Anyone get a "noncorrectable" violation for their tinted windows
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Anyone get a "noncorrectable" violation for their tinted windows
Anyone in California that has gone through this headache? I'm not sure what I have to do. I got the ticket in LA from CHP. There isn't a fine on the ticket. Only a court date [In LA and I live in San Diego... do I have to drive back up there to take care of this?]. Help
Last edited by RBnSD; 04-15-12 at 05:27 PM.
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My advice, pay the ticket and fix your tint. Not worth the hassle.
#3
this happened to my friend. What he did is he fixed the tint and got a cop to sign off on the ticket then went to the court date and asked the judge to have it switched to a fix it ticket which they did and he only paid 50 bucks instead of a hundred something.
#4
i live in south FL and got a ticket for my tints when i went to Orlando. cop gave me the same exact citation with no fine or fix it. i had to call the number on the citation to find out how much i had to pay. you dont have to go to court, just have to pay
#7
Thanks everyone for your input. From all you've given me the common denominator is it looks like I have to lose the tint. I'll call the courthouse and see if I can get the fine amount and hopefully this can all be handled via local CHP and USPS.
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Mine are dark, my front sides are close to limo. But any % tint on your front windows in California is illegal.
Mine are dark, my front sides are close to limo. But any % tint on your front windows in California is illegal.
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#8
Happened to my Brother in law. I took tint off and got officer signed off. He didn't went to the court, just paid ($25) at traffic window and no need to show up in court room (unless you had tinted window ticket recently)
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The other thing is that in WA, they allow the front/passenger side to be tinted so its fine for me.
I also have the front windsheild tinted which no one will notice because it's at 80%.
On the side, Canada tint laws is enforced because the police have the authority to cut/slash an illegal tint on the spot with a razor blade at their discretion. I've heard that some people try to explain/avoid their way out of the question why the window was tinted. Sometimes they get pulled for odd reasons (can be pulled over for probable cause) - how come your windows were down when its dark (includes sometimes dark and raining!)? One them included to the point the offer knew the driver was saying non-sense their say out that he/she instructed the driver to raise the windows up. Getting the fine is bad enough, but getting it slashed, is a more serious because you have to show that the it removed on a certain date otherwise face a few hundred dollar fine on top of the fine. The slash is a way to forcing the driver to get the illegal tint off.
Last edited by Sango; 04-16-12 at 12:09 PM.
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Personally, I would prefer a non-correctable ticket. This means you pay the fine, but get to keep the tint. I suspect the officer saw that you were from San Diego when checking your license, and decided to do you a favor and save you the trip of driving back up to LA simply to have an officer verify that you removed the tint. The fine for a non-correctable violation may be higher than correctable, but you have to factor in the cost of removing the tint (and possibly re-tint after if you're gangsta), as well as the price of gas for you driving to and from SD/LA. I think in the end, this will end up working in your favor.
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Personally, I would prefer a non-correctable ticket. This means you pay the fine, but get to keep the tint. I suspect the officer saw that you were from San Diego when checking your license, and decided to do you a favor and save you the trip of driving back up to LA simply to have an officer verify that you removed the tint. The fine for a non-correctable violation may be higher than correctable, but you have to factor in the cost of removing the tint (and possibly re-tint after if you're gangsta), as well as the price of gas for you driving to and from SD/LA. I think in the end, this will end up working in your favor.
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#13
You can pay the ticket online, no need to go to the traffic window.
#14
I am in the same situation as you. I got non correct tint ticket. I believe it cost $200 to post bail and you get to keep the tint. Don't even have to show up to court. All you have to do is wait till the court send you the notice of the amount it cost to pay.
#15
Only correctable violations allow you to correct the violation, have it inspected by law enforcement, and pay a reduced fine.
Non-correctable is simply the fine, and does not allow you to correct the violation, as the name suggests. My point to RBnSD was that had the officer gave him a correctable violation, the inspection would have had to be done in the issuing county, in this case Los Angeles. Because he issued a non-correctable violation, he may simply pay the fine online from anywhere. The fine is higher, and my point was that because he did not have to prove correction of the violation in Los Angeles, the higher fine may not have been that much more relative to a correctable violation when you factor in additional costs.
In the end, you both got what you the officer issued, and you can't change it now. It sucks, I know. If it's any consolation, you get to keep your tint.