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Old 08-29-2010, 08:34 PM   #1
Midnight Maro
 
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Law Enforcement Members - Help me understand the law!

So I was driving home today and I pull up to six Georgia State cops standing on the side of the road stopping everyone. An elder State Trooper asks for my license which is from Illinois. I'm on temporary assignment in Georgia at the moment. He then goes on to tell me that my tint is illegal in Georgia because the max in Georgia is 32%. (my tint is 35%, which is less tinted right??) I told the officer that I believe the tint is 35% and not illegal and he gives me the rant about him doing this Job for 15 years and he can tell if its darker or not. I wasn't trying to be rude to the cop or tell him that his eye sight is getting worse, but I tried to explain if it is darker than the limit then I didn't know it was because I ordered 35% when I got it done. He then makes me pull over to the side of the road and pulls out his window meter and it reads 33%. He then tells goes on me that the tint strip I have on my front window is illegal because it is 10 inches thick and the limit in Georgia is 6 inches. (I measured when I got home and it is 4.5 inches in the center and 7 inches on the edge due to the curve of the window.) Besides this cop being a complete jerk to me, what was going on here.

I guess my real question is, if my car is registered in Illinois, my license is from Illinois and I don't live in Georgia. Can I get a ticket for not meeting the Georgia tinting laws even though they meet the requirement for Illinois?

He let me go without a warning or a ticket, but I'm starting to think that it was because he didn't have a case and was just giving me hell because he was jealous I'm crusing in my '10 Camaro.

Thoughts? Responses? I'm really curious here.
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