Today, I went to the police station to find out if the tint on my new car's windshield was too dark. The officer took one look, told me that windshield tints are illegal in California, and ticketed me. So much for being honest. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I got 20% tints on my car. As I'm driving home, a cop pulls me over. I didn't want to ruin my new tint by opening my window, so I opened my door as the cop approached. He then pulled out his gun and yelled "GET ON THE FUCKING GROUND!" before I could explain. FML
Today, I found a great parking spot but I wasn't sure if it was restricted by any means or of I could just park there for free. I asked a police officer walking by and he told me it was alright, only to come back 4 hours later to find a ticket on my windshield. FML
Today, I got pulled over by a cop. Since my window wasn't working, I opened the door, causing him to run towards me with a drawn gun. He then had a go at me with his night stick. After realizing my window was broken, he laughed and let me off with a warning. FML
Today, I received a ticket for not having my headlights on. The cop who pulled me over had a broken headlight. FML
Today, I was pulled over by a cop and was fined $210 for making an illegal u-turn. When the cop finished writing my ticket and hopped in his car, he made the same u-turn. FML
Today, I was pulled over. The cop stated that he "couldn't see" me because I had "blended in with the dark car background", and that it looked like no one was driving. I was literally pulled over for being black. FML
Today, a policeman pulled me over and proceeded to flirt with me. After I had rejected him, he gave me a ticket for "not paying attention to the road". FML
Today, I got pulled over for a busted tail light. The officer gave me a warning and told me to fix it. Ten minutes later I was pulled over again for the same busted tail light by the same cop. This time he wrote me a ticket. FML
Today, I got pulled over for a broken taillight. When I rolled down the window, the cop asked me if I was smoking crack. When I told him I didn't do drugs, he didn't believe me since he could detect a foul odor coming from my car. I'd just passed gas big time. FML
Today, I pulled up to a red light. My ex was in the next car, and my car's windows are so tinted that you can't see through them, so I flipped him off. I was driving my mom's car. FML
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Top comments
jbones24 22
Entirely different ballpark in terms of crime dude
ginger196 14
What shop let you get it so dark anyway?
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Comments (69)
mattrd_fml 31
don't most people just tint the windows and not the windshield?
begganboy16 12
Cops are assholes. Just last night I was driving home with my mom and we came to a traffic light. The light turned green for us just as a cop was driving up to the steer to our right at a four way intersection (this meant for him the light just turned red). The asshole turned on his lights and siren, forcing us to slam on the breaks, and he drives through the intersection. Not even 2 seconds after he exits the intersection he turns the lights off. What a dick
jacob2332 9
I'm from Cali too, and we just say "**** it" and run like 10% all the way around our trucks, haha.
PeaceFull 3
What about a verbal warning? Can you appeal? That is really bizarre and ...sad.
lazyslumber 18
You could have just googled it instead of going to the cops!
Mrs_Captain_Hook 12
Windshield tints are illegal if it is below the little arrows on your windshield. Many tinting places will still do it because it isn't them who get in trouble. It just costs a lot due to how big the windshield is. Windows in the back seat can be as dark as you want, but the front windows are not allowed to be tinted at all, but many cops allow it if you can be seen behind the tint. I have had experience with my tinted windows (I live in California) and I have my door windows (front and back door) as well as my back window tinted all at 20% and never have received a ticket for them. Why would you tint your windows before asking the cop? I checked my stuff out way before. You deserved it.
hooverm79 1
I'm a cop. The window thing isn't a big deal, I'm actually surprised he cited you. What people need to realize though is that as cops, we HATE tinted windows. There's thousands of cops that have been shot at a traffic stop and if the windows are so tinted that we can't see who's inside, we get nervous. I'm not saying all people who have tinted windows are bad, so don't go there. Just saying it's a safety thing.
glabberfasted 16
It's also a safety thing for drivers. It cools the inside of the car, and cuts the sun coming through so you can see better. I live in AZ, and literally every car has tinted windows. It's impossible to drive here in the summers without it.
sweetlysarcastic 3
seriously? that's like asking a cop if the blunt you're smoking has too much weed in it.
syed121417 22
But if weed is legal in a certain area, there are many places where pot is level, that wouldn't matter
ScooperScribbles 10
I don't see why this is an FML, or why so many people are saying that the cop was an asshole. It's illegal and any illegal move will have consequences, the cop was just doing his job. it doesn't matter that OP was honest. Illegal will still be illegal whether you hide it or not, and chances are OP would have gotten a ticket at some stage anyway. The right thing to do would have been asking before getting the tint.
ThymastarGT 11
Give the ticket to the people that tinted your car. They can't give you illegal tint unless they were out of state.
LisaDay 14
they might have bought a used car and have nobidea who tinted it. even if OP had it tinted themselves, it is not on the shop.
glabberfasted 16
They can still tint it to illegal levels. They hold absolutely no responsibility in the ticket - OP should have done their research like a normal person.