Fad-
I did [eventually] look up the CA Vehicle Code. I learned quite a bit of information reading it—stuff that was not covered in driver’s training school. I operate my car in a safe manner. I know when it is safe to drive in a spirited manner, and vice versa. Although, like I have said, I have some learning to do, after all, I only have about 3 years of driving experience, compared to my father who has driven for over 40 years her in the US with out a single ticket. This incident will affect the way I drive, and hopefully, teach me to drive with more patience.
I do not plan on taking the officer to court and contesting. I was wrong; I admit it—plain and simple. About the tint, you are right: any aftermarket tint is illegal. I am quite surprised because the shop that installed my stereo said the tint on my car is fully legal, and that I can go darker if I choose to, within the law. I purchased the car from an older lady who had already done the tint job before.

Tank-
I wish driving is a cooperative ordeal and not a competitive sport; however, I always see the way people drive on the highway as being the latter one, an extremely competitive sport. I can see his legitimate reason for cutting me off: traffic in front of him was going slow at 55 miles an hour. In my opinion, he should have waited for me to pass before moving into the lane I was in. I do not want to sound conceded about “my” driving lane, but I’m sure he saw that I was driving at around 60-65, and he should of kept up that rate of speed once in the far left lane. Oh well, what happened, happened.

Snibble-
Ditto, WORD, hehe.

El President-
Atlanta, here I come!! Hehe. If I ever move in hopes of being able to drive fast, it would be to Germany. Once I finish my double majors in accounting and marketing, I will go on to complete two masters in the graduate program at either the University of San Francisco, or, if all goes well Stanford. Then (a loooong then, hehe) I will move to Germany and by a fleet of German cars, mostly Mercedes, and drive as I please. J

Sixto-
I’m sure you see the countless cars here in the Bay Area that have illegal parts on them, from the illegal, poorly-aimed, lights on “ricers,” to sound-pollution from cars with removed cats and illegal “off-road” resonators, and who can forget, limo tint! My tint is light, VERY light.
Yeah, I stopped caring about the single drivers in the carpool lane after a while. What frustrates me now in [Marin County] traffic are those that take the exist lane and fly by the rest of traffic, and then, right before the exit, cut off someone to the left lane, or take the bus stop exit. That really pisses me off.

Thanks guys for all your input. I appreciate you taking your time to reply to my post (I think I took too much time, wow, I haven’t written this much on a topic in a while—outside of school).

Regards,

Tony