Quotas are illegal so don't believe the "end of the month" fallacy. How do I know? One of my professors is also a cop on the weekends. Pretty stand up guy so I doubt he would lie about it.

 

that sucks. do they ticket you for having plates from a different state?

 

You can tint the front windows up to 50% and the back as much as you want. Learn the law for VA.


Virginia

46.2-1052 Virginia Window Tint Law

Signs, decals, and stickers on windshields, etc.; penalties

A. Except as otherwise provided in this article or permitted by federal law, it shall be unlawful for any person to operate any motor vehicle on a highway with any sign, poster, colored or tinted film, sun-shading material, or other colored material on the windshield, front or rear side windows, or rear windows of such motor vehicle. This provision, however, shall not apply to any certificate or other paper required by law or permitted by the Superintendent to be placed on a motor vehicle's windshield or window.

The size of stickers or decals used by counties, cities, and towns in lieu of license plates shall be in compliance with regulations promulgated by the Superintendent. At the option of the motor vehicle's owner, such stickers shall be affixed either at the upper edge of the center of the windshield or at some other place which may be designated by the Superintendent.

B. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, whenever a motor vehicle is equipped with a mirror on each side of such vehicle, so located as to reflect to the driver of such vehicle a view of the highway for at least 200 feet to the rear of such vehicle, any or all of the following shall be lawful:

1. To drive a motor vehicle equipped with one optically grooved clear plastic right-angle rear view lens attached to one rear window of such motor vehicle, not exceeding eighteen inches in diameter in the case of a circular lens or not exceeding eleven inches by fourteen inches in the case of a rectangular lens, which enables the driver of the motor vehicle to view below the line of sight as viewed through the rear window;

2. To have affixed to the rear side windows, rear window or windows of a motor vehicle any sticker or stickers, regardless of size; or

3. To drive a motor vehicle when the driver's clear view of the highway through the rear window or windows is otherwise obstructed.

C. Except as provided in 46.2-1053, but notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, no sun-shading or tinting film may be applied or affixed to any window of a motor vehicle unless such motor vehicle is equipped with a mirror on each side of such motor vehicle, so located as to reflect to the driver of the vehicle a view of the highway for at least 200 feet to the rear of such vehicle, and the sun-shading or tinting film is applied or affixed in accordance with the following:

1. No sun-shading or tinting films may be applied or affixed to the rear side windows or rear window or windows of any motor vehicle operated on the highways of this Commonwealth that reduces the total light transmittance of such window to less than thirty-five percent;

2. No sun-shading or tinting films may be applied or affixed to the front side windows of any motor vehicle operated on the highways of this Commonwealth that reduces total light transmittance of such window to less than fifty percent;

3. No sun-shading or tinting films shall be applied or affixed to any window of a motor vehicle that has a reflectance of light exceeding twenty percent;

4. Any person who operates a motor vehicle on the highways of this Commonwealth with sun-shading or tinting films that has a total light transmittance less than that required by subdivisions 1 and 2 of this subsection or a reflectance of light exceeding twenty percent shall be guilty of a traffic infraction but shall not be awarded any demerit points by the Commissioner for the violation;

5. Any person or firm who applies or affixes to the windows of any motor vehicle in Virginia sun-shading or tinting films that reduce the light transmittance to levels less than that allowed in subdivisions 1 and 2 of this subsection or that have a reflectance of light exceeding twenty percent shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor for the first offense and of a Class 2 misdemeanor for any subsequent offense;

D. The Division of Purchases and Supply, pursuant to 2.1-446, shall determine the proper standards for equipment or devices used to measure light transmittance through windows of motor vehicles. Law-enforcement officers shall use only such equipment or devices to measure light transmittance through windows that meet the standards established by the Division. Such measurements made by law-enforcement officers shall be given a tolerance of minus seven percentage points.

E. No film or darkening material may be applied on the windshield except to replace the sunshield in the uppermost area as installed by the manufacturer of the vehicle.

F. Nothing in this section shall prohibit the affixing to the rear window of a motor vehicle of a single sticker no larger than twenty square inches if such sticker is totally contained within the lower five inches of the glass of the rear window, nor shall subsection B of this section apply to a motor vehicle to which but one such sticker is so affixed.

G. Nothing in this section shall prohibit applying to the rear side windows or rear window of any multi-purpose passenger vehicle or pickup truck sun-shading or tinting films that reduce the total light transmittance of such window or windows below thirty-five percent.

