Window Tints

[jerry phipps]

Hi everyone

Today on the radio i heard a announcement from the police. They where warning drivers that they are going to start stopping drivers with tinted windows? The local police say that if a vehicles windows are too dark and they cant see through it they will be stopped. The driver he or she will have to get there vehicle fixed to spec.

Failing to do so will cause vehicle to be impounded. :o

So watch out if you are getting you windows tinted. Make sure that they are road legal

jerry!!

[gus]

the legal limit is 35......35 what i dont know just know that the higher the numbers the darker the tint and 35 is the legal limit.........there is a place in oxfordshire that does window tinting on funeral cars and taxis but he wont do higher than a 35 :group-cuddles: :censor:

[toymota16v]

also new mot laws coming in making single wipers that stand upright and the touring car style vinyl sunstrips (unless u can see thru it) an mot fail

info came from MOT inspector @ ford main dealer so probably pretty reliable

legal requiements for window tint are measured in % of VLT (visible light transmission) i dont know what the figures are

[zee007]

Extract taken from the Department of Transport Website:

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.

Department of Transport Window Glazing Page

Zee. :)

[Surinder]

if you do get stopped make sure the police check the amount of light getting through the tints with a machine (cant remember what its called). They cant just say it looks too dark, they have to prove it.

Unless they are so dark you dont even notice the policeman standing by the side of your car happend to a mate of mine at a set traffic lights.

Surinder...

[ae111sr]

Extract taken from the Department of Transport

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:

Sounds like a nice little earner for a man with a light meter - Gordypix where are you? :P

[Starlet Nath]

My uncles a traffic Cop(the worst kind!!!) and he uses those light meter jobbies.

He said that all aftermarket tints are illegal(in the front windows, not the back windows!!) as they do not let enough light through.

He then proceded to do a test on the coppers T5 and amazingly they only just passed!!! That was a standard tint on the volvo that you could hardly even see!!!

I go done in my car, had a light smoke in my front windows. It was the lightest one I could find, thought it would be alright. But I was wrong, got a £40 fine, a VRF and a producer. :censor: :censor: :censor: :censor:

[dosenöffner]

info came from MOT inspector @ ford main dealer so probably pretty reliable

Unlike their motors. :D

[toymota16v]

lol @ unlike their cars

[gordypix]

Extract taken from the Department of Transport

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:

Sounds like a nice little earner for a man with a light meter - Gordypix where are you? :P

Hello..........

Only aftermarket tint on my windows is that damn dust from the country roads.

[celica kid]

this is a good one

my friend was stopped by the cops yesterday he was given 1 week to remove all the window tint the big bore exhaust the fancy number plates and report to the cops for inspection when he had it done they did no test on the tint

they just told him to remove everything or face a fine of 1000 euro.