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Originally Posted by tennis4789
christ ur right. Sorry bout that. On my crackberry n some days I can't read.
Ok...federal vs. State? There r no federal cops.
When I was in af in ohio they had strict rules on window tinting. Buddy had super dark tint. He got Texas plates instead of Ohio since tinting was legal in tx at time.
Guess police can always ticket me for speeding n throw in fix it. don't know but seems like if I am licensed in illinois just have to b legal in illinois. If I am driving in CA can't ticket me for different exhaust even tho legal in IL or could b if I would fix my o2  .
Probably just comes down to....without mirrors I would b more likely to get pulled out of crowd since normally I go five to nine over. |
To be honest, you can be ticketed in any area you're driving for violating a law
in that area.
Your plate doesn't determine jurisdiction. IOW - just because his tint was legal in the state of registration, doesn't mean that he couldn't be ticketed for it in the area that he's operating.
The law says that ignorance is not an excuse, FYI.
Chances are, they let him go on the tint because, contrary to popular belief, cops don't (usually) chase "out of towners" around. It's counter-productive.
The point about the FMVSS is that it does exist, and vehicles are governed by federal law, not state laws. That's not saying that you can't get away with no side mirror, just saying that it's still illegal federally, even if not in your state. "State government may impose laws above and beyond those federal regulations in question, but may not impose any ruling which supersedes federal rulings."
I believe there are only a few places that don't follow, one being Texas, and any other state (Oklahoma, recently) who has declared sovereignty from the Federal Directives. (That doesn't mean that Federal Law doesn't have jurisdiction there, but it does mean that the state can/will make rulings superseding those federal rulings.)