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So I was driving to freakin Taco Bell just now and got pulled over. Not for speeding, not for wreckless driving or running a red light. No my friends I got pulled over simply because some cop (who I now believe is my girlfriend's neighbor) decided my tint was too dark and my music was too loud. In reality my music could have been WAY louder. Volume was at about 35 out of 62, and it's Florida, who doesn't have 15% tint? (or 10% as the meter read it)

Seriously I like cops like Heckler that don't waste the time of law abiding citizens. Is this guy a rookie or what? Seriously? A tint ticket in Florida? Like I said nearly everybody down here has front windows that are a lil darker than they should be. I'm just glad he didn't try to search my car or some dumb shit and prevent me from eating a damn cheesy gordita crunch. I've been pulled over before and they've never said shit about my tint, and I'm talking in places notorious for cops with nothing to do.

To the officers out there that actually care about the well being of our world and don't get the bitch jobs of hassling innocent people, I thank you.

Well man it sucks to say this, but FL tint law says that the fronts must allow more than 28% of light in and the rears must allow more than 15% of light in. So some may let it slide until boredem kicks in....that's when they come for you. It makes me wonder if 20% tint is even acceptable.

no 20% isnt either....thats what i have and i got pulled over for it 2 weekends ago coming through vero beach.  i was fortunate he didn't give me a ticket.  sorry to hear about that steve that does suck.....like you said everyone in florida has dark tint....its a shame he had to ruin someones day just because of your tint being dark.

:roll: ....

cheezy gorditas are the shit.  bored cops are not.

i got pulled over on the 4th of july (at 8am, so it wasnt even like a "check to make sure he's not drunk" stop) for a tint check.  my sides are 35% (legal) but my back window is 20% (not).  thankfully he only had the unit that only checks the side windows and before he checked them he asked me if i knew what % they were.  i said they were legal - 35.  he checks them and then says "actually no - they're 38%".  what a dildo.

Thank God Cape Coral Cops are busy busting drug dealer and shooters rather than the honest john with tints... <knock on wood>

Lol When the cop was checking my tint he got all pissed and walked away after he put the tint meter up to my window. Obviously curious I said "Wait, what did it say?" He blurted out "TEN" like I had killed a cop or something.

I'm not going to get my tint redone. I think after nearly a year of living down here if this is the first ticket I got then I will just make sure I roll my windows down at night like Rolo or keep my music down. Or just not drive at night.


I forgot about this gem -- the cop tried to tell me he could arrest me for not having the correct address on my license.
Now, the address on my license is my parent's house. That is where my clothes are and that's where I shower every day, and that's where I get mail from school and everything. Last night I was coming from my girlfriends house (in West Melbourne, my parents live in Grant) and the cop said I had to change the address on my license if I wanted to stay at my girlfriends. Like dude, I don't own her house I don't pay her mortgage and she's in the process of selling her house no I don't need to change my address are you kidding me? That's when he said he could arrest me because they could then "assume" that I would not show up to court or pay my fine because I lived in a different county.  (Fucking retard cop, Grant and West Melbourne are BOTH in Brevard county. Then proceeded to try to tell me I live in Indian River county. Fucking guy learn your counties...

Isn't it sad when you have to wish there were more drug dealers and gunslingers around so you wouldn't get hassled?

That's a bummer to hear man.  It sucks when police try and get you for every little thing.  I usually try to make sure I'm not breaking the law in any way, but I'm sure a police officer could nail me for all kinds of crap if he wanted to.  Sucks to hear the guy that pulled you over had nothing better to do, but be careful when blaring music.  With those 15"s you have, it's going to be louder outside your car than inside your car.  It may not seem to be too loud to you, but the car in front of you might be getting an earfull.  It's possible that the cop pulled you over because of the noise, but wanted to up the ante by giving you a tint ticket too.  The shitty part is that if you're breaking the law, they can ticket you for it.  Regardless of what everyone else is doing, it doesn't mean that you're an exception and shouldn't be ticketed for breaking the law.  You may not like it, but unfortunately, it's the way the world works.

Yeah, just had to vent. I'm pretty sure he wouldn't have pulled me over if my music was down, but then again it wasn't all the way up. I just need some more Dynamat i guess lol. I plan on keeping my tints though and only booming on the highway...

Could always be worse though like Piero said. I'm sure he could have ticketed me for a white reflector or something stupid.

Funny part is I didn't even get pulled over in Pennsylvania for my tints when I went up there in December and they have real strict tint laws...

Well, not comparing Cape Coral to Camden, NJ, but the cops here are a little more sensible about what they do with their time. Speeding is a big no no though. My radar is constantly going off in my vicinity.

I dont think you would get pulled over for that if you was in PA cuz their tint law dont apply to you since your out of state. You would get stopped for anything else like lights (remember megameet), speeding and whatever else they feel like.

But he's from Philly.  He must have still had PA plates at the time because it was before he moved to FL.

Melbourne Police Department Responded to EIGHT homicide cases in 2008 5 more than in 2007. Now in Philadelphia there was 309 but they have a far more expansive police force. An increase of 5 murders in one year in a town like Melbourne, FL makes me think cops should have something better to do than pull people over for tints. Especially in a town that is the half-way point for the Miami-Jacksonville drug trade. Come on. They don't even display the number of drug arrests that take place because they probably can't keep count or think it will tarnish the name of the town.  


