please help me!!!!!!!!!!!!! what is the law on window tints for cars?

Question

i live in the united kingdom if anyone can tell me the laws in the uk on window tints on cars i would be very apprciated thanks

Answer 1

Here you go!

http://www.tintdude.com/laws.html

Here's the embedded UK info...since Mr. Reston (see rude obnoxious post just below) didn't search the site and assumed we are all idiots.

http://www.tintdude.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t19997.html

Answer 2

Here's the genuine information, without myth or bickering:-

The legal position is that the front side windows on all cars must allow 70% of light to pass through them. This figure also applies to the windscreens of cars first used before April 1985. Any car first used from then onwards has to let 75% of light through the windscreen.

So some customised cars that you may see around with all round very dark tinted glass may in fact not be legal and probably will fail their next MoT test. The responsibility for enforcing the rules is with VOSA (Vehicle and Operator Services Agency).

It's the total light transmission that counts, that's added film plus any tint already in the glass.

Answer 3

Depends on the law in your state and where you are driving. Most do not allow heavy tints on the driver and passenger window
Illinois does not allow heavy tint on any (for officer safety) and no tint on drivers and passengers front window. Even so there are tinting stores all over Illinois, they are allowed to sell but the cars can't have them on the public roads.
In some states it is the depth of the tint. Enforcement officers actually carry a light meter thing that measures how much light gets through the tint.
Your state laws are available on the web, usually at your local DMV site.

Answer 4

I am guessing that you are in the UK.

None one supplies tinted glass in the front side windows or the windscreen because there is legislation to prevent them from doing so. The regulations are reasonably straight forward.

The responsibility for enforcing the rules among car owners in this country now lies with the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA), which was created on 1 April 2003. Full details of the organisation can be found online at www.vosa.gov.uk - the short story is that VOSA looks after things like testing schemes (including the MOT test), licence applications for bus and lorry drivers, advice to commercial operators, accident investigation and so on.

VOSA is itself empowered to stop vehicles for roadside checks in North Wales, Cambridgeshire, Staffordshire, Northumberland and Greater Manchester. Elsewhere it works in conjunction with the police.

**The legal position is that the front side windows on all cars must allow 70% of light to pass through them. That figure also applies to the windscreens of cars first used before April 1985; any car first used from then onwards has to let 75% of light through the windscreen.

This is, of course, a safety issue. The darker a window, the less chance there is of the driver being able to see pedestrians and other motorists, and take any avoiding action that may be required. On the other hand, darkened windows do make a car look quite dramatic, so it's easy to see their appeal among cruisers.

Answer 5

front windows is 7%tint it used to be 12% as for the back windows-do what you like, i got stopped a few years ago & were told the back ones aren't a problem, the front ones however were-when they stuck the meter on the window, they recorded that my windows had a 70% tint-oh dear, I were given the option of a 30quid fine & removing them on the side of the road, or have it towed (by the police-lots of money) then removing it, then having an SVA done on the car-the easiest & cheapest was to remove it on the roadside

Answer 6

Reston: The statement the the question applies to the UK was posted in 'additional details'. Comparing the time listed for all of the answers with that listed for the additional details, YOU were the first person to answer after that information was given. The others can't read what has not yet been posted.

Answer 7

I can't answer close enough to help you without konwing exactly where you live, but a good rule of thumb is that rear windows can be tinted, windshields can have zero tint, and the front driver and passenger windows need to be clear enough that a pedestrian can see the eyes of the driver.

Answer 8

In the UK:

Your front windscreen must not be tinted.

Your front side windows must let in 70% of light (or only block out 30%).

Your rear side windows and rear screen can be blocked off completely otherwise all car derived vans would be illegal.

Answer 9

It depends on the state you are driing in , so check the state rules before you drive in a car with tinted windows.

Answer 10

as far as i'm aware you are allowed to tint the rear windows.
you have to have clear windows for the driver passenger & front windscreen. any others can be tinted or blacked out

Answer 11

In the Uk It is illegal to have tints on your windscreen and front driver and passenger window,only allowed them on the back passenger windows and back window!!