Window Tint & No front plate

[ALLDATARICH]

California

I was
> ticketed for not having my front license plate mounted/displayed.
> BMW, the maker of my vehicle, sells their autos without any
> bracket/mount etc..so i did not have my front plate on. I want to sue
> all vehicle manufacturers that sell new/used autos without having the
> proper mounts/brackets already affixed at close of sale etc...How can
> a car be sold, and as soon as you leave the lot, your in violation of
> V C section 11713.17? This is an unjust revenue scam by the maker and
> dealerships. Please advise me on how or if we can proceed.
>
> Also, I was ticketed for window tint. My tent is 30% and CA law allows
> for this. The officer did not check with any device, just by site. I
> want to sue the Elk Grove PD for writing me a ticket without
> conducting a test to confirm his claim that my window tint is in
> violation. Additionally, I want to sue the tinting shops that tint
> windows on vehicles that are daily drivers that are transacted in
> violation of the tinting law. How can, waiver or not, a shop perform a
> service i.e. tinting windows on a daily driver, that is in violation
> without any liability? I could see if it were a Show car or classic
> vehicle that is for display purposes only but not for a daily driver!
> Please let me know your thoughts as I am fed up with the fleecing.
>

 

[tranquility]

As to the license plate, you would have to find an attorney who does complex litigation and convince him to start a class action. You will not find one.

As to the lack of testing on the window, Google "probable cause". There are a number of cases on this issue. You have no case here either. (Along with the inability to find an attorney to start the suit for a class action.)

 

[Silverplum]

California

I was
> ticketed for not having my front license plate mounted/displayed.
> BMW, the maker of my vehicle, sells their autos without any
> bracket/mount etc..so i did not have my front plate on. I want to sue
> all vehicle manufacturers that sell new/used autos without having the
> proper mounts/brackets already affixed at close of sale etc...How can
> a car be sold, and as soon as you leave the lot, your in violation of
> V C section 11713.17? This is an unjust revenue scam by the maker and
> dealerships. Please advise me on how or if we can proceed.
>
> Also, I was ticketed for window tint. My tent is 30% and CA law allows
> for this. The officer did not check with any device, just by site. I
> want to sue the Elk Grove PD for writing me a ticket without
> conducting a test to confirm his claim that my window tint is in
> violation. Additionally, I want to sue the tinting shops that tint
> windows on vehicles that are daily drivers that are transacted in
> violation of the tinting law. How can, waiver or not, a shop perform a
> service i.e. tinting windows on a daily driver, that is in violation
> without any liability? I could see if it were a Show car or classic
> vehicle that is for display purposes only but not for a daily driver!
> Please let me know your thoughts as I am fed up with the fleecing.
>

My thoughts are that you have way too much time on your hands and SHOULD get fully invested in suing BMW. The local PD I'd leave alone: they're not your deep-pockets litigant.

 

[ALLDATARICH]

Way too much time on my hands???? Such a card you are.

I will find the legal help I seek, I was just hopeful that this site was acutally helpful. Not.

 

[tranquility]

How was it not helpful? I saved you the time to call around seeking out a complex-litigation attorney for your two complaints and told you specifically about how the police are not going to be successfully sued in the third.

If you get any other answer, please post it.

 

[Zigner]

BMW, BY LAW, includes the bracket with the car.

You don't get the plate at the dealership when you buy the vehicle new. They attach temporary paperwork. When you receive your plate, you can use the handy bracket and attach the plate to your vehicle.

As for the tint, what code section were you cite for violating?

 

[Silverplum]

Way too much time on my hands???? Such a card you are.

I'm right.

I will find the legal help I seek, I was just hopeful that this site was acutally helpful. Not.

Whenever people don't hear what they wanna hear, that's how they respond.

Doesn't make us wrong, doesn't make the posters correct. It does make us bored, and the posters just silly.

 

[HighwayMan]

> BMW, the maker of my vehicle, sells their autos without any
> bracket/mount etc..

Bull. I've stopped BMW's registered in many two-plate states and they all had their front plates properly mounted.

You shouldn't have accepted delivery of the car without the proper equipment.

 

[demurringdude]

So you want to sue the police for ticketing you for your legal tinting, but you also want to sue the tinting company for giving you illegal tinting? Which is it?