{"id":543110,"date":"2026-03-17T21:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T21:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/543110\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T21:15:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T21:15:10","slug":"driver-ticketed-after-calgary-police-spot-window-curtains-in-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/543110\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver ticketed after Calgary police spot window curtains in car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Calgary driver was ticketed over the weekend after police discovered curtains mounted inside a vehicle\u2019s windows.<\/p>\n<p>Calgary police reported say officers pulled over a vehicle Sunday along 52 Street SE after noticing fabric curtains covering the driver\u2019s and front passenger\u2019s side windows. <\/p>\n<p>The coverings obstructed the driver\u2019s view of the road, according to police.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u26a0\ufe0f On Sunday, March 15, 2026, our officers stopped a vehicle in the 400 block of 52 Street S.E. Officers noticed curtains mounted on the front driver &amp; passenger side windows, obstructing the driver\u2019s view. Although the driver said they were used to block the bright sun, this is\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PvdVwalWKF\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/PvdVwalWKF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Calgary Police (@CalgaryPolice) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalgaryPolice\/status\/2033663645402439727?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">March 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The driver told officers the curtains were meant to block bright sunlight. Police say the setup violated provincial traffic safety laws, which prohibit any obstruction that limits a driver\u2019s visibility.<\/p>\n<p>The driver was issued a ticket at the scene and required to remove the curtains immediately.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Calgary driver was ticketed over the weekend after police discovered curtains mounted inside a vehicle\u2019s windows. Calgary&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543111,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194293],"tags":[49,2798,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-543110","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-calgary","10":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=543110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}