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Originally Posted by GGG
The question is "Is it an offense to own a vehicle with tinted windows or is it an offense to drive a vehicle on a public road with tinted windows."
For example I can have a quad parked in my driveway but I can't drive a quad down the street. So if the vehicle is parked in a driveway with tinted windows I don't believe that is an offense. Hence where the parking lot question comes in. If the parking lot is treated as a non roadway then you don't have a car for lack of a better work is unsuitable to drive on a roadway. Having a unsuitable car to drive parked in a driveway is acceptable.
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But the ticket isn't for having an unsuitable vehicle on a public road. You can still get a seatbelt ticket in a parking lot and cops are still called out for people parking in handicapped stalls.
Being on private property doesn't give you a free-for-all to do what you please. You still have to follow the same laws on private property when it comes to your vehicle.
It's not like a cop will come across an uninisured or u registered vehicle in a parking lot and excuse them because they're on private property. So not sure why tinted windows should be the exception.
Edit: and I agree about the driveway but that is different. That is private property which is usually your own. Even though parking lots are private property it's still considered a public space.