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Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
Actually they can give you the ticket if it's parked in your driveway, as the car is in plain sight.
If you had a few pounds of weed sitting in the back seat of your car in your driveway and a cop walked by and saw it, he can arrest the owner of the car. The weed (or in this case tinted window) is visible.
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You can't possibly think this is a good analogy. A driving offense is aimed at public safety and is only relevant when your car is on the road - when it's not, you're not threatening anyone's wellbeing by failing to maintain safe equipment. If you decide to repair your car in your driveway, and in the process remove the headlights, you're technically non-compliant with the equipment regulations at that stage but that doesn't mean you should get a ticket. It's a regulatory offence.
Possession with intent to distribute is criminal in nature and is illegal regardless of where the drugs are located.