Window Tint penalties

I wouldn't worry.

 

First, the cop had to 'sign out' at shift start the meter that tests light passing. Right there your ahead...

 

My truck. 40% windshield and 15% on sides. Got 3 fixit tickets

If you have a problem with getting pulled over then dont do it. That is just one more excuse for them to pull you over.

If you don't care and got nothing to worry about then do it.

The sun will turn your face into a rasen after years of driving and I will not let that happen to me.

Edit: everything I own has overly done things to it. My daily car is 5% all around and windshield at 30

 

That's true; skin cancer is very common with truck drivers, especially on the left side of the face and back of the hands. Those brown spots aren't "age spots", they're pre-cancerous spots due to sun damaged skin. The various states don't care; they're just interested in the money.

 

Yes sir. Saw a guy who has been driving for id assume 20+ years the left side of his face was really leathery looking.(hence why I said raisen) Hard to describe. I'd rather prevent it now. I have yet to get crap for it in ca, but Utah and Nevada are really picky. Sucks when it's blasting rain,snow, to try and roll the windows Down. I tell them how it is and take the ticket and move on with my day.

 

none of my windows in any vehicle have any tint added on. they came stock with 23%. all my vehicles have been 23%. so i'm pretty sure that's a standard number for any glass.

yes i have a light meter. i used to be a state certified safety inspector. light meters are just one peice of required equipment.

unless you can find an additional 7% to add on. your going to be over the limit.

in utah, used to be the back windows could be whatever. i'm not sure on the law now, i'd have to look at the state published inspection manual. there used to be tint shops all over the valley. they've all since long closed up.

 

23% standard? That's pretty dark. A car will not come from the factory like that. That's for sure.,but on another note I always see cars with 5% in Utah I think dark tint may be legal out there. But just because a car can have tint don't mean the truck can too. Commercial vehicles legal tint is like 55% or something like that where it's almost nothing on the windows. I found this out the hard way in Utah scales when he pulled out the tint meter and told,me to open my window lol.

 

your thinking the other way around. 23% is light, 87% is dark.

ALL vehicles come with 23%. give or take 1 %. cars, semis, ALL.

that means 77% light is allowed through the window.

utah, the law is 70% light transmittance. aything less is a failure on safety inspection.