Tinted Windows Warning
Discussion
I was stopped in my car and my tinted windows were checked - they have to let through 70% of light and mine didn't!
The Police were kind but another stop will mean a possible prosecution.
So if any of you are thinking of getting your windows tinted, check they are legal before you drive away!!
The Police were kind but another stop will mean a possible prosecution.
So if any of you are thinking of getting your windows tinted, check they are legal before you drive away!!
Dead easy. Use a white light meter. Take a reading at the outside surface, then another at the inside surface. If x-y=z, get the handcuffs on.
You could ask them to prove the instrument is calibrated though. Notoriously difficult barstewards to get right... I know. I calibrate them. Cheap ones are horrendously vague.
Ian
You could ask them to prove the instrument is calibrated though. Notoriously difficult barstewards to get right... I know. I calibrate them. Cheap ones are horrendously vague.
Ian
This is from the Gov's D.O.T website
I always thought that al long as the windscreen wasn't tinted that the others could be as dark as you liked - seems not any more - damn Gov - first the dumnass law againt bike visors now this
"LIGHT TRANSMISSION OF GLAZING - Summary of requirements
Motor vehicles first used between 1/6/1978 and 31/3/1985 must have windows which allow at least 70% of light to pass through. Motor vehicles first used on or after 1/4/1985 must have windscreens which allow at least 75% of light to pass through - all other windows must admit at least 70% of light.
These requirements do not apply to:
any part of the windscreen outside the ‘vision reference zone’ (as defined in C&U# Regulation 32(13));
windows through which the driver is unable, at any time, to see the road;
windows in ambulances which are behind the driver’s seat;
windows in buses, goods vehicles, locomotives or motor tractors which are behind the driver’s seat (except those which face the rear - as defined by C&U# Regulation 32(12) - or which form all or part of an exterior door); and
windows in cars which are fitted behind the driver’s seat and which bear an ‘e’ mark indicating type approval to the European glazing Directive 92/22/EC.
Tinted film
C&U# Regulation 32 does not specifically prohibit any window from having a tinted film applied, but a window with a tinted film which takes light transmittance levels below those specified above could be interpreted as contravening the Regulation.
If a vehicle's windows were excessively tinted by the use of stick-on film or a spray, there may be a contravention of C&U# Regulation 30. This requires that all glass or other materials fitted must be maintained in such a condition that it does not obscure the vision of the driver. Again, it does not specifically prohibit those windows from having a tinted film applied, but doing so could be interpreted as contravening the Regulation."
Snorky
I always thought that al long as the windscreen wasn't tinted that the others could be as dark as you liked - seems not any more - damn Gov - first the dumnass law againt bike visors now this
"LIGHT TRANSMISSION OF GLAZING - Summary of requirements
Motor vehicles first used between 1/6/1978 and 31/3/1985 must have windows which allow at least 70% of light to pass through. Motor vehicles first used on or after 1/4/1985 must have windscreens which allow at least 75% of light to pass through - all other windows must admit at least 70% of light.
These requirements do not apply to:
any part of the windscreen outside the ‘vision reference zone’ (as defined in C&U# Regulation 32(13));
windows through which the driver is unable, at any time, to see the road;
windows in ambulances which are behind the driver’s seat;
windows in buses, goods vehicles, locomotives or motor tractors which are behind the driver’s seat (except those which face the rear - as defined by C&U# Regulation 32(12) - or which form all or part of an exterior door); and
windows in cars which are fitted behind the driver’s seat and which bear an ‘e’ mark indicating type approval to the European glazing Directive 92/22/EC.
Tinted film
C&U# Regulation 32 does not specifically prohibit any window from having a tinted film applied, but a window with a tinted film which takes light transmittance levels below those specified above could be interpreted as contravening the Regulation.
If a vehicle's windows were excessively tinted by the use of stick-on film or a spray, there may be a contravention of C&U# Regulation 30. This requires that all glass or other materials fitted must be maintained in such a condition that it does not obscure the vision of the driver. Again, it does not specifically prohibit those windows from having a tinted film applied, but doing so could be interpreted as contravening the Regulation."
Snorky
OK, I've had a glass of plonk and I still don't get it, ... er, what has this got to do with TVRs?
Okay if you have a Druggie's Cerbie maybe, but what is the point of blacked out windows in an open car? ... were you looking for the Max Power Forum?
(I always get worried when the (im)poster's profile says "recently joined")
Okay if you have a Druggie's Cerbie maybe, but what is the point of blacked out windows in an open car? ... were you looking for the Max Power Forum?
(I always get worried when the (im)poster's profile says "recently joined")
At the risk of posting under 
The BiB are usually car lovers
IMO They wouldnt knick a driver with the back windows tinted for security / child / dog etc but those drivers who have the front windows like a pimp mobile then thats a different matter. Open day on Lax Power hunting!
Your noisey exhaust used moderatly in town will probably put a
on their faces
The BiB are usually car lovers
IMO They wouldnt knick a driver with the back windows tinted for security / child / dog etc but those drivers who have the front windows like a pimp mobile then thats a different matter. Open day on Lax Power hunting!
Your noisey exhaust used moderatly in town will probably put a
on their faces
jvaughan said: I have a certificate, supplied by thecompany thatfitted the privacy tint to my windows giving the tint grade and the light transmission of each window.
As far as I was aware there was no legal requirement except for the front window ( and drivers / passengers windows )
The guy that quoted the DOT specifications (above) is correct and their are specific offences in relation to Construction and Use Regulations that could lead to prosecutions - so there are legal requirements , just that they are not often enforced
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