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Tinted windows

How dangerous to have 'overtinted' driver & passenger windows

Original Post

I am a loss to understand why the police and the government do not take
> a tougher line on 'overtinted' driver and passenger windows. These
> windows should have a light transmission of 70% but it is not part of
> the MOT test - why? It is absolutely vital to road safety to be able to
> make eye contact with other road users (especially for motor bikes) but
> every day we see vehicles which are clearly(sic) in contravention of
> this rule. These vehicles should be impounded until made safe. I'm sure
> that the gauge for measuring light transmission through the glass cannot
> be that expensive (what price a life?), and if the MOT law was changed
> to embrace this standard then the price of the equipment would fall. The
> offending vehicles are very easy to spot, and so all police patrol cars
> should carry a gauge and issue a statutory fine. I have noticed that
> most of the offending vehicles are overblown 4x4s more intent on posing
> than road safety, but this practice is extremely dangerous and very easy
> for the police and government to solve.
>How about starting a campaign to get the police/government to take action?