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Tinted Windows
Rich60:
Hi All
Anybody know what the law is on tinted side windows front and rear. I've been told that there is no problem with the back ones, but can not have tints on the fronts :huh:
Has anyone had problems with tints?
Thanks.
wrecker:
as you say really mate,
as dark as you like on the back,just dont touch the 3 front windows,if ya get stoped they ither tell you to remove them,or pull them off at the road side :shock:
MuddyMike:
It depends on the darkness of the tint. You can be nicked if the front door and windscreen windows are too dark. My new Passat has really dark rear door and tailgate windows but the front doors and windscreen are much lighter. Its the 4x4 version BTW. Not a mud plugger (thats what the hybrid id for) but should get me up our steep drive in winter.
Mike
karlo:
Car Window Tinting Legal Requirements in the UK
Vehicle & Operator Services Agency (VOSA) Statement
The UK Road Vehicles (Construction & Use) Regulations 1986 Act - as amended specifies the minimum levels of light that must pass through the windscreen and front side windows.
The specifications are:
a) Motor Vehicles first used on or after 1 April 1985
b) The light transmitted through the windscreen must be at least 75%.
c) The front side windows (to either side of the drivers’ head) must allow at least 70% of light to be transmitted through them.
If the glass is tinted to a point whereby it lets through less light, the vehicle does not meet legal requirements.
auf_wiedersehen_pet:
--- Quote from: wrecker on July 26, 2008, 20:21:17 ---as you say really mate,
as dark as you like on the back,just dont touch the 3 front windows,if ya get stoped they ither tell you to remove them,or pull them off at the road side :shock:
--- End quote ---
Saw a Police Camera Action style programme where a traffic unit made a woman in a new Rangie tear a strip out of her front tints. Logic being that she would fully remove it at home.
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