Watch it on Hwy 81 in Maple Grove/ Dayton

ESchwanz · 07-22-2009

Damn Cop's!!! $128.00 is ridiculous! My window's were down!!!! Why enforce a damn law you don't understand..... with an answer of ... "because it's on the books...& it's a safety issue" when asked why it's okay for southern states, he then trailed off with a ... "well it get over 100 degrees there" Are cop's in Florida & Texas any more unsafe because of the window tint there! F* Minnesota!!!

awd-drifter · 07-22-2009

sucks man. I feel ya. I haven't got caught for my tints yet. that is a shitty answer btw.

Kevin 1G Drummer · 07-22-2009

I got a tint ticket about a month ago. His reader said 40%, and anyone who has been in my car knows it's not that dark. It's a bunch of BS!

slowbubblecar · 07-22-2009

I am still waiting on a tint and front plate ticket for my viper. Neither of which I will correct even if I get a ticket... Suprisingly enough, cops seem to leave me alone. Was trailed once in WI by a trooper and a local cop for 5 miles but that is really it.

How did the cop know about the tint if the windows were down? If I remember correctly, only the front windows matter.

rose0529 · 07-22-2009

front windows only matter in trucks/suv/whatever else they deal a "cargo" vehicle.

on cars it can only be 50% all the way around.....

I've gotten 2 tickets for my tint.... both by minnetonka's finest!

A//// Guy · 07-22-2009

That sucks dude! Just show them a picture of your car before it had tint, and it will be dropped.

curt_gendron · 07-22-2009

I hate the Minnesota tint laws. Luckily its been many years since I've gotten a tint ticket.

Take a look at the various laws from state to state:
http://www.tintcenter.com/laws/

Minnesota is one of the most strict laws. Our neighbors in Wisconsin and Iowa have it better. Heck Montana has awesome rules and they are not a "hot" state.

later,
Curt

DSM_brother2 · 07-22-2009

i have 25% in the front of my truck and havent got stopped for it yet, it makes no sense, such a dumb law, so is underlights. if it distracts you DONT LOOK! same with tint

**Kracka** · 07-22-2009

I got a tint ticket in Maple Grove on Monday, they must be cracking down. My windows were all rolled down at the time too. He pulled me over and told me to roll up my windows so he could check them.

**Halon** · 07-22-2009

What if you told him your windows didn't work, and they can't roll up. He can't check them? I know Brownman had a similar situation when his windows really didn't work, and he couldn't roll them down and they couldn't check them.

This is the exact reason I went with the lighter tint on my Saab.

**Kracka** · 07-22-2009

What % does Saables have? I have 35% on the Evo.

2g Monson · 07-22-2009

In my town only the state troopers that pull people over for tint, the local cops could care less. My buddy got a tint ticket for having limo tint, they told him to take it off but he didnt then got pulled over the next week and told the cop he has never gotten pulled over for his tint before then got another ticket

blackrosenova400 · 07-22-2009

If you have electric windows, put a switch inline with the actually door switch but hide it. Then when you get pulled over, hit the added switch quick, to open the circuit, and tell him your windows wont roll up

2g Monson · 07-22-2009

http://smartglass.com/default.asp this would be better yet, tint and un-tint with the press of a button

rose0529 · 07-22-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by 2g Monson

http://smartglass.com/default.asp this would be better yet, tint and un-tint with the press of a button

that would be sweet!.... wonder how much they charge for that!

**cmspaz** · 07-22-2009

I was on the road for maybe 15 minutes yesterday, and saw 5 or 6 of them, including some in new hiding spots. It's crazy how much they're out now. Probably time to invest in a detector.

**Kracka** · 07-22-2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by cmspaz

I was on the road for maybe 15 minutes yesterday, and saw 5 or 6 of them, including some in new hiding spots. It's crazy how much they're out now. Probably time to invest in a detector.

I love my detector, I really believe it has saved me from $1000+ in tickets. Ever since the economy took a dump the cops have been out more heavily; its an easy way to generate revenue.

tpunx99GSX · 07-22-2009

the smart glass would be sweet to fuck with the cops, get pulled over with your windows super dark (like 10%) then right before he puts the tester on switch it to clear, then when he takes the meter off switch it to 10% again, he will think his meter is broken lol

mukapahnpy · 07-22-2009

That SPD Smart-Glass is pretty ingenious. Let it trickle down to everyday consumer levels, awesome.

Automotive window tint citations are on the rise. My brother-in-law, who is an SPPD officer, always gets pulled over and "warned" about his civilian vehicle tint. Mostly in BC, BP, MG. But everyone I know personally, has had a least two tint citations already.

SnoEclipse · 07-22-2009

no front plate tickets in saint paul are up to $125- as well. And like everything else it's an add-on. You don't get the ticket for the 'worst' offense any more, you get a ticket for everything.

And for ghods sakes don't park around Mears Park (bars: Station 3, LoTo, The Bulldog, etc) with anything out of spec on your car. Same thing up around Rice park (the Xcel, McKnight, Pazzaluna, Kincaids, etc). The parking nazi (driving SPPD car #s 1175 and 1725) seems to have gone to a revenue raising school.