Pulled Over By Cops for Tinted Windows. Can I Avoid Court?
Cops pulled me over and gave me gave me ticket for tinted windows and told me to go to court, but I bought the car like that. Is there a law against having tinted windows in Chicago??
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This is incorrect, IL does permit tinted windows in the front with a doctor permsssion, say for example if you had catarac operation which was my case and your eyes are sensative to bright light. The state also gives you a special plate, it has black letters opposed to black letters like other plates.
Illinois law does not allow tinted windows adjacent to the driver and passenger side windows. The only tint allowed on a windshield is that at the very top (6 inches or less). This is an excerpt from the Illinois code:
(625 ILCS 5/12?503) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12?503)
Sec. 12?503. Windshields must be unobstructed and equipped with wipers.
(a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any sign, poster, window application, reflective material, nonreflective material or tinted film upon the front windshield, sidewings or side windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver.
A nonreflective tinted film may be used along the uppermost portion of the windshield if such material does not extend more than 6 inches down from the top of the windshield. Nothing in this Section shall create a cause of action on behalf of a buyer against a dealer or manufacturer who sells a motor vehicle with a window which is in violation of this Section.
This has been the law in Illinois for many years. A few states do allow tinting, but if your vehicle is registered here in the state of Illinois, it must come into compliance.
Tinting IS allowed on the rear and rear passenger windows as long as the vehicle is equipped with side mirrors.
If you remove the tint and provide some proof to the judge, he may dismiss the fine on the ticket.