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LSP to launch safety campaign on illegal window tint, license plate covers

Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:11 am
Posted by Will Cover
St. Louis, MO
Member since Mar 2007
38546 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:11 am
Coming soon to other Troops.

WAFB - Full Story
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GRAY, La. (WAFB) - Louisiana State Police Troop C announced it is launching an enforcement campaign targeting illegal dark window tint and license plate coverings on vehicles.

Troopers stated the campaign’s goal is to ensure compliance with state regulations and enhance public safety. Concerns about the dangers of excessively darkened windows, which impair visibility for drivers, pedestrians, and law enforcement officers, prompted this initiative. Additionally, in hit-and-run incidents, obscured license plates hinder vehicle identification, complicating investigations and delaying justice for victims.


I have 5 % all the way around, but my vehicle is not registered in Louisiana.

Are state vehicles exempt from this law? I ask, because I see many police vehicles with 5 % all the way around.
This post was edited on 4/27/24 at 8:12 am
Posted by GeauxldMember
Member since Nov 2003
4388 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:14 am to
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Are state vehicles exempt from this law? I ask, because I see many police vehicles with 5 % all the way around.


Rules for thee; not for me.
Posted by brass2mouth
NOLA
Member since Jul 2007
19691 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:15 am to
quote:

Are state vehicles exempt from this law? I ask, because I see many police vehicles with 5 % all the way around.


Yea

quote:

C. The provisions of this Section do not apply to any of the following:

(4) Publicly owned law enforcement vehicles other than those vehicles owned or used by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
Posted by baseballmind1212
Missouri City
Member since Feb 2011
3258 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:18 am to
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ask, because I see many police vehicles with 5 % all the way around.


I believe they are. So are the state vehicles the officials roll around in. If the car has exempt tags it would have to kill someone to get pulled over.
Posted by PapaPogey
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
39506 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:19 am to
Damn, I just tinted my whole windshield
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
120276 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:20 am to
Nice to see law enforcement going after the big crime problems in this state

How about they go after all the obvious fake temp tags and uninsured drivers?
This post was edited on 4/27/24 at 8:23 am
Posted by Big4SALTbro
Member since Jun 2019
14899 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:21 am to
Yea my biggest issue with tint is the police can have blacked out windows and it’s somehow safe but others can’t.
Posted by Zephyrius
Wharton, La.
Member since Dec 2004
7939 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:22 am to
Holden's denied me a break tag because of my window tint.

No I roll up with the windows down to get a break tag.
Posted by PapaPogey
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
39506 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:25 am to
They don’t want you to see them texting and driving or sitting in their cars sleeping on duty
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
38525 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:25 am to
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No I roll up with the windows down to get a break tag


Can’t catch a brake eh?
Posted by lsut2005
Northshore
Member since Jul 2009
2602 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:26 am to
quote:

Holden's denied me a break tag because of my window tint.


That place reminds me of deliverance lol
Posted by Will Cover
St. Louis, MO
Member since Mar 2007
38546 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:26 am to
All my future vehicles will have 5 % tint. It makes a huge difference. And I am not speaking about privacy, although I do enjoy that benefit. I think it looks better (no differences in shade from front to back to rear), and the upper tier tint also has more reflective properties that help reduce the inside temperature of the vehicle when it bakes in the summer sun.
Posted by Potchafa
Avoyelles
Member since Jul 2016
3217 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:27 am to
Nevermind the crime, drugs and thugery. Let's give them a ticket for dark tint!
Posted by PapaPogey
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
39506 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:28 am to
Agreed. If I get a $200 ticket every year for the rest of my life, so be it. I’m not driving around in a fish bowl.
Posted by Meauxjeaux
98836 posts including my alters
Member since Jun 2005
39961 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:31 am to
I always wonder why they would not just pass a law where if you get pulled over, you have to roll your windows down.

If the driver does not roll windows down, it’s another citation on whatever ticket they’re getting.

Window tint is a phenomenal thing for South Louisiana vehicles. Refusing it for everyone is corporal punishment.
Posted by El Segundo Guy
SE OK
Member since Aug 2014
9602 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:31 am to
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Nevermind the crime, drugs and thugery. Let's give them a ticket for dark tint!


Window tint is just a reason to initiate a traffic stop.

To give them a reason to then look for illegal activity. Basically stop and frisk, but for vehicles.
This post was edited on 4/27/24 at 8:33 am
Posted by Big4SALTbro
Member since Jun 2019
14899 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:34 am to
I guess you could just pay a doctor and get a exemption
Posted by RougeDawg
Member since Jul 2016
5861 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:35 am to
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Window tint is just a reason to initiate a traffic stop.


Except the only places they will enforce this is where soccer moms frequent.
Posted by The People
LSU Alumni
Member since Aug 2008
4209 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:36 am to
Window tint enforcement in a state that allows law enforcement to order the driver from a vehicle in addition to concealed carry of handguns without a license is nothing more than a money grab.

Window tint also helps deter the theft of weapons from vehicles. You know, the kind of weapons used in most homicides.

Hail, hail Highway Patrol. Those six figure salaries to inspect tread tires on big rigs don’t pay themselves.
This post was edited on 4/27/24 at 8:39 am
Posted by CoachChappy
Member since May 2013
32543 posts
Posted on 4/27/24 at 8:40 am to
Why don’t they launch a safety campaign against murder?
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