11-02-2014, 10:38 PM | #113 |
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Cops don't make the laws. However, they are under oath to enforce them. Not trying to be rude, but they're just doing their job. Say one cop overlooks tinted tail light because he disagrees with the law, so would it be right for another cop to decide he doesn't agree with drug laws and not enforce those?
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11-03-2014, 12:04 AM | #114 |
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Painted?!? That's why you got the ticket man. Painting your tail lights is potentially disastrous. Tinting still let's plenty of light through, but good lord man. Remove the paint.
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11-03-2014, 12:37 AM | #115 |
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learned my lesson in a hardway. now back to legal.
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11-03-2014, 01:07 AM | #116 |
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Yes, it must be stopped. There is most likely not a state in the country that does not assign LEO to road safety including moving violations or vehicle safety hazards. The notion of invalidating an entire state because someone was fined for vehicle safety violation on a vehicle is just a little nutty.
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11-03-2014, 11:43 AM | #117 |
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I think that blacked out tails can look okay but that should really be for shows, etc. The reason being that people tend to go too dark with it. I was behind someone with lightly tinted tails. They looked good and I was able to see the braking and signaling just fine. Then there was the Honda that had the super dark tint done and I could barely make out that they were braking. If I had not kept a really good following distance I probably would have nailed them.
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11-03-2014, 01:32 PM | #118 |
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I used Headlight Armor to tint my tail lights. But here's the thing - they offer different grades of tint. 50%, 30% and 20%. I went with 30% because it looked better, still shows some red reflection and - yes - it protects the tail lights, which was important to me as well. I chose NOT to go to totally black because I don't want a reason to be ticketed. I would never spray them jet black. That's a terrible idea IMO, especially when tint that protects the lights and can be removed in a matter of seconds is so, so cheap.
But here is my main issue - brake lights are either ON or OFF. There is no in between. The tinting does not show at ALL when the brake lights are activated. Having an element of reflection while the lights are OFF - how exactly does that make things safer? If anything, having too much reflection could cause someone to think you're braking when you aren't, and that's a bigger safety issue. If your tinting interferes with the look of the lights while the brake is depressed, you have major problems. In my case, there is zero function interference from the tinting material.
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11-04-2014, 06:05 PM | #121 |
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Hell, an expired inspection sticker cost me $52.50 back in 1983. Most local Texas cities were $20 to $35 for the ticket. The jerkoff town I got it in, generated revenue through traffic tickets.
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Bicycles ridden at night MUST have reflectors on them or face a fine, there's no reason a VEHICLE is exempt.
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11-04-2014, 07:52 PM | #123 |
if they cant see a car on side of the road they need there eyes checked and new headlights pretty hard to miss even a black car on side of road if actually paying attention to the road ... just saying street lights exist and so do headlights .. especially in a city so much light pollution it's never actually pitch black out
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nevermind haha.
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