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Originally Posted by fast&furious Ya there's nothing new in it.
White Marias?! Politicians?
Couple of guys earlier said that it's not gonna change anything. I just don't understand what they're saying.
1)When you know that someone standing outside can see what you are doing, who would do something illegal? It will definitely bring down the no. of crimes.
2)It's not just the cops who can act. We civilians can too. Suppose you see a lady being attacked in a car. What would you do? Just sit in your car and look around for cops? No! You can report it to the Police or can even do something yourself. It's not possible if a car has 5% films on it because you wont be able to see anything .
In many ways, this is a very welcome move. |
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Originally Posted by akshay1234
No doubt, but is this something that happens often? How many cases have you heard of besides a few in Delhi? Just for those do you ban dart tints in the full country? |
Quite right akshay1234.
Everyone wants to be the one to save the damsel in distress or thats what they may assume.
crimes against women are happening in broad daylight in buses metros and all other forms of public transport. In all sorts of work environments. Yet the four wheeler guy has to bear the brunt of all that is happening which may not be his fault.
Having lived in delhi, i know the problems that women go through everyday. And hardly have i heard anything about that related to cars except one incident with a maruti 800 where the lady was driven around delhi and gangraped and also another incident where a bartender got raped by a cab driver. But that happened near chatarpur farms are i think. But then all that happened near lonely areas and certainly not near crowded areas.
The thing is, like the "slut walk" campaign says, noone will rape a skimpily clad girl in a busy market(unless its some shady shop in palika bazaar) but even a saree wearing girl in a lonely avenue will get raped. Place and opportunity are the two things that will lead a man to take advantage of a woman.
Since in broad daylight this may not happen lets not create such a situation that inconveniences the innocent motorist. Rape happened in a car not because of its tints but because of the time and opportunity. Thats the psychology of a rapist. If you dont believe me do check out so many of the sites that offer help to rape victims. You'd get a clear idea.
No matter how many security systems you put in your car a thief will find out a way to steal what he has to. Thats his daily bread earner. He has to evolve to survive. Similarly please donot think crimes against women will stop if we remove tints. They can as well happen in nearby jungles and other lonely areas too but then would we cut our trees to prevent the crimes taking place there too? Now wouldnt that be ridiculous.
Also if you say this is gonna stop terrorist, please do remember that the parliament attack happened by the terrorists infiltrating it in a tinted window MPs car.
So lets also try to make our politicians cars tintless and transparent even if we cannot make our political processes corruption free and transparent. :wink
Lets face it. The tints already provided in the vehicles glasses dont do a commendable job of blocking out the sun and heat do they? 10% VLT sunfilms wont be of much use in the Indian weather conditions. I myself have 20% tints and its of no use in Bangalore weather. If they did then sun films wouldnt sell at all. Sun film is thus a necessary evil. 99.9% of the population will use it to block out the heat and keep themselves cool and the 0.1% may use it with criminal intent.
This debate, relating to crimes in tinted cars, is somewhat similar to the use of internet i feel. One can do lot of useful work on the net whereas many people will use it for downloading pornography. Then shouldnt we block internet access in our country too cause now even netas seem to have found out that use of the net, the knowledge of which they rather publicly displayed, or got caught viewing, during assembly sessions.
Coming to the other part, how is a policeman without a lux meter going to assess whether a tint is above the permissible limit or not? A member few days back posted how he was charged with overspeeding even though the police hadnt captured his car with the speed gun. The cop only assumed he was overspeeding. He got challaned unnecesarily. So dont you feel if a cop assumes on his own that some tint is darker than the limit yet if it actually isnt, he is bound to make a mistake, right?
P.s how about a teamBHP partnership with the traffic police department helping them to understand the intricacies of sun films and other motorvehicles related issues? That would save us some challans wouldnt it. Would do a lot of good actually. Boosting friendly ties between citizen and legal authorities. How many of us has ever offered a glass of water or any refreshments to the traffic cop who stands all day in the sun doing his job thanklessly.
Sorry for the long post and if i may have gone