Tinted windows in Northamptonshire - Heads up police info

[jamied]

Just a bit of info if you have tinted windows in Northamptonshire...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/n...re/7127770.stm

[astra-cad-astra]

wonder if they will be asking all the famous / important people to take the tints of their cars????

[Robsyuk]

down here in mk they nicked a guy for his tints that were FACTORY !!!

[sparky33]

The max you are allowed in the front windows is 30% (this is combined with any standard tint), any more than that they can issue a VDN, the rest (windscreen excluded) can be limo black.

There is some debate though on what way the test meter should be used, as the Police tend to use it from the outside in, rather than inside out (the important factor), this to me suggests the reason given for the law is not what the law was actually introduced for.

Whilst I agree that heavily tinted windows are very dificult to see through at night, so therefore are dangerous (try this with apair of sunglasses at night).

I think the law is more to do with being able to identify a driver from the outside more than it is to do with the driver's vision.

[Jack]

Surely it will block out the same amount of light regardless of which way the equipment is used?

[sparky33]

You would think that would be the case, but the test unit reads the light through the window, and it is obviously a lot darker in the car, so the light intensity is therefore much lower.

It is basically just a light meter.

[Benn]

I think the law is more to do with being able to identify a driver from the outside more than it is to do with the driver's vision.

No i think its more to do with beable too see a kid on a bike a night...

thats why its done fromthe out side in, bike lights arnt that bright...

So they do the test from the out side in so it show up how my light is let thru the tint to see what you can see.

[Robsyuk]

TBH I had tints in the front and
a: At night any knob head in the road that got hit was their fault as we have pavments.
b: Its dark so everyone had lights on - therefore i could see them
c: If it got too dark I would open the window --- simple science.

Yes I admit it was a nightmare reversing into a dark driveway and waitging for the crunch to happen but it wass one of those things. They looks good and helped me during the hot months!

I will only be happy when the FUZZ pull limo's aswell. Why is it one rule for one and another for us 'commoners !

[Jack]

TBH I had tints in the front and
a: At night any knob head in the road that got hit was their fault as we have pavments.
b: Its dark so everyone had lights on - therefore i could see them
c: If it got too dark I would open the window --- simple science.

A. That's not the point. Padestrians have right of way, whatever the weather. If I pulled out on you on a roundabout, it's not your fault because "any knob head" could see that I'd pulled out.

B. Drivers have trouble seeing cyclists in broad daylight, so saying they've got lights, therefore they're easy to see is complete tosh.

C. In that case, why bother having glass windows at all? We could all have aluminium windows! Far lighter, cheaper to manufacture, and if you need to see, you just open it! Genius!

[novagsix]

this always come's up and i realy dont see the problem.light smoke on the fronts is just about the limit you can see out of at night,i've had light,dark and limo tints and lights the best for the front and ultra limo 5% on the back makes it look darker anyway..

this is light front.ultra limo rear(5%)


this is dark smoke alround


and this is limo alround

[sparky33]

I think tints look gash anyway.

[Robsyuk]

tints are great.. like microwave dinners ! Great !

[1.8vectrarob]

robsyuk limos dont have tinted window on the front, only the rear how ever many windows they have...(depends how long the limo is)

[Mark T]

You would think that would be the case, but the test unit reads the light through the window, and it is obviously a lot darker in the car, so the light intensity is therefore much lower.

It is basically just a light meter.

The meters I've seen used, have a light source one side and a meter the other, and fit close to the glass. (Wonder if they can accomodate, S-Class double glazing?)

So the ambient light is irrelevant.

[sparky33]

That would make sense to test it that way, as it would be accurate, but that is not what they all use.