So as a non-IL resident, if I drive my (perfectly legal in my state) car with tint on it in that state, do I risk getting my license confiscated?

 

^^you will get ticketed

 

 

Theres absolutely no way hes going to get a ticket for window tint if hes driving from Dallas TX to NYC and crosses through IL.

 

Why not? If the cops are stooping so low as to solicit cash bribes from residents, it's not that much of a stretch for them to pressure out-of-state drivers about tint. (For example, a town in Texas is being sued for confiscating cash from innocent out-of-state drivers passing through. Also, VA will give you a ticket for using a radar detector - and will even confiscate it, from what I understand.

 

Section 1. The purpose of this Act is to allow drivers or
5 passengers of motor vehicles to protect themselves from skin
6 cancer, while at the same time to protect the environment from
7 the harmful emissions created by the excessive and unnecessary
8 use of vehicle air-conditioning systems.


this part ^^^^^ basically neglects

this part:

Section 5. The Illinois Vehicle Code is amended by changing
10 Section 12-503 as follows:

11 (625 ILCS 5/12-503) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 12-503)
12 Sec. 12-503. Windshields must be unobstructed and equipped
13 with wipers.
14 (a) No person shall drive a motor vehicle with any sign,
15 poster, window application, reflective material, nonreflective
16 material or tinted film upon the front windshield, sidewings or
17 side windows immediately adjacent to each side of the driver,
18 except as provided in this subsection and subsections (a-5),
19 (a-7), and (a-9) of this Section. A nonreflective tinted film
20 may be used along the uppermost portion of the windshield if
21 such material does not extend more than 6 inches down from the
22 top of the windshield.

 

[QUOTE=Elistan,Jun 10 2009, 07:57 AM] Why not?

 

Speaking of Arizona, Utah and Tint..... My brother was driving through Utah in his Arizona plated vehicle. He was pulled over because the officer thought the window tint was to dark. The officer pulls out a window tint meter, measures his tint, looks up the Arizona law (side windows must be atleast 33%) and informs my brother that his 20% limo tint is not legal. The cop offers that my brother can either remove it on the spot or get a ticket. The cop provided the scraper.

I had heard of this before and thought it was an urban legend until my brother got back to Arizona with his tint scraped off.

http://www.tintcenter.com/laws

 

I had a situation like that happen. I was pulled over in WY for no front plate. I lived in UT at the time. The cop looked up the law for UT regarding front plates and issued me a ticket (or maybe it was a warning...dont remember).

 

CA sucks for not allowing ANY front-side tint. It really should be some % transmission limit, just for traffic-stop officer safety.