# Colonie is Steppin it up **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colonie-is-steppin-it-up/244213 **Category:** Shift518 Automotive **Created:** [May 18, 2009, 11:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colonie-is-steppin-it-up/244213 "2009-05-18T11:05:47Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 69
### Author: ![Boost\_Creep](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boost_creep/32/6366_2.png) [@Boost\_Creep](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boost_Creep) #### Post date: [May 19, 2009, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colonie-is-steppin-it-up/244213/69 "2009-05-19T07:30:32Z")
> [@anyone else in love with E34 M5's?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-else-in-love-with-e34-m5s/18319/3): > > I have 30% tint and when I’ve gotten pulled over, the cops bright as spot light lit me up. They can see inside. They can see enough to see me fidgeting, that’s for sure. > > Why aren’t FL cops clamoring/petitioning for tint laws? I would imagine they feel unsafe as well. They aren’t. It’s not about safety. > > Exactly… Straight from a PO: > If you want to know **what** is illegal or **why** your’s was found to be illegal, the answer lies in your state’s code or the facts of your installation. > If you are asking **why** state’s legislatures have seen fit to enact laws limiting or even prohibiting any additional window tint, the reasons are varied but most are likely due to two things. > > 1. … **Officer Safety**. > 2. … **Traffic Safety**. > Both depend on vision, vision depends on the reception of light to work, both reflected light and light coming from a sorce. It isn’t just about the driver being able to see out. It’s also about officers and other drivers being able to see you when you drive for clues to whether you are pointing a gun at the officer or looking their way when you are sitting at a stop sign as they approach along the highway at 55 mph. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/colonie-is-steppin-it-up/244213)._