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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Will it help to reduce the "crime surge" if police are allowed to pull drivers over for window tinting?[/b]

I mean, I think Jawando's bill is a bad idea because it will make the roads less safe. However, I don't think it will increase the numbers of bank robberies and homicides.[/quote]

Yes, it will help. Turns out that the type of person that makes illegal modifications to their car is the same type of person who often has outstanding warrants. The same thing goes for enforcing fare evasion.[/quote]

"Hi, I pulled you over because I decided your car windows are too dark, and therefore I want to check whether you have outstanding warrants." is not the kind of thing that increases public trust in the police. Just saying.[/quote]

Except the police officer didn't "decide" the windows were too dark. Legislators did that and if you don't like the law you should speak to your legislator. [/quote]

That's silly. The law prohibits "any window tinting materials added after manufacture of the vehicle that do not allow a light transmittance through the window of at least 35%". Who is able to accurately judge, when a car goes by, whether the window tinting is after market and allows only 30% (not legal) vs 35% (legal)? You can argue that the legislators have written a law that's impossible to enforce, and I would agree with that. But it's still the police officer deciding to do the given traffic stop based on the police officer's deciding that the windows are too dark. [/quote]

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