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Dillsburg driver wins car window tint case at Superior Court level
Ben Brubaker took his motor vehicle citation all the way to the state Superior Court by himself.
By RICK LEE
Daily Record/Sunday News
Updated: 07/02/2010 07:35:27 PM EDT
Ben Brubaker knew his Pennsylvania Superior Court appeal of a motor vehicle citation would cost more than the ticket. It didn't matter.
"I felt I was right all along," the 27-year-old Dillsburg man said.
And he was. Last week, the Superior Court reversed a lower court decision that Brubaker had improper sun screening on his car.
Found guilty at the district court and Common Pleas Court levels, Brubaker handled his own case all the way to Superior Court.
In October, he stood before a panel of justices and made his argument. He had three arguments prepared. He only had to deliver the first, he said.
A traffic engineer, Brubaker had looked into the law before installing the tint on his car windows. He also consulted with his mechanic.
State law says window tint is illegal if it prevents a person -- law enforcement -- from viewing the interior of the vehicle.
On March 28, 2008, Brubaker was stopped by Camp Hill Borough Police and cited for improper sun screening. The officer, using a reflectivity meter, determined Brubaker's windows did not have PennDOT's required 70 percent or greater light transmittance level.
In district court, Brubaker was found guilty and fined $108.
He appealed to county court and lost there, too.
By the time he appealed to the Superior Court, he had been stopped two more times by Lower Paxton Township Police. In the first case there, he made his argument before a district judge and won his case. The second time he was
Ben Brubaker took his motor vehicle citation all the way to the state Superior Court by himself.
By RICK LEE
Daily Record/Sunday News
Updated: 07/02/2010 07:35:27 PM EDT
Ben Brubaker knew his Pennsylvania Superior Court appeal of a motor vehicle citation would cost more than the ticket. It didn't matter.
"I felt I was right all along," the 27-year-old Dillsburg man said.
And he was. Last week, the Superior Court reversed a lower court decision that Brubaker had improper sun screening on his car.
Found guilty at the district court and Common Pleas Court levels, Brubaker handled his own case all the way to Superior Court.
In October, he stood before a panel of justices and made his argument. He had three arguments prepared. He only had to deliver the first, he said.
A traffic engineer, Brubaker had looked into the law before installing the tint on his car windows. He also consulted with his mechanic.
State law says window tint is illegal if it prevents a person -- law enforcement -- from viewing the interior of the vehicle.
On March 28, 2008, Brubaker was stopped by Camp Hill Borough Police and cited for improper sun screening. The officer, using a reflectivity meter, determined Brubaker's windows did not have PennDOT's required 70 percent or greater light transmittance level.
In district court, Brubaker was found guilty and fined $108.
He appealed to county court and lost there, too.
By the time he appealed to the Superior Court, he had been stopped two more times by Lower Paxton Township Police. In the first case there, he made his argument before a district judge and won his case. The second time he was
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