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It was a great idea actually. Why is there no need for it?
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A think a better question is: Why *is* there a need for it? The only explanation I've ever heard is to protect the cop during a traffic stop. Yet the tint on the rear window can be 'limo style.' If you're approaching from the rear, a bad guy can shoot through the back window same as he can through a side window.
There's no need for a law on window tint. Many people are sensitive to the sun -- they burn, it hurts their eyes, etc. Even eye doctors will tell you that you need to limit your eyes' exposer to the sun. But if you can't have your side windows tinted, you're doing nothing but ruining your eyes with sunlight.
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I've actually made stops before based on running front license plates. Actually, just last week a BOL came out on a plate on a felony hit and run (some pedestrian got ran over) and I caught the guy becuse he was behind me. If the guy didn't have a plate, I probably wouldn't have looked twice. Do you think the victim and their family is a little grateful for the law?
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Oh goodie. The "victim appreciation" card. I love those. I bet the victim and their family would be happier if the cops were able to prevent the crime to begin with. Or perhaps they'd be happier if California self and home defense laws were like they are in Texas.
That you just "happened" to catch a guy by his front plates isn't really a convincing argument. That's somehow like you're trying to suggest the guy would go un-caught forever were it not for those front plates. I think you just got lucky, honestly. The truly bad guys who flaunt their lack of respect for the laws wouldn't have a front plate for you to see anyway. It's kinda like a person who's messed up enough mentally to do a school shooting doesn't care that there's a sign saying "No guns allowed" on the campus.
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It's called government that you help elect.
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Incorrect. Many of these laws were on the books before I was even voting age. So I had no hand in creating them or putting them in place.
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Do you suggest we should do away with states/state laws and fall under one set of laws? Say, California standards?
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If you want the laws to be seen as less arbitrary, yes. One state's standards should be applied. I think Texas has wonderful laws. Sure, they have laws for front plates and window tint -- but unless your car has limo tint on the windows, they don't really care. I was pulled over by a cop who saw me front the front and he didn't even see fit to "mention" anything about my lack of a front plate.
As every state is different, though, it's lame to drive cross-country and be illegal in one state and then legal in another. Are you telling me that my tint or whatever is magically so much more nefarious simply because I crossed a state line? I doubt it.