This should be reson enough for legal tint up front....

[RONDAL]

Re: This should be reson enough for legal tint up front....

2 reasons tint is illegal.

1. officer safety. its very hard to see whats going on in the car as they approach when they pull people over.
2. aftermarket tint is a film, not made into the glass like OEM. In an accident for safety reasons if emergency crews need to get you out, or you need to get out, the window must be able to shatter easily. Tint stops this from happening and often allows the window to crack/break but not shatter.

[bonfire]

Re: This should be reson enough for legal tint up front....

I was always told it was the Police thing. That can't see into the car when dark. That and also the ability for the driver to see things at night. Such as cyclists, pedestrians and such. Also how the hell is a police officer going to measure your percent tint on the spot. It is much easier to enforce when it is just a blanket law of no front tint. They make laws for the average car owner, not the enthusiast.

[stefan]

Re: This should be reson enough for legal tint up front....

2 reasons tint is illegal.
2. aftermarket tint is a film, not made into the glass like OEM. In an accident for safety reasons if emergency crews need to get you out, or you need to get out, the window must be able to shatter easily. Tint stops this from happening and often allows the window to crack/break but not shatter.

I call BS on that. Rarely is more importance put on a front passenger over a rear one. You had to get child seat restraints put in the rear of your wagon that you said you will never use, but tint is ok? Insurance companies would never let a driver service/taxi/limo tint the windows of a car as the risk to the passengers would be too great.

**ok, so that's a little false since passengers on several commercial setups don't even need seat belts, but my point still stands, especially when it comes to child safety in a passenger vehicle. If you can cut through a seat belt, I'd think tint would cut easily.

[RobG]

Re: This should be reson enough for legal tint up front....

I was told the same thing as Andrew, it kinda goes against the point of making the glass tempered safety glass. when it breaks in an accident, you get a carpet of broken glass wrapped around your face.

[stefan]

Re: This should be reson enough for legal tint up front....

I guess that thought can go either way. You'll get the glass blanket coming at you from the windshield on any car, but at the same time I assume it adds a level of protection. My mom had a side window knocked out by a rock coming off a plow truck a few winters ago on the way to lake louise. Film would have protected against the shards of glass in the face in that case.

[RobG]

Re: This should be reson enough for legal tint up front....

I guess that thought can go either way. You'll get the glass blanket coming at you from the windshield on any car,

Windshields are glued around the perimeter, often tint is only cut to fit the visible window opening.

[stefan]

Re: This should be reson enough for legal tint up front....

Windshields are glued around the perimeter, often tint is only cut to fit the visible window opening.

Yeah, that makes sense. Not sure why it's ok to have in in the back then though other than percentage of time that someone is in drivers seat compared to other seats in the car.

[bonfire]

Re: This should be reson enough for legal tint up front....

That is what leads me to believe it is a problem more to do with visibility, both for the driver in low light conditions and for the 5-0.

[RONDAL]

Re: This should be reson enough for legal tint up front....

i think we can agree that the multiple reasons, however small, for tint NOT to be there is enough for most provinces in Canada to outlaw it outright.

[stefan]

Re: This should be reson enough for legal tint up front....

i think we can agree that the multiple reasons, however small, for tint NOT to be there is enough for most provinces in Canada to outlaw it outright.

Well that's lame, I started this thread scraping for reasons why it should be legal and this is where we end up?? haha

[Geobmx4life]

Re: This should be reson enough for legal tint up front....

Ima be...breakin the law...breakin the law!!! Lol

[CGDoig]

Re: This should be reson enough for legal tint up front....

For the amount of cars in calgary that have it done it might aswell be. Nuff said.

[Satnam]

Re: This should be reson enough for legal tint up front....

2 reasons tint is illegal.

1. officer safety. its very hard to see whats going on in the car as they approach when they pull people over.
2. aftermarket tint is a film, not made into the glass like OEM. In an accident for safety reasons if emergency crews need to get you out, or you need to get out, the window must be able to shatter easily. Tint stops this from happening and often allows the window to crack/break but not shatter.

Only point 1 is valid, tinting provides absolutely no additional structural integrity to the glass, unless the tint you're using is a few mm thick and uses some very strong 3M glues.

edit: if it could actually prevent the glass from shattering in someone's face when broken by emergency personel, it would be better anyways.

[bonfire]

Re: This should be reson enough for legal tint up front....

No it wouldn't Because it would be like a big 'ole blanket of glass. Shattered glass is much safer.

[stefan]

Re: This should be reson enough for legal tint up front....

No it wouldn't Because it would be like a big 'ole blanket of glass. Shattered glass is much safer.

If you land on your wheels maybe, if the window they are breaking is above you, shattered glass would be a *****. Either way, if you are being extracted, the glass is probably not the worst problem you are facing.