wording in the law and how the cop and/or judge interpret said law

that ticket was in Colonie BTW

 

[Cobra Esq]

dude he didnt test it so the ticket will be dropped its like a cop not showing up for a court day

Not true, like speeding an officers judgment on tints is admissible.

As explained by the judge when ticketed for having rear door windows tinted on a 4dr, no tint on any door windows including the rear doors of a 4dr....but it probably comes down to vague wording in the law and how the cop and/or judge interpret said law

Correct. Anything on the front windows is against the law in New York. You can paint everything behind the driver door black if you want to and they can't say shit. They also allow 6" down on the windshield.

The law is not vague and it is against the law to tint the rear side windows on a sedan

NYS VTL 375 12-a(b)
No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon any public highway,
road or street:
(1) the front windshield of which is composed of, covered by or
treated with any material which has a light transmittance of less than
seventy percent unless such materials are limited to the uppermost six
inches of the windshield; or
(2) the sidewings or side windows of which on either side forward of
or adjacent to the operator's seat are composed of, covered by or
treated with any material which has a light transmittance of less than
seventy percent; or
(3) if it is classified as a station wagon, sedan, hardtop, coupe,
hatchback or convertible and any rear side window has a light
transmittance of less than seventy percent; or
(4) the rear window of which is composed of, covered by or treated
with any material which has a light transmittance of less than seventy
percent. A rear window may have a light transmittance of less than
seventy percent if the vehicle is equipped with side mirrors on both
sides of the vehicle so adjusted that the driver thereof shall have a
clear and full view of the road and condition of traffic behind such
vehicle.

I was told ANY tint on front windows are Illegal in New York, I was told they dont even make tint light enough to pass.

This is also true because most cars today come with a 70% tint