Of all things to get pulled over for, not the 20% tint not the exhaust but for a tinted license plate cover.


Over weight officer on motorcycle: Do you know why I pulled you over?

ME: No sir.....

Officer: Your illegal license plate cover

Me: Sir I was not aware the lightly smoked tint was illegal

Officer: Well the Gwinett County municipal code four dash one dash pull my finger alpha charlie echo 8215.86 scratch my butt do you wanna be the next Rodney Kings states that the cover is illegal and a safety hazard.


Me: Officer I will correct this infraction as soon as I get home.

officer: I have been trying to clean up this county for more than a year now and I see alot of young guys with BLAH BLAH BLAH pepboys E....I......E.....I......O BLAH BLAH loud mufflers and BLAH BLAH illegal tints



Bottom line I got a ticket for a Lighty smoked plate cover, I really wanted to ask him sir where were you 20 minutes ago when I was doing 90 in a 65 MPH zone.

This is in Georgia by the way.

Should've asked him.

yo i live in lawrenceville too
where was this? is it by gwinnett county or duluth police?

Near the 120/20 intersection near the Auto Zone I think I may have seen your car in the Grayson area on 84

And for the curious among us, why do you have a tinted cover over your license plate? What good does it do you?

Stereodude

Don't you know? It looks cool!

Dude the plate adds 5 hp. Actually it accented the tint of the vehicle and keep in mind this is not a dark tint THE TINT WAS SLIGHT, as I was 10-15 feet behind the the vehicle with the officer I clearly read the plate and even the sticker that is about 1 X 2 inches. I am not complaining because I was stopped, I think a warning would have been sufficent and I cold have removed the cover on the spot

"trying to clean this town up" His idea of doing this is issuing tickets to kids for illegal license plate covers. Wow.. what a hero.

my mom was stopped for this same reason a couple months ago, but she got off with a warning. but im sure the officer would have written me a ticket if it was me driving rather than someone in their mid 40's

i spoke with a cop i know in new jersey and he said even a clear plastic over the plater is illegal

i have a smoked license plate cover. it looks neat.
i got stopped by the popos about 3x after i had it
and they never said a word about it.

Yea, I have been drivng around in texas since 94 with smoked plate covers, the new one I have is actualy smoked, grey looking, and its not that dark, very slight. It helps the plate match my silver car actually, but I haven't been messed with it yet. Even clear covers are illegal here too.

Tinted plates are like tinted windows, the laws vary from state to state.

I actually had smoke plate cover in fron and in the back. And guess what???? I recieved 2 tickets for it. One I beat in Court because they not allowed to give 2 tickets for the same thing. So my advice if you are driving in NY do not put cover on your plates. Not worth it.

Ruslan

Same in CA.

can't even have a clear cover here in ct too

the reason why it is illegal to have a licence plate cover is because when a traffic camera tries to take a picture of you licence plate, all it will pick up is a glare

look on the packaging...."For Show or Off-Road Use only"

I had 20% tints and was stopped for smoked plate cover too! Baltimore County, Maryland

I have seen somewhere on the net, that there is a clear spray that can make you license plate glare when a picture is taken of it. Yet to the naked eye the plate seems normal. Has anyone heard of this?

I haven't seen this yet, but how would that work?

95emeraldgxe is dead on right for this one folks. That's exactly what the officer explained to my father as he was issuing him a $50 ticket for his tinted plate cover.

Is there any legit reason to "smoke" a license plate? Kinda like Photohopping a plate on the web. Why not just remove it altogether?

There's a sneaky guy in the office who has a dark colored thingy on his plate. Deosn't surprise me one bit.

I guess you're just a common criminal....

I have heard of spraying the plate with clear lacquer(so) and that will blur the plate in the sun if a pic is taken

i got ticketed for that tinted cover once too. the officer said he was gunna do me a favor and ticket me for that rather than runnin a yellow light

PAT- wanna give them something to give us a ticket for????

I drove around Atlanta for almost 5 years with a tinted license plate cover without any problems. I moved to KY, and, within a week, was given a friendly verbal warning by a cop stopped at a gas station. From his perspective, it was an obstruction to properly view the numbers on the license plate.

Same law in Cali... The difference here is Red Light Cameras snap a picture of your FRONT plate, thats why I wont put one on... Ive never been stopped for it, or ticketed..YET?

BTW pat, use

CLEAR finger Nail polish.. "supposed" to cause a glare on the camera's.. but i do not know for sure

some cops in CT bust ***** for the licens plate tint, I have gotten a warning a few years back but I never took it off and never got pulled over for it since,



Jay

Glad you are back no one has done 140+ in Atlanta since you left.

Later

I believe the same to be true in NY

My 99 Accord has a tinted plate cover that got me stopped in Old Bridge NJ by some ******** motorcycle cop on Route 9. He stops me as I'm pulling into a Honda dealership (carshopping). He also told me that clear plastic covers are illegal too. So because he fined me, I feel as though I fined the township back by not buying my Maxima in their municipality!! KMA Old Bridge!!

As for the 'hard to photograph' thing, it's BS. I've had the back of my Accord photographed a few times in the EZ Pass toll lanes (when the scan doesn't pickup) and promptly receive notices in the mail WITH a pic of the backend of my Accord and the plate (though tinted) is VERY clear (which IS how they know to mail it to me). (Granted I'm only going about 10mph.)

damn pat didnt know they got you like that. dont worry i still have to go to court for my 60 in a 30.