Hi. I live in Ga. I just got a ticket for tinted windows. I tinted my windows recently, when it was legal (before I knew there was a tint law that had been revoked and then reinstated) because I have been stalked once - he tried to follow me home after pulling up next to me to see if I was a woman...case of mistaken id, don't know. It was scary - he finally went away after I pulled into a police station. And then it happened again! With a different guy! Except this guy REALLY chased me. I was not familiar with the area and I did not have my phone with me, so I just outdrove him eventually. He kept getting out as if to confront me at lights, and of course, I would get going when he did that. It may seem silly, but having had this happen twice,
Unfortunately, I have developed an anxiety (to my amazement, there is a name for it!) of being targeted in the car. Mind you, I had my baby in the car with me one of the times. Go figure. Dumb luck for me, I guess, being targeted in the car! I haved lived in LA, NY, Atlanta and Boston. Walked alone in all of them. But I was and still am scared and hyper-aware and anxious with being in the car targeted. So much so, that I break out in sweats and shake. I just didn't know what to do. And to top it off, I am an RE agent so I must drive a lot! What hell was this? LOL
So, my choices were: get a permit for a gun and use it, or, get my windows tinted so that the next nut would just move on. What you can't see you can't fool with, and as you all know, men are the visual sex as I have understood. As I don't feel comfortable with a gun and having 6 and 4 year old girls, this was my choice. Even an officer who was AT the tint shop having his PERSONAL car done told me, after I relayed the story to him: "Go ahead and do it. We pull over people who look like drug dealers, not a nice car like yours." So, I went ahead and did it. Now everyone says, "Find that officer and have him corroborate your story. No way. The man gave his honest opinion, and no way will I fault him for that.
So I was pulled over right after this law changed again, and I rolled down my windows out of respect for the officer and so that he could see me. My tint is so light that you can see through it standing on a hill! This officer rudely asked me to put my window back up. I asked why, and he said that my tint was illegal. Color ME surprised! I told him the story, and he ignored me and sat a light meter on my tint. Then he wrote me a ticket for it, and as I tried to explain what had happened and ask him for advice on how to handle it within the limits of the new laws, and if he could warn me for now, he told me he would take me to jail if I did not be quiet and sign the ticket! And in front of my 4 year old!
What I REALLY don't get is that when I found my receipt, it was done when the law said it was legal, and the receipt said that the VLR (?)% was 35%!!! The new law here says, "(2) Which has material and glazing applied or affixed to the rear windshield or the side 11 or door windows, which material and glazing when so applied or affixed reduce light 12 transmission through the windshield or window to less than 32 percent, plus or minus 3 13 percent, or increase light reflectance to more than 20 percent."
My receipt says 35%, and the ticket only says, "excessive tint." I am not less than 32%!!!
Please help.
Unfortunately, I have developed an anxiety (to my amazement, there is a name for it!) of being targeted in the car. Mind you, I had my baby in the car with me one of the times. Go figure. Dumb luck for me, I guess, being targeted in the car! I haved lived in LA, NY, Atlanta and Boston. Walked alone in all of them. But I was and still am scared and hyper-aware and anxious with being in the car targeted. So much so, that I break out in sweats and shake. I just didn't know what to do. And to top it off, I am an RE agent so I must drive a lot! What hell was this? LOL
So, my choices were: get a permit for a gun and use it, or, get my windows tinted so that the next nut would just move on. What you can't see you can't fool with, and as you all know, men are the visual sex as I have understood. As I don't feel comfortable with a gun and having 6 and 4 year old girls, this was my choice. Even an officer who was AT the tint shop having his PERSONAL car done told me, after I relayed the story to him: "Go ahead and do it. We pull over people who look like drug dealers, not a nice car like yours." So, I went ahead and did it. Now everyone says, "Find that officer and have him corroborate your story. No way. The man gave his honest opinion, and no way will I fault him for that.
So I was pulled over right after this law changed again, and I rolled down my windows out of respect for the officer and so that he could see me. My tint is so light that you can see through it standing on a hill! This officer rudely asked me to put my window back up. I asked why, and he said that my tint was illegal. Color ME surprised! I told him the story, and he ignored me and sat a light meter on my tint. Then he wrote me a ticket for it, and as I tried to explain what had happened and ask him for advice on how to handle it within the limits of the new laws, and if he could warn me for now, he told me he would take me to jail if I did not be quiet and sign the ticket! And in front of my 4 year old!
What I REALLY don't get is that when I found my receipt, it was done when the law said it was legal, and the receipt said that the VLR (?)% was 35%!!! The new law here says, "(2) Which has material and glazing applied or affixed to the rear windshield or the side 11 or door windows, which material and glazing when so applied or affixed reduce light 12 transmission through the windshield or window to less than 32 percent, plus or minus 3 13 percent, or increase light reflectance to more than 20 percent."
My receipt says 35%, and the ticket only says, "excessive tint." I am not less than 32%!!!
Please help.

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