State Trooper Troubles Anyone??

[CVD]

3) Have your ID and insurance ready to go when they get to your car. Next time you get pulled over, look where the office had their hands as the approach your car. It's on their belt, so that they're ready to draw their gun if they need it. If you can avoid moving your hands to a place where they can't see them, the safer you both are. So make sure you've already gotten in to your wallet, purse, or glove box before they get to your car.

5) If it's dark, turn your dome lights on. This way they can see in to your car easier and know that it is safe. Also, if you can, try to pull over in a place where a street light is coming in to the front of your car, or in to a parking lot there there is a lot of light.


Mostly great advice except these two.

Do NOT go reaching in your pockets/jacket/glove box for your ID, insurance etc. They see you digging around or leaning over to grab something out of your glove box it makes them very nervous. I have always waited until they ASK for these things. Some times they wont even ask if they plan to give you a warning. They seem to appreciate it. If/when they ask, just tell them what you're going to do and do it with your hands as visible as possible.

Pull over as soon as you can safely do so and keep your hands high on the wheel. Don't bother with your dome light, that's silly. If you've been pulled over at night you know full well that their spotlight does an excellent job of illuminating your entire interior. The added light from your interior lights is hardly noticeable.

And with the street lights etc. Just pull over when they light you up. If they wanted to wait for the ideal spot to pull you over they would have waited to pull you over. Again, they've got the lights covered. Taking an extra 10 seconds to pull into a parking lot is just going to piss them off and make them wonder why you didn't just pull over. ie what did they just try to stuff under the seat while they were screwing around pulling into a parking lot.

I'm not a cop but I've been with HCSO for 5 years.

[C3L1CA]

This thread seems to be a bit useful now.

I've always just turned the light on, rolled down my window asap, and kept my hands on the steering wheel until the police officer came to the window. Then I grabbed the paper work once they asked for it.




Somebody is also having second thoughts about his sports car...
http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/hangout/422288-having-second-thoughts.html

hahaha

[Fejery4491]

C3L1CA -I'd sell all "your" cars/parts and buy a truck. That way you can get really dark tint!

ROFL!

[1QUICK4]

Wow, just signed on t00ners for the 1st time in a long time :lol:

[TwoTalons]

Lets play "Fix That Incorrect Post"!

No truck/van/SUV is exempt from the window tint law. The way the law is written is that if - any vehicle from the factory with windows tinted is exempt from local state laws. Most trucks/SUVs come with tinted windows except for the front two, and so they are exempt.

Want to change the law? Become the owner of a car maker and tint all the windows. That is the way to get around the law.

Sure let's play! My turn:

Subd. 4. Glazing material; prohibitions and exceptions.
(a) No person shall drive or operate any motor vehicle
required to be registered in the state of Minnesota upon any
street or highway under the following conditions:

(1) when the windshield is composed of, covered by, or
treated with any material which has the effect of making the
windshield more reflective or in any other way reducing light transmittance through the windshield;

(2) when any window on the vehicle is composed of, covered by, or treated with any material that has a highly reflective or mirrored appearance;

(3) when any side window or rear window is composed of or treated with any material so as to obstruct or substantially reduce the driver's clear view through the window or has a light transmittance of less than 50 percent plus or minus three percent in the visible light range or a luminous reflectance of more than 20 percent plus or minus three percent; or

(4) when any material has been applied after August 1,
1985, to any motor vehicle window without an accompanying permanent marking which indicates the percent of transmittance and the percent of reflectance afforded by the material. The marking must be in a manner so as not to obscure vision and be readable when installed on the vehicle.

(b) This subdivision does not apply to glazing materials
which:

(1) have not been modified since the original installation,
nor to original replacement windows and windshields, that were originally installed or replaced in conformance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 205;

(2) are required to satisfy prescription or medical needs
of the driver of the vehicle or a passenger if the driver or
passenger is in possession of the prescription or a physician's statement of medical need; or <-------------

(3) are applied to:

(i) the rear windows of a pickup truck as defined in
section 168.011, subdivision 29;

(ii) the rear windows or the side windows on either side
behind the driver's seat of a van as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 28;

(iii) the side and rear windows of a vehicle used to
transport human remains by a funeral establishment holding a license under section 149A.50; or

(iv) the side and rear windows of a limousine as defined in section 168.011, subdivision 35.

Notice the "or" highlighted in red with the arrow pointing at it?? Such a small word yet so important. Trucks and vans are EXEMPT! PERIOD! Has nothing to do with whether they came from the factory with tinted windows. Cars yes. Trucks and vans NO.

[polishmafia]

Notice the "or" highlighted in red with the arrow pointing at it?? Such a small word yet so important.

Well I stand corrected. Thank you for the information. I read the law as;

(1) have not been modified since the original installation, nor to original replacement windows and windshields, that were originally installed or replaced in conformance with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 205;
...
or <--- that is what you posted.
...
(3) are applied to:
(i) the rear windows of a pickup truck as defined in section 168.002, subdivision 26 (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes?id=168.002#stat.168.002.26);
(ii) the rear windows or the side windows on either side behind the driver's seat of a van as defined in section 168.002, subdivision 40 (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes?id=168.002#stat.168.002.40);
(iii) the side and rear windows of a vehicle used to transport human remains by a funeral establishment holding a license under section 149A.50 (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes?id=149A.50#stat.149A.50);
(iv) the side and rear windows of a limousine as defined in section 168.002, subdivision 15 (https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes?id=168.002#stat.168.002.15); or
(v) the rear and side windows of a police vehicle.

So a truck can only have the rear window, and a van can have rear and sides, as well as a herse or police vehicles.

Trucks then with the side windows tinted from the factory are legal, but not if they are tinted after leaving the factory.

Good info. I love confusing laws!

[TwoTalons]

Well I would take it to mean rear door windows on a truck as well since it says "rear windows" and not "rear window". Definitely a gray area. Where is a SUV classified? As a truck or van? Confusing indeed.

[xaisomboun]

I remember when I first got my Galant VR-4, I used to get pulled over atleast 2-3 times a week because the guy I bought it from had a big no-no next to his name and the police thought I was that guy! That is until the people at the DMV stopped being lazy and actually got all my paperwork through the system, now I haven't been pulled over ever since.

I think its the fact that the Galant looks like a regular old persons car but boy are they wrong!