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Originally Posted by T_H_E__c_R_O_W
Good stuff,
I used to get stopped lots when was younger driving about town 3am etc. but i was more than happy as they were just checking some dirty begger hadnt stolen my pride and joy. But lucky you didnt try to give them a wee blast, could of turned out a bad race. mines standard, i guess there's will be big bhp prodrive cars, at least they have good choice when it comes to spending public money.... |
There was a purge on the A64 near York a few months back on tinted windows. 2 policemen and a woman from the VOSA pulled me over. My side windows did not comply unfortunately so I was then issued with a prohibition notice so I could not drive or even have it towed away! Faced with the choice of leaving my Scoob at the side of the A64 the kind VOSA lady said she could immediately remove the tints for me and therefore lift the prohibition. The only alternative was to have the car put on a transporter to be taken off the public road and then have the tints removed and then present the vehicle to the nearest VOSA station to be fully inspected for compliance. Choosing the lesser of two evils I gave my permission for them to be removed at the side of the road. That was the easy part, getting the adhesive off the inner glass afterwards was a really really horrible job. From some of the comments above I guess someone will say it's my own fault because the tints shouldn't have been excessive. I bought my Scoob from a garage and wasn't even aware of the tinted percentage rule. Your windscreen must allow 75% of light through and the side windows must allow at least 70%. The VOSA lady told me to contact the garage and seek compensation from them. All in all a very bad day.
There are lots of unmarked police Scoobs in Yorkshire, there's a Silver one in Easingwold a little market town just north of York. |
Originally Posted by R4CHY
There was a purge on the A64 near York a few months back on tinted windows. 2 policemen and a woman from the VOSA pulled me over. My side windows did not comply unfortunately so I was then issued with a prohibition notice so I could not drive or even have it towed away! Faced with the choice of leaving my Scoob at the side of the A64 the kind VOSA lady said she could immediately remove the tints for me and therefore lift the prohibition. The only alternative was to have the car put on a transporter to be taken off the public road and then have the tints removed and then present the vehicle to the nearest VOSA station to be fully inspected for compliance. Choosing the lesser of two evils I gave my permission for them to be removed at the side of the road. That was the easy part, getting the adhesive off the inner glass afterwards was a really really horrible job. From some of the comments above I guess someone will say it's my own fault because the tints shouldn't have been excessive. I bought my Scoob from a garage and wasn't even aware of the tinted percentage rule. Your windscreen must allow 75% of light through and the side windows must allow at least 70%. The VOSA lady told me to contact the garage and seek compensation from them. All in all a very bad day.
There are lots of unmarked police Scoobs in Yorkshire, there's a Silver one in Easingwold a little market town just north of York. The old saying applies here Ignorance of the law, is No excuse...! I pulled 3 young lads out of a crashed beemer a couple of years ago, found a girl almost dead in the hedge, sadly one was dead under the car, The point to my posting was to highlight the good our police force do, and after dealing with that accident, i hold them in the highest regard... it messed me up totally and to think they face these sights on a daily basis, im sure the vosa have their reasons as regards tints...! This is my opinion, and NOT meant to offend drivers with tinted windows...! as for compensation, if you feel that you purchased a car that was (a) unroadworthy... and (b) illegal... then you need to take legal advice.. but honestly is it worth the hassle???? happy scoobying R4chy :thumb: |
Originally Posted by monkeyboy840
basically if you dont remove the tint when they ask they can issue a prohibition notice. this means the car goes nowhere until the tints are removed so its easier just to remove em. we all know there illegal its just a bummer when we get caught.
dazza be careful with the 25% tint as most windows are already tinted slightly so that plus your 25% may take it over the 30% threshold. hope that helps. |
I wasn't having a winge. I'm quite happy that the tints are gone, I was just annoyed because of the time it took to get the glass back to clean when the VOSA lady had assured me that nail varnish remover would easily clean it and it didn't work.
I know ignorance isn't an excuse, which is why I posted my original message, hopefully at least if someone else didn't realise or know, they do now. Have a nice afternoon guys. |
Originally Posted by webby v7 slipperwagon
The way things are going there could be the latter of the two in mine
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Originally Posted by Dazza01
Cheer's monkeyboy840, you are correct there already 5% thats why i opted for the 25% tints to make sure they hopefully stay within the limit otherwise be awaste of money :D :thumb:
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