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

[stefan]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/...r.html?ref=rss

think this would get you out of a tint ticket?

[Geobmx4life]

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

I whole heartedly agree! You should be able to tint a reasonable amount up front!

[stefan]

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

It really makes a huge difference. My old jetta had pretty light tint, but it did block piles of heat. I miss it on my Passat.

[sabbySC]

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

The bigger problem is that tint is legal if it comes stock. What kind of double standard is that??

Also in this article is that a nun or a rich muslim driving?

[bonfire]

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

What a joke. Everything causes cancer, everything. I bet the coffee I drink will cause cancer. If you don't know that exposing your arm to prolonged sun, causes cancer, then you are cancer.

[RONDAL]

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

ah modern medicine.
you should drink a glass of wine a day for your health. but if you drink wine too much it ruins your teeth and damages your stomach.
everyone needs vitamin D or whatever it is from the sun, but being exposed to the sun gives you cancer.

gimme a break.

i'm gonna die in a fiery wreck anyway...

[stefan]

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

I suppose my point is more like why is there a no-tint law? Manitoba apparently restricts it based on amount of tint. This seems to make more sense to me.

[stefan]

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

If you don't know that exposing your arm to prolonged sun, causes cancer, then you are cancer.

Ok, so I'm just being argumentative, I'm not really that passionate about this, but yes, everyone knows this, and I'm just thinking that a little tint would probably solve the problem. There must be a bigger argument to not have it in order for it to be a law. My tint (for now at least) is not giving me cancer, and it's probably saving some abuse on my leather too. The argument that you can't identify a driver hardly holds up with the lighter tints. The tint law is just one that annoys me, and it would be entertaining to try to fight it with something like this.

[Tuna]

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

One thing I've discovered about my vehicles (can't say on the older ones I've had) is that with your windows up (which they would have to be for tint to work, sorry for pointing out the obvious) it blocks a ton of UV. I have recently purchased transition lenses in my glasses. They are activated by UV radiation. I can be driving in the car and they are unchanged from being in the house, but 2 minutes outside or rolling down my window and they immediately go dark. So at least with your windows up and the AC on (which probably causes some other type of cancer) you should be good.

I think the no-tint is dumb on the front too, but I think it's stupid how dark some people put it.

What I don't understand is is the "everything causes cancer" statement. Why not understand risks of exposure to certain things and be mindful of that. I know people and that's their justification for doing anything. Burning treated lumber "Big deal, EVERYTHING causes cancer", Spraying carcinogenic chemicals on house and yard that their young kids play on because of "bugs", "Who cares, EVERYTHING causes cancer. Spraying their kids down multiple times a day with deep woods off because there's 3 mosquito's....You get my point.
/rant

[Geobmx4life]

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

I have a few RCMP friends(don't judge me lol). The reason they gave me isn't so much to be able to ID the driver...more that when they are approaching a car and can't see what the driver is doing...reaching for a weapon etc. I kinda understand that for sure. On the other side of it though, neither one has given a ticket for it to date.

[stefan]

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

I have a few RCMP friends(don't judge me lol). The reason they gave me isn't so much to be able to ID the driver...more that when they are approaching a car and can't see what the driver is doing...reaching for a weapon etc. I kinda understand that for sure. On the other side of it though, neither one has given a ticket for it to date.

Wait, don't they approach from the back though? Tint on the back/back sides is ok... you still won't see the gun until you are beside the guy.

[Geobmx4life]

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

Again, it depends on the individual officer, and I would imagine they are looking at the door mirror too. I'm tinting my fronts this summer regardless.

[Kor]

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

....Convertibles?

[Lo)2enz0]

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

gimme a break.

i'm gonna die in a fiery wreck anyway...

exactly.

Everything is somehow good/harmful to you. I'm going to enjoy life and just cause cancer runs in the family doesn't mean I am going to lock myself in a box

[stefan]

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

Again, it depends on the individual officer, and I would imagine they are looking at the door mirror too. I'm tinting my fronts this summer regardless.

I likely will at some point, but I have to peel off all the dark tint in the back first and lighten up the whole car to match. Two tone isnt isn't very attractive.