Conspiracy?

"If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having so exercised the same...they shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both..." Title 18, United States Code, Section 241.

"Whoever, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation or custom, willfully subjects any inhabitant of any State, territory or district to the deprivation of any rights, privileges or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution of laws of the United States...shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both..." Title 18, United States Code, Section 242

GET SET!
Then another misleading PENNDOT Safety Bulletin!

GO!!!
Soon the PA State Police began sending confusing memos to local cops, and the rush was on to deprive the citizens of Pennsylvania of their property, stop them with no real probable cause, and extract fines.

PennDot and the State Police might want to consider taking steps to clarify the issue to the local police departments that they have previously misinformed.

They should perhaps be told that . . .

Under the PA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TITLE 67 - CHAPTER 175.67 (d)(4), tinting that is "permitted by FMVSS205" is permitted by Pennsylvania.

Because FMVSS205 DOES NOT regulate tint below 70% the PA code does not either. Only tint that "does not permit a person to see or view the interior" is prohibited under the current Statute, namely TITLE 75 - 4524 (e)(1)

Certainly the illegal enforcement of the 70% myth generates a good deal of income for Police. But look at the other side.

HOW MUCH HAS THIS CONSPIRACY COST US?

One couldn't even begin to calculate how much this has cost the citizens of PA.

You'd have to consider...

• Loss to Tint Businesses because people were misinformed about the law.
• 6% of that total in Lost Tax Revenue to the State - probably millions
• Loss to citizens deprived of the benefits of safety window tint - accidents, theft, carjackings
• Environmental loss and pollution caused by increased air conditioner load to cool vehicles in the summer
• Loss of respect to Police because a lot of people know the truth
• Law Enforcement's cost for meters and time wasted training
• Cost to citizens deprived of Law Enforcement services while cops were busy training and playing with meters
• Cost in Tourist Dollars because, against PENNDOT's instructions, many PA cops have threatened to stop and fine completely legal vehicle from other states.
• Corruption of Police Departments anxious to exploit PennDot's profitable interpretation
• Corruption of our justice system because most District Justices don't know any better than to believe the cop's interpretation that a PENNDOT New Table X from a Safety Bulletin sent to Inspection Stations actually wrote a new law and gave them the authority to enforce it.