re: Window Tint Thread

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would him seeing you drive by count as reasonable suspicion to enter the vehicle? doesn't seem like it if he couldnt prove the tint was illegal because the windows are rolled all the way down and he can't see them anymore

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That’s not how this works. Imagine a cop pulling someone over for swerving. He has reasonable suspicion he’s drunk. The reasonable suspicion doesn’t go away because the car stopped and he isn’t swerving anymore. The reasonable suspicion standard was met when he observes the swerving. It doesn’t vanish later.

Or imagine a cop that pulls a car over that smells like alcohol and as he walks up and he sees the driver stuff something under the seat. He has reasonable suspicion. The fact that he can no longer see the concealed evidence has no impact on whether he has reasonable suspicion.

Same with the window situation. If he saw what he believed to be illegally tinted windows, he has reasonable suspicion at that point to inspect the windows. The reasonable suspicion doesn’t go away because you rolled the windows down. LOL. Efforts to prevent investigation and inspection have no impact on whether reasonable suspicion exists. Stated differently, reasonable suspicion doesn’t turn on whether the suspected criminal hides evidence. You can’t seriously think this is how it works.

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I remember getting illegal tint on my car and thinking it was cool

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My tint is 35% in Arkansas which is legal.

But in Louisiana I am now a hardened criminal that is a threat to society that needs to be fined by the state.

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This guy really doesn’t like window tint laws.

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I actually don't care about window tint laws in particular. Just stupid government overreach that's used to fine (tax) citizens and businesses. It's a pathetic way police departments and governments fund themselves because they run piss poor economic models.

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My tint is 35% in Arkansas which is legal.

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32% here in Alabama. But it also varies by vehicle type.

Passenger cars/station wagons are 32% all around. And the upper 6 inches of the windshield can be tinted. It then lists Multi-purpose passenger and recreational vehicles, which is just a long and drawn out way of saying trucks/vans/SUVs etc, and they have to have 32% on the front windows, but can go darker in the back.

I forget what we put on my wife's old Accord at the time, but I know the rear window was illegal. It had none from the factory, and we had a rear-facing infant car seat back there. The shop did legal tint for the front and rear side windows, and went pretty dark on the back window.