Just heard today that the law has changed.you are not allowed to have your front drivers or passengers windows tinted .And if the police stop u they can give u a temporay prohabiton notice which will allow u to drive home but u must remove ur tints before u go any where else.Tipical police nothing better to do with there time.
Just thought i would let u guys with tints know incase u get stopped.


Zander

where did you hear this, i am in the middle of an insurance battle concerning tints..

They can tint off i tell yi!

I have a window tinting company and heard it through others .




Zander

What if they are factory fitted, can I get them removed under warranty ? LOL

only 25% though which is barely noticable.

Does that also mean that the renault espace armed response vehicle will have to remove them as well (I don't think so)

Imagine seeing the drivers of limos for the first time. I think about 80% of modern cars have tinted windows (including windscreen), do they not ?

There must be a level still allowed then.

Just dont understand why tints are so bad to the police?

They should be concentrating on tax dodgers, insurance dodgers, gits who drive around in cars fit only for a scrappy, baldy tyres, lights that arent working, plumes of smoke from environmentally friendly bangers, foglights on 4 weeks after any fecking fog, drunk drivers, drug drivers, sierra taxi drivers........oh the list is endless.

U missed woman drivers lol :D

If you see the police just get the electrics in action and put the front windows down. :D

You can obviously have tinted windows (pretty unlikely even for UK law to force ALL drivers of cars with factory tinted front windows to return to the dealer to get plain glass installed ! LOL )
However the legal level of tint (ie light transmission reduction) is pretty low - IIRC it's a 27% reduction and factory tinting is something like 20% commonly so it doesn't take much to tip you over into illegality. The commonly seen dark front glass on hot hatches etc, and even X5's, BM's etc are waaayy too dark and police are (rightly in my opinion) starting to crack down on this and I think some police will carry light meters to measure the light transmission levels.

off on a tangent here,in IRAQ it is illegal to have any tints at all.and they have to remove it when you stop them or you can smash all the glass with tints on(quite fun playing plod) hope that doesn't happen here though .sorry keep forgetting i'm back in the real world.

Odd, I have a very knowledgable son on the issue of tints, there are restrictions, of course, but since every car made these days has some tint ... did you say you ran a window tinting company?

I'll ask the oracle ... ok, amazing he answered. Current rules are that police can ask you to remove tints IF they consider them above the legal light limit (40% iirc), you then have to get an independant test done to prove you are within the limit otherwise ... they have to come off whatever you are. Some forces are more aggressive in this than others, manchester is particularly hot with a zero tolerance on this currently. Bear in mind that you have to PROVE this, the police don't. "Smoke" would push a normally tinted windo over the limit by about 5%, for example.

So, I stand to be corrected but the statement that all tints are banned is ... not true.

Anyone else have some info ?

cheers

bob

My brother has tints... he got the "legal" 35% tint in the front, and darker 20% tints in the rear.... He has been stopped for plates, speeding etc but they never comment on his tints ;)

FOR INFO: there is now a tint on the market,which offers the following:

gets darker during the day time and lighter at night and when the police put there light meter to it gives off the legal requirement.So if you do want ur windows tinting lets me know as my mate does this in Fife

andy

Should find out soon if mine are legal ..... police station is only 200 feet up the road :)

I've just given my WRX a Christmas prezzy of "Pentagon" safety glass with a smoke (35% light transmission) tint on the four side windows, and a midnight (as dark as it gets, 5%) tint on the rear. I'm bleedin' sure I won't be taking it off after forking out the high price they charge for it.

It's just the same with dark visors on motorbikes. I use one all the time (in daylight of course) and I've never been stopped. I do however carry a clear visor which can be changed in seconds just in case.

I can't find any revisions to the law on the DFT Government website!

BOB RAWLE I suggest your knowledgeable son checks his facts as the old bill can impose a £30.00 on the spot fine,a temporary prohibition notice, an immediate prohibition notice or a report to the procurator fiscal I think that should be accurate enough for even the oracle to understand. You will no doubt agree that as a reputable window flm installer we have a "duty of care "to inform our customers and potential customers of any changes that may affect them,therefore rather than just keep quiet I posted the first notice, you obviously took care to find out more as it has quite serious implications for many people.
It appears to be one of these stealth fines this government are always bringing in. It is a pity they did not advertise it in the same fashion as they did the hands free sets for mobile phones .

Oatman - Any idea of the cost for what your mate does ??

Zander ... he (and I), are aware of what can and cannot be done, its possible for almost any "offence" to be dealt with in a variety of differing ways, the important thing is clarity, which is the intention of my post in this thread, as you are involved in fitting windows I was sort of puzzled as the news you made us aware of could impact your business. Currently his tints are on the limit of known legislation hence his state of knowledge, the stealth tint tax ... lol, the fine is likely to be far more than the £30 you mention iirc however, as always, local discretion will prevail.

best regards,

bob

Zander

So are you saying the law has changed in that you are now not allowed to apply any additional tinting film to front drivers and passengers windows?

Alan :cool: