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steveincowtown wrote:A bit off topic, but useful for the thread. Get a letter from your eye doctor, apply for a tint waiver and then you can tint anything but your front window as dark as you like it.

https://www.txdps.state.tx.us/rsd/vi/co ... owTint.htm

A couple of benefits:

- Reduced eye strain.
- Everything in my vehicle is by default "concealed from common view."
- Reduced AC usage. I have a Mega Cab and there is a lot of air to keep cool in that thing.

Jusme wrote:Sorry I hate to beat a dead horse, but did the officer have a light meter to check your window tint? It must allow at least 35 percent of the light in on the front passenger and driver's windows. It can be darker on the back doors and rear window if you have exterior rear view mirrors. We never even gave a warning if we couldn't verify it with a meter that we carried.

Still just curious

cbunt1 wrote:

houstonag wrote: Thanks! You're not missing anything. I can't make this up. He told me the reason I was being arrested was because my truck was unsafe to drive and put other people at risk. So he arrested me and impounded my truck. It costed more to get my truck out of the impound lot than it did to bail myself out.

That sounds about right. I can completely believe it going down like that. Like I said, strange things happen, and while they eventually wash off, the do leave scars.

Fortunately, a class "C" is not going to disqualify you. It may not even create enough hassle to require all the paperwork for DPS, but I suspect that it wouldn't be a bad idea to have it on hand, put it in the files/safe just in case you ever need it again.

I've seen silly things come up for people over the years that were supposed to "go away" but didn't, and then when they have to dig up records from 10-20-30 years ago, it's almost impossible to find them. I now know that my little incident never generated any official paper, but I only know that from having to check into it.

parabelum wrote:So, LEO makes contact with you because of your tint. You comply and are cooperative. LEO places you under arrest?

What am I missing?


Welcome to the Forum!

nightmare69 wrote:Search incident to arrest. Did the LEOs ask to search and you declined?

Keith B wrote:Welcome to the forum.

Did they just take you in and make you pay a fine? or did you actually get fingerprinted and photographed?

If the later, then yes, you need to list the arrest and get a copy of the disposition showing it was resolved. If you just went in and paid a fine, then you shouldn't have to list it.