Dash Cam or Windshield Cam

[Surfmonkey]

Is it legal in Louisiana to have a camera on your dash or on your windshield? I have been given an answer of yes and an answer of no...so I am bringing the question to the largest group of smart people on the internet...

 

[DAVE_M]

It's illegal to put anything on your windshield.

Rather than asking your brother's cousin's uncle's wife's sister, or people on the interwebs, you can look up the actual statute. I'll pardon you this time, and provide it here: http://legis.la.gov/Legis/law.aspx?d=88294

 

[Danny Abear]

That stature appears to refer to 'tint or window film/covering', why would a camera on your dashboard be any different than having a radar detector or your dash?

 

[US Infidel]

It's illegal to put anything on your windshield.

Rather than asking your brother's cousin's uncle's wife's sister, or people on the interwebs, you can look up the actual statute. I'll pardon you this time, and provide it here: http://legis.la.gov/Legis/law.aspx?d=88294

B. Except as provided by R.S. "32:361.1(C), no person may operate a motor vehicle with any object or material......."

Says any object, but this is a tint statute. Pertains to window tint and "shade" type of objects.

 

[DAVE_M]

B. Except as provided by R.S. "32:361.1(C), no person may operate a motor vehicle with any object or material......."

Says any object, but this is a tint statute. Pertains to window tint and "shade" type of objects.

IIRC, Louisiana doesn't have a statute that says "You can't put your iPhone/GPS/Dashcam on your windshield," but it does have that statute and it states object.

 

[Whitebread]

B. Except as provided by R.S. "32:361.1(C), no person may operate a motor vehicle with any object or material......."

Says any object, but this is a tint statute. Pertains to window tint and "shade" type of objects.

So the next question has anyone ever been cited for have a tuner, radar, gps, or any other object hanging off the glass?

 

[US Infidel]

B. Except as provided by R.S. 32:361.1(C), no person may operate a motor vehicle with any object or material placed on or affixed to the front windshield or to front side windows of the vehicle so as to obstruct or reduce the driver's clear view through the front windshield or front side windows, nor place on or affix to the front windshield or the front side windows of a motor vehicle, any transparent material if the material alters the color or reduces the light transmission of the windshield or front side windows.

"Reduce the drivers clear view"

 

[mike84z28]

B. Except as provided by R.S. 32:361.1(C), no person may operate a motor vehicle with any object or material placed on or affixed to the front windshield or to front side windows of the vehicle so as to obstruct or reduce the driver's clear view through the front windshield or front side windows, nor place on or affix to the front windshield or the front side windows of a motor vehicle, any transparent material if the material alters the color or reduces the light transmission of the windshield or front side windows.

"Reduce the drivers clear view"

So reading this you cannot have ANY tint material on your front windows. Hmmmmmm

 

[US Infidel]

Section C covers the light transmission on various windows.

 

[Surfmonkey]

Thank you for the pardon Dave_M....I will do better next time...I went to USL (University of Slow Learners)...So, do any of you have a dash cam attached to the windshield, the rearview mirror, or the dash????? All I want it for is to record when driving...there are so many people in Covington/Mandeville that do not believe that STOP signs and RED lights mean stop...

 

[homeslice]

Thank you for the pardon Dave_M....I will do better next time...I went to USL (University of Slow Learners)...So, do any of you have a dash cam attached to the windshield, the rearview mirror, or the dash????? All I want it for is to record when driving...there are so many people in Covington/Mandeville that do not believe that STOP signs and RED lights mean stop...

I've been driving with a radar detector or dash cam for years. Never had a problem. One could argue it does not obstruct my view of the road ahead of me.

 

[AustinBR]

No problem as long as it's at the bottom of the windshield on the dash or up next to rear view.

--Sent from my Galaxy S6

 

[Snoman]

I have one mounted on front windshield behind rear view mirror and on rear window next to the headrest. Size is so small that it does not interfere with vision. Similar to the one below.

https://dashcamtalk.com/mini-0801/

 

[Bigchillin83]

So inspection stickers and sun visors are illegal??? That's crazy lol

 

[dk.easterly]

If it's illegal, then our company has 1,000's of illegal units rolling around the state.

Several of our trucks have windshield mounted cameras as well as ones inside the cab.

 

[US Infidel]

It's ok Dave_M, we will pardon you this time.

 

[DAVE_M]

It's ok Dave_M, we will pardon you this time.

Why did you edit your post?'
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Go be a smartass somewhere else, buttercup. Did you know walking across the street before the signal turns white is also illegal? People do it all the time. The man asked about the legality of it, not if he should do it or not.

 

[US Infidel]

I added the _M to your name in the edit. And no, it's not illegal. Buttercup?? What's that about "big guy"??

 

[US Infidel]

I didn't want to edit my above post to ask this since you and John are sooooo sensitive... Why are you so upset with me, "Big guy"????

 

[alpinehyperlite]

By the letter of the law, placing anything on your windshield is illegal. Ive never heard of anyone getting pulled over for it though.