H. As used in this article: "front side windows" means those windows located adjacent to and forward of the driver's seat; "rear side windows" means those windows located to the rear of the driver's seat; "rear window" or "rear windows" means those windows which are located to the rear of the passenger compartment of a motor vehicle and which are approximately parallel to the windshield; "multi-purpose passenger vehicle" means any motor vehicle that is (i) designed to carry no more than ten persons and (ii) constructed either on a truck chassis or with special features for occasional off-road use.

I. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, sun-shading material which was applied or installed prior to July 1, 1987, in a manner and on which windows not then in violation of Virginia law, shall continue to be lawful, provided that it can be shown by appropriate receipts that such material was installed prior to July 1, 1987.

J. Where a person is convicted within one year of a second or subsequent violation of this section involving the operation of the same vehicle having a tinted or smoked windshield, the court, in addition to any other penalty, may order the person so convicted to remove such tinted or smoked windshield from the vehicle.

K. The provisions of this section shall not apply to law-enforcement vehicles.

L. The provisions of Subdivision C 1 of this section shall not apply to sight-seeing carriers as defined in \047 46.2-2200 and limousine and executive sedan carriers as deined in \047 46.2-2500.

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Occasional off-road use...Hmm, would they mean four wheel drive?

 

The minimal tint walmart sells is 35%, I was just going to buy that and put it on w/ a friend thats done it a few times. I dunno I live in Johnstown (not quite the city) & the surround areas, Richland, Westmont, Conemaugh Township, Ferndale, Upper Yodder, & Windber are known for being *******s.

I only know one person that got pulled over for tint, but not sure if they got in trouble...

I can't decide whether to get it or not

 

i have the prob all the time. Ive been luck so far, all warnings.

 

California does not allow tint on the front windows. I have been pulled over twice for tint on the front windows. It is just a fix it ticket so you can either pay the fine and leave it on or remove it and pay the smaller fine. I did notice that the fine the 2nd time around was almost double at $125.00.

 

If you're going to copy paste WHOLE law on a forum, read it. The limit for the back is 35% and the front is 50% as I underlined and bolded. That part you highlighted in red talks about SUVs and Pickups....


""multi-purpose passenger vehicle" means any motor vehicle that is (i) designed to carry no more than ten persons and (ii) constructed either on a truck chassis or with special features for occasional off-road use."

If it has to be BOTH (i) and (ii) then I don't think they are describing an Evo so no "off road vehicle" loophole there...

 

Although there are no "quotas" their performance is measured by things like the amount of tickets they write. If a cop is on the highway for 8 hours and does nothing but catch speeders all day how do you think he'll look when he returns with like three tickets? In the real world there are loopholes for everything and the world is not just black and white. It isn't until way after college you realize that no matter how much you think you know now.

 

You're reading it wrong.

"multi-purpose passenger vehicle" means any motor vehicle that is (i)designed to carry no more than ten person and (ii) constructed either on a truck chassis or with special features for occasional off-road use."

 

And You're still not reading the whole thing.


"No sun-shading or tinting films may be applied or affixed to the rear side windows or rear window or windows of any motor vehicle operated on the highways of this Commonwealth that reduces the total light transmittance of such window to less than thirty-five percent;

2. No sun-shading or tinting films may be applied or affixed to the front side windows of any motor vehicle operated on the highways of this Commonwealth that reduces total light transmittance of such window to less than fifty percent;"


Notice the word "ANY". That right there is why the ticket will stick. If your on the streets of VA with ANY MOTOR VEHICLE with tint darker that what it says then you're breaking the law.

 

And....You're not reading this part....

G. Nothing in this section shall prohibit applying to the rear side windows or rear window of any multi-purpose passenger vehicle or pickup truck sun-shading or tinting films that reduce the total light transmittance of such window or windows below thirty-five percent.


In layman's terms for you?

"Regardless what all of the stuff above this says, you can still tint your back windows dark as hell as long as you are a multi-passenger vehicle or your vehicle has provisions for occasional off-road use."

 

**** the police.

 

I've got pulled over for speeding.... instead he give me a fix it ticket for my tint, 10 bucks for processing fee.... lucky me!!!!!!

 

Dang thats weird i thought that 35% was legal tint in most of the states..find out about your rules and regulation in your area and if you are with in the regulations take what you found and go fight it in court...

if they say that you could wavie it if the fronts come off then it must not be legal in your state to have the fronts tinted....

 

Kind of reminds me when I got a ticket for speeding. Its like yeah dude I'm breaking the law, but as if!