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need some advice
is there anybody on this that lives in Richmond, VA? well I got pulled today in my 03 f250 for windows too dark, I got a ticket, I'm trying to figure out what to do, I dont want to take my tint off first cause I like it too much and its going to cost me out of the *** to get it stripped off, and plus I dont drive it everyday. Its either pay the ticket and keep doing what I do, or pay the ticket and then get it taken off to show the judge?
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The absolute first thing you should do after being ticketed either in state or out of state is to call the court of jurisdiction...I'ts almost always listed on your copy. First question should be, can I get a deferred adjudication...next ask for the phone number of a attorney from that area that commonly works within that courts jurisdiction. Call the attorney and ask him any questions and use his services if you feel so inclined. Courts take care of their attorneys.
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i can't imagine a tint ticket could be much more then 50-60$ My front windows are tinted and it's not legal in NJ. I keep it on because for me it's worth my privacy, and honestly If a cop pulls you over 9/10 times it's not because you have tint unless you get a particularly bored/stickler cop. My one ticket was because i had tint (long and hilarious story), the second i got as a break when i was doing 7 over. It's a personal preference. Either bite the bullet, keep it and pay up when you get pulled over or take a razor nick the edge and peel. then clean it off with some windex. problem solved.
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A/OX4...if you're referring to my post...that's not legal advice. It's a direction to someone who can give advice...and as for asking for deferred adjudication it would be considered something that is commonplace and as a reminder for what should be well known but isn't.
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The best advice is to make your truck legal. I think it's a bit silly the things they regulate, but there's no getting around the fact that the law is the law. I'm entirely confident it will cost you more to NOT remove the tint.
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The ticket is $150, i think the cop was bored, cause I was doing the speed limit, just crusing along and I told him that I dont even take my truck out that much, I drive my car every day back and forth to work, Im thinking about keepin it and when I do take it out, Ill keep the front windows rolled all the way down. The reason why its going to cost me out of the *** is because they want me to take it to an tint shop and have them do it and take the papers that said the tint was stripped to show proof in court, they dont want pictures. I dont even know if the ticket goes on my driving record, I wasnt speeding, it just says window tint on the ticket
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The ticket is $150, i think the cop was bored, cause I was doing the speed limit, just crusing along and I told him that I dont even take my truck out that much, I drive my car every day back and forth to work, Im thinking about keepin it and when I do take it out, Ill keep the front windows rolled all the way down. The reason why its going to cost me out of the *** is because they want me to take it to an tint shop and have them do it and take the papers that said the tint was stripped to show proof in court, they dont want pictures. I dont even know if the ticket goes on my driving record, I wasnt speeding, it just says window tint on the ticket
You dont need a tint shop to remove tint though, it peels right off easily.
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go to a tint shop and explain what happened, ask them to just write you a paper and then leave the tint on, two birds, one stone, haha! I bet any tint shop would just write you a paper, its not like they would get in trouble if you get pulled over again, offer them 20 buck for their time.
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Here's the skinny on VA Code pertaining to tinting:
§ 46.2-1052. Tinting films, signs, decals, and stickers on windshields, etc.; penalties:
C. Except as provided in § 46.2-1053, but notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, no sun-shading or tinting film may be applied or affixed to any window of a motor vehicle unless such motor vehicle is equipped with a mirror on each side of such motor vehicle, so located as to reflect to the driver of the vehicle a view of the highway for at least 200 feet to the rear of such vehicle, and the sun-shading or tinting film is applied or affixed in accordance with the following:
1. No sun-shading or tinting films may be applied or affixed to the rear side windows or rear window or windows of any motor vehicle operated on the highways of this Commonwealth that reduce the total light transmittance of such window to less than 35 percent;
2. No sun-shading or tinting films may be applied or affixed to the front side windows of any motor vehicle operated on the highways of this Commonwealth that reduce total light transmittance of such window to less than 50 percent;
3. No sun-shading or tinting films shall be applied or affixed to any window of a motor vehicle that (i) have a reflectance of light exceeding 20 percent or (ii) produce a holographic or prism effect.
Any person or firm who applies or affixes to the windows of any motor vehicle in Virginia sun-shading or tinting films that (i) reduce the light transmittance to levels less than that allowed in subdivisions 1 and 2 of this subsection, (ii) have a reflectance of light exceeding 20 percent, or (iii) produce holographic or prism effects shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor for the first offense and of a Class 2 misdemeanor for any subsequent offense.
I've cut the pertinent portions out of the code and posted them here for your convenience but it would be a good idea to read the entire code at your leisure.
Easy solution.....get rid of the tint. You can risk operating with it still in place but when you start receiving more tickets for the same offense, there are going to be records of each violation in the court's files. The judge will take note of that and you'll likely be court-ordered to remove it. Once the court orders the removal and you don't comply, then you're dealing with violating a court order and that opens a whole new can of worms.
§ 46.2-1052. Tinting films, signs, decals, and stickers on windshields, etc.; penalties:
C. Except as provided in § 46.2-1053, but notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, no sun-shading or tinting film may be applied or affixed to any window of a motor vehicle unless such motor vehicle is equipped with a mirror on each side of such motor vehicle, so located as to reflect to the driver of the vehicle a view of the highway for at least 200 feet to the rear of such vehicle, and the sun-shading or tinting film is applied or affixed in accordance with the following:
1. No sun-shading or tinting films may be applied or affixed to the rear side windows or rear window or windows of any motor vehicle operated on the highways of this Commonwealth that reduce the total light transmittance of such window to less than 35 percent;
2. No sun-shading or tinting films may be applied or affixed to the front side windows of any motor vehicle operated on the highways of this Commonwealth that reduce total light transmittance of such window to less than 50 percent;
3. No sun-shading or tinting films shall be applied or affixed to any window of a motor vehicle that (i) have a reflectance of light exceeding 20 percent or (ii) produce a holographic or prism effect.
Any person or firm who applies or affixes to the windows of any motor vehicle in Virginia sun-shading or tinting films that (i) reduce the light transmittance to levels less than that allowed in subdivisions 1 and 2 of this subsection, (ii) have a reflectance of light exceeding 20 percent, or (iii) produce holographic or prism effects shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor for the first offense and of a Class 2 misdemeanor for any subsequent offense.
I've cut the pertinent portions out of the code and posted them here for your convenience but it would be a good idea to read the entire code at your leisure.
Easy solution.....get rid of the tint. You can risk operating with it still in place but when you start receiving more tickets for the same offense, there are going to be records of each violation in the court's files. The judge will take note of that and you'll likely be court-ordered to remove it. Once the court orders the removal and you don't comply, then you're dealing with violating a court order and that opens a whole new can of worms.
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If you don't understand WHY there is a restriction on window tint, then you will NEVER understand why the police don't take it lightly and why they will continue to issue tickets.
With that being said, leave the tint and let us know what happens with the subsequent tickets and court appearances.
With that being said, leave the tint and let us know what happens with the subsequent tickets and court appearances.