Steven,
You have met the man. Rip it off, show and get the ticket taken care of. You
might want to have the tint a little less next time or crack the windows when
driving. Sounds like he was being a bit obtuse in judgement. it is the law,
but a lowered truck does attract attention. Yours also sounds fast. Best of
luck.
Jim
SmokinDakota wrote:
> Today Sucked. Morning went well, but then in the afternoon I lose my
> prescription sunglasses. I think someone stole them out of my truck, because
> that is the only time I wear them. I was at work and I leave the window
> cracked open because I am constantly in and out(delivery driver). I usually
> set my glasses right on the dash. So my guess is someone stuck there paws in
> my truck and swiped em. Won't do them any good unless there blind as a bat,
> like me. So I get off of work and decided I need new sunglasses. I go up to
> Thousand Oaks(30 min drive) to a sunglass shop that specializes in
> prescriptions. After dishing out $300 for another pair of sunglasses, I head
> on back. Right as I am about to exit the freeway, a moto. cop pulls up
> besides me and then behind me. He turns on his lights and I pull over. "Son,
> your not supposed to have your side windows tinted". I know sir. I was
> waiting for him to find something else wrong, but he couldn't. He gave me a
> damn fix it ticket, thats it. I knew this was going to happen. Not more than
> a week after I got my truck lowered, I get a ticket for my tinted windows. I
> asked the cop why he decided to pull my truck over, when there were
> countless other cars driving by with tinted side windows. He gave me no
> reason, other than "you can barely see in." I am sure he targeted my truck
> because it was lowered. I was overlooking the ticket and found a
> discrepancy. It says the time was 5:30 am when it was really 5:30 pm. Is
> there any way I can fight it? I was asleep at 5:30 this morning. Luckily the
> tint shop I go to has a policy that if you get a ticket, they will remove
> the tint at no charge.
>
> Sorry so long,
>
> Steven 2me
> http://www.smokindakota.com
> AOL IM = SmknDakTrk
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