tinted car windows. illegal or not?

Yes, they are illegal.

What police do is they put the warning and ticket on file, the newer police vehicles have an auto scan computer/cameras. For the couple of years the police will immediately pop up your tinting ticket once the camera reads your license plate, if you have illegal tints you can bet that your going to be screwed over. As far as I have read, they will add points and tow your vehicle to an impound lot.

Yes, they can certainly demand that you remove the tints from the front windows as this reduces your vision, particularly at night. I'm surprised that they let you drive off without taking the tint off there and then as they simply peel off. I've never seen a heavily tinted windscreen but I can guess that someone has had one treated that way.

The fact that you've had them on for a very long time is very fortunate for you. You were bound to be told sooner or later. The reason "these feds", I assume you mean the police, do this is because they see too many accidents where drivers simply say "I didn't see the other car/pedestrian/truck as it was dark" and then they have to pick up the pieces. It's not a nice part of their job, believe me.

The tint is no problem on rear windows however.

A SMART person follows the advice of law enforcement officials. Like it or NOT.

Someone like YOU, sits around debating whether they (law enforcement officials) are maybe right or maybe wrong, gets ANOTHER ticket, THEN sits around whining about cops having "nothing better to do"

UHHHHH, if you would rather they find something better to do than do their JOB, what would that be?

OH, if they just sat around doing NOTHING, you would complain about THAT too.

"These feds had nothing better to do." <--- Speaks a million words regarding your attitude.

Leave them on but you WILL be given 3points next time the police see you as your vehicle will have a marker on it now to check next time it is seen.

They are illegal and it doesn't matter what your sure of as the law is above your ideas.

He gave you advice to remove the tinted film on your window, if you do that's the end of the matter. However if you don't and are caught again you will get another fine and 3 points. The choice is yours.....

the law requires

75 per cent of light through the front windscreen

70 per cent of light through the front side windows

the 20 is the % of light coming through by the sounds of it but the cops are also in the wrong they should of told you to take it off there and then because the amount of light passing through is so little

Theyre only legal if the back windows are tinted and must let a certain amount of light through. Your not allowed them in the front.

Oh get them removed. Who wants to go around looking like a chav in a Nova.

Hi Marcus

I really dont know the answer for that question but hopefully someone will answer soon here

it depends,

too dark and it is illegal and light tints are ok