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Do they at least give a fix it ticket or just a straight up fine?

My wife's previous car had dark (illegal) tint. She got a ticket from Fedreal Park Police in Va on a parkway. I said F-it will just pay it and not pull the tint. About a month later, she got a speeding ticket from Va State Police and they got her again for the tint. After that I grabbed the steamer and started pulling fistfulls of tint. I only did the sides as the rears of here car wasn't meterable.

I rocked 15% in MD (legal is 35%) for ~ 3 years until I was pulled over. It was a fine and a fix it ticket. I want to say it was ~$90.

Va is a $90 fine too. IIRC they don't even give you a "fix it" ticket. We can only have 50% for the front sides, and 35% for the rears on a "car" For SUV or trucks it what every you want. On my car I've got 35% front and 20% which was legal when I was in MD but is illegal VA, but I've never gotten a ticket for it, just speeding. :arob: My Forester is 35% front and darker then 35% rear, as it came with factory dark tint so it's closer to 15-20%. And I know as of last night they only gave her a speeding ticket too. Nothing for tint... :arob:

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You’re not going to teach a coal miner to code. Mark Zuckerberg says you teach them [people] to code and everything will be great. I don’t know how to break it to you . . . but no. -Michael Bloomberg

Source: http://gigaom.com/2014/04/09/michael-bloomberg-you-cant-teach-a-coal-miner-to-code/

I don't know if people outside the tech field are aware of this, but the tech field has this sub-group of people who think the world will be a better place if everyone learns to code. I never fully understand the benefit. It's great to welcome newly interested people, encourage people to become more familiar with the tech that's a big part of their life.

But I only see pushing everyone know how to code devalue quality coders, and make everyone know just enough to make wrong decisions confidently.

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It never ceases to surprise me how many people just don't know Volvo's are 5cyl.

One kid even tried to tell me no one even makes 5 cylinder engines :lol::lol::lol: . Clearly he's never heard of Audi. Or even Ford Focuses OR EVEN Chevy Colorado's lol.

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Source: http://gigaom.com/2014/04/09/michael-bloomberg-you-cant-teach-a-coal-miner-to-code/

I don't know if people outside the tech field are aware of this, but the tech field has this sub-group of people who think the world will be a better place if everyone learns to code. I never fully understand the benefit. It's great to welcome newly interested people, encourage people to become more familiar with the tech that's a big part of their life.

But I only see pushing everyone know how to code devalue quality coders, and make everyone know just enough to make wrong decisions confidently.

I think this applies to everyone's profession/hobby.

Everyone should just be an Automotive Engineer and then they will understand that their car doesn't get better MPG at 80 mph vs 55mph.

Same as bikers saying if auto drivers actually tried their shoes on once, they might drive more carefully and give cyclists more respect. It's the whole my view point is so good and everything would be so much better if everyone thought just like me. Come to think of it, that sounds like a lot of Politicians midset.

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