Bubbles
ClioSport Club Member
BMW I4 M50
^^^^ aye good point bubbles
love the colour btw
Thankyou :approve:
^^^^ aye good point bubbles
love the colour btw
i dont pretend to know anything about the law but how come the police need a warrant to search your house but don't for your car? surely its the same principal
i dont pretend to know anything about the law but how come the police need a warrant to search your house but don't for your car? surely its the same principal
And no, they are not the same principle at all. Further the police dont always need a warrant to search your house.
And no, they are not the same principle at all. Further the police dont always need a warrant to search your house.
Let’s say mate.( i'm guessing your the traffic cop Right???)
You stop me in my car because the windows tints are to dark.
And you say to me that will be 3 points and I say I’m going to take them off. You still say 3 points I then say well your going have to take me to court.
Would you still bother filling in all the papers to take me to court even if I said I would take them off?
that sites quite gd mate thanks.
so if you were pulled and wound the windows down do you have to wind them back up again?
Yeah just like I would protest if I was caught doing 31 in a 30.LOL!!!!!!!!! @ The responses.
You already know your breaking the law, yet you protest.
this is my baby on a sunny july now these arent even legal
So you can spit on them?i use to put my windows down if i saw a copper LOL
this is my baby on a sunny july now these arent even legal
Have they changed the law at all because those tints should be leagle. They look like a 20-25% tint which was fine about 3 years ago.
I`ll try find out what the law actually is as I know someone that goes round testing taxis for their tints. I should be able to borrow the gadget and get mine tested as I think there a bit too dark.
The interior of the car makes the tints appear darker than they are which doesnt help. Maybe a cream leather retrim may help
One of my previous cars had tints and they were road legal at the time. It was 6 years ago though. I think they were 25% tinted too. Here it is
Ive only ever been stopped for speeding and having fog lights on so I must be luky.
You could try going to trading standards and asking if they could measure the tints. They apparently use the measuring gadget to check taxis so they should have one.
Can't believe anyone's supporting this guy. Totally illegal exhaust, totally illegal tints and he whines like a b*tch about getting caught.
i have limo black on the back lets around 5% light through and i can see totally fine even in the dark, sme people must be blind, never been stopped either i'd only keep saying sorry sorry i'll pull them off until they let me off i love my clean license
i have limo black on the back lets around 5% light through and i can see totally fine even in the dark, sme people must be blind, never been stopped either i'd only keep saying sorry sorry i'll pull them off until they let me off i love my clean license
I don't have a problem seeing out of the back of my car in the dark either and I've got limo on the back window and dark smoke on the back side windows.
Nothing on the front windows though.
Important Notice: Car Window Tinting
Amendments to Legislation During the early part of 2004, Section 32 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations will be amended to include “Window Tint Films”, where such materials attached to the glass are capable of reducing the Visible Light Transmission of forward windows to below prescribed levels. These changes will be back-dated to become applicable from 1st January 2004.
This will effectively ban virtually all tinted films fitted to windows forward of the B-Post on any vehicle that is to be driven on UK roads.
The reason for these changes is the recent proliferation of vehicles that are excessively tinted. Some vehicles may be so heavily tinted that they present a real danger when used on public roads. The action being taken by the Government follows a fatality that occurred recently where a heavily tinted car was involved in a collision with a motorcycle and the window tints were held to blame due to the vision of the driver being impaired.
There is however, a recognised difference between “light window tints” which may be considered safe for road use and “excessively dark window tints” which are not.
There has also been a great deal of debate in recent years about the legitimacy of window tints that do not obscure the vision of the driver. A clear case has been argued that road-safe window tints do not actually conflict with existing regulations. The Department for Transport have argued however that Section 32 was always intended to cover materials attached to the glass, despite the fact that no mention of this is made in the Regulation itself.
The only solution remaining would be to amend the Legislation.
Consequently and in order to clarify the situation, the Government have finally decided to up-date the Regulations to specifically include Tinted Films since, in the view of the Police and the Department for Transport, this is the only way in which the problems of excessive tints can be remedied.
Unfortunately however, even tint films that may be considered to be safe for road use will now be viewed as in conflict with the Regulations, enabling the Police and Vehicle Inspectorate to take action against vehicle owners.
This has significant implications for the owners of vehicles that have window tints already fitted and also those that are responsible for installing or selling window tints.
Implications for the vehicle owner
After much discussion, a sympathetic Enforcement Policy has been agreed between the Department for Transport and The Glass and Glazing Federation to ensure that all vehicle owners that have had tints applied in the past may be dealt with fairly. This applies in particular where the infringement is with respect to tints that do not pose a significant threat to Road Safety, despite being in contravention with the amended Regulations.
In any event, after the date of the amendment to Section 32, the owner of a vehicle that has window tints applied forward of the B-Post could be challenged by either a Police Officer or by an Inspector from the Department for Transport’s Vehicle Inspectorate, where their vehicle is noticed being driven on Public Roads.
Where such a vehicle is stopped and the window tints applied are such that the Visible Light Transmission level, when measured using an approved device falls to below prescribed levels, the following enforcement guidelines have been agreed with, and recommended, by the Government.
Above 30% Visible Light Transmission (Less Severe Window Tints)
The owner or driver of such a vehicle would be required to have the tinted film removed from the windows under the direction of either a Rectification Notice or a Delayed Prohibition Notice. A period of grace will apply for a limited number of days (normally ten) during which time the vehicle may be driven whilst the rectification work is to be completed.
In either case, the vehicle will need to be inspected by either a Police Officer or Vehicle Inspectorate Officer to confirm that the glass has been restored to a compliant condition. Prosecution is unlikely in such circumstances provided the vehicle owner complies fully.
Action that needs to be taken
All Businesses that have supplied window tints forward of the B-Post are being encouraged by the Government and the Glass and Glazing Federation to contact all of their previous customers to inform them of the changes to Legislation and to offer them a chance to have their vehicle rectified by having the front tints removed.
As one of our existing customers, this is a service that we are happy to offer to you free of charge. It is also something that we can do for you while you wait to minimise any inconvenience.
Should you wish, we can instead apply Clear SupaGlass once the tints have been removed, for a small charge, and full details are available on request. Please note that in order to apply SupaGlass to the two forward windows we will need to retain your vehicle for a longer period, depending on the model.