![]() ![]() “What we’re seeing with our officers is a lot of people get cited for a violation and they will become very angry and want to either complain or want the officer to either not address the situation or give them some form of special treatment. “These tickets are expensive, so I’m hoping by getting the word out as much as possible it will help people realize that they can do a simple fix on a vehicle and avoid being stopped,” said Beddingfield. ![]() The owner of the vehicle can also be charged and face being fined no less that $200 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days for each offense. A tinter who violates this is guilty of a misdemeanor that could result in a fine no less than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than 30 days, or both, for each offense. This also applies to factory or manufacturer installed sunscreening material, which must not be less than 20 percent.Īnother part of the statute states that each vehicle equipped with an after-factory sunscreening device, whether installed by a consumer or professional window tinter, must bear a certificate of compliance.Įach certificate of compliance must be attached to the vehicle inside the lower right hand corner of each window that has been tinted and must indicate the percentage of light transmission, the identity of the installer by name, address and number and date of installation.Ī tinting company cannot install any sunscreening product or material on vehicles titled for use on public roads without the certificate of compliance affixed. If a sunscreening device is used on the rear-most window, one right and one left outside rear view mirror is required. South Carolina’s statute regarding window tint states that a sunscreening device to be applied to the rear-most window must be non-reflective and have a light transmission of not less than 20 percent. Beddingfield also said a lot of the violations come from not displaying proper vehicle maintenance or placing illegal tinting on the vehicle. “People will do alterations to their vehicle without realizing that altering that vehicle, in many of the cases that we’re seeing, is illegal and that subjects them to potentially being stopped by law enforcement,” said Prosperity Police Chief David Beddingfield.īeddingfield said many of the cases his officers are seeing are additional add-ons to vehicles, such as LED lighting or altering headlamps. ![]() PROSPERITY - The Prosperity Police Department has noticed various vehicle equipment violations that are becoming a hazard to the driver and to other motorists, ranging from overly tinted windows to the alteration of headlights. ![]()
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