obstruction of view?, got a ticket right after i got a ticket. Options

[easternpiro1]

one day after i get a ticket for doing 51 in a 35 on a deserted road, i decide to take my celi for a weekly spin, and meet up with some friends. as we are leaving, an officer pulls behind me and flashes me. asks for the usual info and says that he's writing me up for obstruction of view. I ask where and he says the vinyl on my back window and the items hanging from my rear view.... he gives me the ticket and says remove it, and then sits there and waits for me to take the animal down, so im like do you want me to take the vinyl off too?

Im confused, i can understand my stuffed animal from my rear view, and MAYBE the sticker on my back window... but he never said anything about my tint? i better count my blessings then i guess.

north carolina north carolina... *sigh*

[Dr_Tweak]

one day after i get a ticket for doing 51 in a 35 on a deserted road, i decide to take my celi for a weekly spin, and meet up with some friends. as we are leaving, an officer pulls behind me and flashes me. asks for the usual info and says that he's writing me up for obstruction of view. I ask where and he says the vinyl on my back window and the items hanging from my rear view.... he gives me the ticket and says remove it, and then sits there and waits for me to take the animal down, so im like do you want me to take the vinyl off too?

Im confused, i can understand my stuffed animal from my rear view, and MAYBE the sticker on my back window... but he never said anything about my tint? i better count my blessings then i guess.

north carolina north carolina... *sigh*

The stuffed animal from the rear view is true, you can't have that. However, I'm pretty sure you can beat the rear decal part in court. Unless I'm mistaken, you need to have a minimum of two ways to see behind your vehicle. As long as you have a driver's and passenger's outside mirror, that's two, you do not even have to see out the rear window at all. Case in point a delivery van, or a pickup truck with a cap on it.

-Doc