Re: Car tints banned by HC! EDIT: Supreme Court bans all kinds of sunfilms in cars Btw this may be off topic. In many of the previous posts people have complained that why should we be complaining about the blanket ban on sun films,when other countries which are hotter than us have "no sun film" policy.
These are the policies in the following countries:-
1. Dubai and UAE in its entirety allow 30% tinting of the windows. As far as sun film goes, most of the automotive shops sell them. As i checked on the 3m UAE website 40% and 70% VLT films are allowed.
2. In the United States, the federal law states, no tinting of the windows other than by the manufacturer.
Various states have their own laws further which sometimes arent homologated. But most commonly, the immediate left and right windows adjacent to the driver should not have any extra tint or sunfilm other than the default one.
However the passenger windows can have VLT not less than 30-40% on an average.
New Jersey law states that No tint is allowed on the front windshield and none on the driver's side. Any darkness tints can be used on the passenger and rear windshields. But if rear windshields have darker tints then ORVMs should be present on both sides of the car i.e Right and left.
However, New York law allows non reflective tints for upto 6 inches of the top of the front windshield and VLT 70% on all passenger windows but no restriction on the rear winshield. Dark rear windshields can be used on vehicles with ORVMs on both sides. Medical exemptions are allowed.
Both the states and almost all the states rather allow Medical Exemptions on the tinting of car windows.
UK laws allow 75% VLT only, below that there is prohibition on movement of the vehicle and 2000pounds fine. For a legal window tint in the UK the specifications are:
a) Motor Vehicles first used on or after 1 April 1985
b) The light transmitted through the windscreen must be at least 75%.
c) The front side windows (to either side of the drivers’ head) must allow at least 70% of light to be transmitted through them.
I found these specifications after going through various DoT websites for all these countries. Also I was seeing custom car worskhops on tv and most of the vehicles either came in or went out with tints. I dont understand why some people are claiming tints are banned everywhere else in the world. It doesnt mean crime doesnt happen in the rest of the world. New york has a lot of rape cases, assaults, molestations every month, but there isnt a ban on tints inconveniencing the law abiding citizens. Dont understand why we Indians have to undergo all this hassle. Never has the law abiding common man been spared the rod here. All we end up doing is pay for the legal things and again pay to remove the legal things once they are banned. Only the authorities are having a fun time in this merry go round challaning and collecting enormous fines in the process.
you are free to correct me if Im wrong.
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