Post by Tony HwangHi,
My son got a $57.00 ticket for driving a car with tinted windows(an
original factory job, 2006 Subaru) Is there a new law came into effect
for this? Even if so, how a law can be retroactive? Any one know or
heard about this?
Are you sure it was "factory"? Might it have been added by the dealer
rather than Subaru? (Sometimes it's hard to tell. A friend had
aftermarket A/C added to her Tercel, and it looked like a factory
job.) If the customer wants something, it's sometimes easier to add it
to a car on the lot rather than ordering it from the factory and
making the customer wait a month.
It is the responsibility of the manufacturer to sell a product
suitable for its intended use. And once a product has been built and
sold, the government has real difficulty shutting it down. Cars built
before 1960 or so don't need seat belts. Cars built before 1966 or so
don't need any pollution control, and REAL pollution control isn't
needed on cars older than 1977 or so. If it was legal when you bought
it, you get to keep driving it. If it wasn't legal when you bought
it, you have a "suitability for intended use" lawsuit case.
A $57 fine happens just once. But it's still the same window. Is he
going to have to pay $57 every time that particular cop sees his car
on the road? Does he have to get the colour stripped from his
windows? CAN you strip the colour after it's applied?
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Tomorrow is today already.
Greg Goss, 1989-01-27