i had my windows tinted a few months ago and i had the front 2 done to 35%, and the back five done to 20%. i got pulled over going 80 on 93 south where the speed limit is 65 and the cop chose me out of the 500 people on the highway going 80.(i guess thats whta happens when you make your car eyecatching) haha. well anyways, the cop tested my rears and said they were 14%!!!!!!! i was pissed. i know the windows were only done to 20% but he wouldnt listen. i thought the window tint limit was 20% in the rear?? can anyone elaberate on this?? whats the window tint limit in Mass?? and what do you guys think i should do?? help!! i dont have $250

 

Try regional forums ...

 

First of all, I'm going to keep the hell out of Billerica.... I have the same tint percentage as you and have not been bothered by anyone. I believe the law has changed to 35% all around or just the window behind the driver's window has to be 35%, I'm not sure. You can look it up on a Mass law website. Yikes! $250. is a steep ticket!!! You're a kid in a flashy car, what do you expect? Try going to court and fight it, maybe you'll get it reduced. Good luck.

 

Google is your friend... http://www.tintdude.com/laws.html

 

maybe he was being nice and gave you a ticket for a non-moving violation that won't go on your insurance vs. a speeding ticket... that will...?

 

Take the tint off your windows then talk to the prosecutor and get your fine reduced. Then either slow down or make your car a little less noticable.

Pretty simple......really.

 

billerica mass!! ha they harrassed me for "passing a solid line" on a road that had no lines! do u have a sticker? that may be your saving grace...be like i bought the car like this and got a sticker so i didint think it was a big deal!

 

ya it sucks.. i didnt knwo the limit was 35 all around. oh well. ill def use that sticker tactic though. maybe the courts will at least reduce it.

 

Sorry to hear, but I should start to worry-I have got 13% all around except windshield and my car is registered in MA

 

is that tint law site for real? 70% all around for NY, thats like making tints illegal period

 

If your plates are from MA, I wouldn't worry. A lot of cops don't even know their own states laws let alone other states.

 

I thought the stock windows had some ubsurdly low tint grade already applied (like 95% or something) embedded in the glass.

If this is true, if you had 20%, then when *tested* (how did he come up with an exact percentage on the side of the hwy anyways?) it would be ~15% or so...

 

I'm going to college in NY state, but the car is registered in CT. CT is 35% all around, but I will be getting 22% done on every window except my windshield.

While I know even this is illegal, when pulled over in another state, do tint rules apply for the state in which you are in, or the state the car's registered in???

 

They have a device that hooks up to your window to tell %

 

That little sticker basically says that the shop complied with the applicable laws when installing the tint. And while the paper is 20%, the glass deflects a small amount of light. Tomservo would be about right with the percentage. So 14-15% sounds about right...Talk to the judge, I'm sure he/she will listen a bit more.

Kismet

 

Registered, since you really can't be held liable for laws in states you're passing through - like in MD, you wouldn't get fined for not having a front plate if you were reg'ed in TN or another single-plate state.

Chances are they wouldn't even care, especially not enough to find out what the other state's laws are on it. Hmm...I wonder if they have any sort of power enforcing another state's laws in that case.

 

dmv in NC says you can have 32% in nc as legal limit... but the legal window tint is 35%.. cops are gay they have a meter to check your windows, i had to take my 20% off

 

Man I hope so...I can't wait for the tint!

 

35% all around. They changed the law 2 years ago. Before you were able to do 35% fronts and limo in the rears. Not Anymore....!

 

Oh crappola, I hope I don't get stopped then, because I have 20% in the rears. Well, I behave myself on the road anyway. My car is not too flashy to attract cops.

 

Illinois is weird like that too. NO limit in the back, but drivers and f. passengers windows cant have any. oh well ill just get 35% all around and call it a day

 

dam its like 30 a window up here, well 60 dollars for both windows

 

Billerica is named for a guy that got his head shot off by a cannonball, figures it would have messed up cops too. I am sometimes very glad I no longer live in the Commie Wealth of Taxachussetts anymore.
PA has laws, but as long you get the inspection sticker it doesn't matter. I have never heard of PA cops running around with a meter, and hopefully I never will. NJ cops on the other hand.....

 

the guy used that little friggan machine to test it.. i told him that i bought the car like that and it passed inspection.. jsut to be a **** he said, "well peel it off and show it to the judge, and he'll get rid of the fine" < **********