I guess Texas cops are just a breed of thier own.
Here they just equip the cop cars with enough lights to embarass the sun
and they cut right through even limo black tinting. I know this because I saw
a limo pulled over at night and I could see the occupants quite clearly.
I don't have a real problem with moderate tinting on driver/passenger side
windows, so long as the drivers vision in poor driving conditions aren't
impaired. In California you can tint your driver/passenger windows with a
doctors prescription for us fair-skinned folks.
To me a car is something to enjoy and get me from point to point. If I
want to be out of public view and not bothered by anyone, I tend to be in my
house.
Shaun
Tustin, CA
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Maybe in California they were able to convince you of this, but in Texas
the police put in much more than 2 cents worth on the subject and they
didn't even try to pretend that it was anything other than that they wanted
to be able to see into cars. I've had tint on my windows (not the
windshield of course) that was so dark you couldn't see in (it's nobody's
business what I'm doing in my vehicle) and have had no problems seeing to
drive at night. OK, maybe limo tint on the front windows is going too far
and certainly tint on the windshield is a no-brainer, but I think accidents
caused by tint are extremely rare if they can be documented at all. If you
want to make the roads safer crack down on drunk drivers, but leave my tint
alone.
Mike (No flames intended) Crumley
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