And no my parents lived in FL before I moved down here so my car always had a FL plate because the car is registered to my mom's name (for insurance purposes) and my parents' primary residence is down here. My car was bought down here by my sister and then sold to me and has never seen a full winter (i first drove it up from FL in Jan 08). I visited for 3 weeks the next winter (which just past). I guess I didn't think about the PA tint laws not applying, but if they're still illegal in FL then maybe they could lol

I did, however, have a PA license until I moved down here.

Damn dude that sucks! Personally I dont' think there should be a tint law in Florida.

Right? That's how I feel. Same with Texas and Arizona. Whatever their tint laws are.

I got that same shit a couple years back when I still had my DA. It was on that long stretch between Florida City and Key Largo. The cop was riding some other cars ass and would pass when it was clear. I waited for a few seconds and did the same. He then gets an opportunity to leave me behind pulls to the side past the bridge going into Key Largo. I get to him a couple of minutes later and he pulls me to the side. Writes me a ticket for following to close, tints and speeding. How I was following to close when I had 3-4 lengths between me and him is insane. I was doing 70 in a 55. He was going faster so had no way of measuring my speed, plus he was ahead of me. The only thing he could hit me for was my tints, which were 20%. I guess he had a problem with a "street racer" in a "rice burner" Honda keeping up with him in his cruiser. Sad thing was, I pulled out my military ID, and my wife was sitting shotgun. I could understand if I was doing 90+ and dodging everything, but... I don't know. When I get into the MDPD after getting my degree in Criminal Justice, I hope to God they don't put me on patrol. They wouldn't get very many tickets written unless they were justifiable.

I wonder what happens when they dont write enough tickets to meet said quota. There are some who think just like you and only write tickets or make an arrest that is justifiable.

I'd be writing tickets left and right with all the asshole drivers on the road.  I don't know what the fuck you guys are talking about.  If I were a cop, I'd be the ticketingest motherfucker out there.

Wow, that's absolutely terrible. In Illinois we're not supposed to have front windows tinted at all, i have 45% and 15% in the back. Nothing for now, 1 year and counting ((knock on wood))... I think when it comes to tickets it mainly depends on the cops mood and what has happened that day. It could also be that the guy is just a huge ass. I also agree with Tim on the whole tickets thing, there is plenty of asshole drivers to give tickets out to nonstop, but white reflectors or tints would be the last of my worries, and if it was a boring day i prob would overlook anything unless it drew my attention.... I mean overall I think cops do good for society and should be there, but I believe that higher qualifications should be required to be a police officer.

yea, i didnt think that there was a tint law in florida.  either way there shouldnt but if there is i bet its better than the bullshit 35% we get up here.

You FL guys should feel lucky. Up here in VA its 50% for the front and 35% for the rears and believe me they enforce it.

The title of this reminds me of something that happened to me a couple months back.  In short Ashley and I were driving home from my work in our totally stock(not even tint) Sentra and I got pulled over for doin 69 in a 65. Granted he let me go but we both think it's because of the black and white combo we've got goin. LOL!! Cuz like 5 minutes before he pulled me over he had actually passed me and stared into the car as he was passing.

Hahaha.  He thought you were stealing white girls!!

Damn man, sometimes that can be harder than just being black! Reminds me of that Samuel Jackson movie where he's constantly fuckin with the white guy for being with the black chick. Lake View Terrace I think it was. Either way I hope I see the day when people stop being so racist. Black, white, brown, or purple the shit's been going on too long. I think its mostly old people who will never change. When I have a kid, I'ma make sure he has a lil black friend, a lil asian friend, and a lil mexican friend. Damn that's affirmative action isn't it...Oh well I'll teach my kid to recognize the two REAL races. Asshole and friend.


Now there's a rant....anyway yeah we FL guys are pretty lucky...but seriously you drive around and can only see in like half the cars on the road and those are the legally tinted ones.



I got an idea to beat my ticket guys. In Florida they allow special tint with a medical exception. I just so happen to have one eye that is damaged (no central vision), and therefore must protect the other eye as much as possible (from UV rays and just about everything else. I'm supposed to wear protective glasses 24/7...pffft.) I'm going to go see an optometrist and see if he can legalize my tint.  

+1 on that bro. my girlfiend is indian, at first i thought it was wierd but i was 16... u think different then. now ive been with her for 5 years. its been the best relationship i ve ever bin in
heres a pic
(http://www.tehupload.com/uploads/6823663f23f0da9DSCN1946_-_Copy.JPG)

That's a good loophole to have.

LOL!!


Steve you may wanna check FL DMV's website cuz even when they make exceptions for tint there's still limits.  Cuz in VA like I stated before front windows should be 50% and rear 35%.  When you have the vision exception it only lowers the front windows to 35%.

That'd actually be perfect for me, since my rear tints are legal and I just want my fronts to match. However I looked it up and with one of those medical exceptions you're not allowed to drive at night. So fuck that.


And your chick's hot fabulous. I always thought indian and persian girls were sexy as shit!! Cept some of course... You have your highs and your lows in every race really. For some reason the number of ugly white girls is way higher than it should be though.