Originally Posted by isphius (Post 529072)

I remember hearing a story of someone finding a dead NJ state trooper on the highway with a shotgun wound to the chest and shattered tinted glass everywhere, and that was when they did something about the tint laws, although i have no idea how true that is. I mean, cops can be ********** but nobody should ever get killed for doing their job, and if it helps at all, i dont mind one bit

Originally Posted by sweetbmxrider (Post 529046)

yeah well you are cool but some people aren't. you never know who you are stopping....

Originally Posted by 79T/A (Post 529239)

Nothing to do with window tint.

http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/fugitives/dt/chesimard_jd.htm

Originally Posted by 79T/A (Post 512922)

Here we go again!

The statute is 39:3-75, "Safety Glass." The majority of it states that all vehicles made after 1935 MUST have safety glass or "approved safety glazing" for the purpose of safety in accidents. The very last paragraph is what people get pulled over and ticketed for:

"No person shall drive any motor vehicle equipped with safety glazing material which causes undue or unsafe distortion of visibility or equipped with unduly fractured, discolored or deteriorated safety glazing material, and the director may revoke the registration of any such vehicle."

arOck, NOWHERE in the statute does it say the the side windows and rear windows are alright to tint. If it seems too dark, the officer can stop you for it no matter where it is. It basically leaves window tinting to the discretion of the officer. If you've actually seen this in print somewhere, please let me know, I'm genuinely curious as I've heard the same thing throughout my life but never actually seen it.

There is definitely a safety issue for officers when a lot of window tinting is involved, especially at night. But that's not anywhere in the statute either.

39:3-75.1 says that tinting is allowed for medical reasons.

Hope this helps.

Originally Posted by 79T/A (Post 529618)

Didn't mean to sound like a tool bag; cop killers just make me angry, especially one that remains at large and insists that she is innocent. The car Chesimard was in was stopped for a defective tail light on the Turnpike. Three people in the car, all members of the Black Panthers and/or the Black Liberation Army. The driver was pulled from the vehicle during a pat down search, the trooper who responded as backup found a magazine (Or clip, for those who watch too much TV). He held it up for the other trooper and said, "Hey, look what I found!" Chesimard reportedly opened fire with an automatic weapon. One of the suspects was killed and Trooper Werner Foerster was shot and killed with his own gun.

She subsequently escaped from prison and fled to Cuba, where she reportedly lives. What really grinds my gears (To quote Peter Griffin) is that she had the audacity to publish an autobiography making herself out to be a hero of the "revolution against the pig powers of amerika." Today, there are many liberals of all races who still openly support this animal, which is why I get a bit touchy. Sorry again to sound like a tool bag.