Hi all, I got pulled over this morning by the police who have given me 3 points and a fine (awaiting a letter) for the tints on my front windows. Has anyone on here had a similar problem? i hadn't added the tints as they were on the car when I bought it. I've now taken them off but can't understand why such a sever penalty.

it's all down to the discrepancy of the officer at the time he could've just started to tear it back or get you to take it off then and there, I guess it depends how dark the tint was if it was really dark maybe the fine was justified but if it was hardly noticeable then you got a jobsworth officer giving you a fine and points.

Whatever level of tint it would've been aftermarket rather than a factory tint.

Not a lot you can do apart from live and learn buddy.

i'm not one to accept anything given to me, so find a way of questioning it. did he take a measurement? did he keep proof of this measurement? is he a knob? if the answer is no, no, yes, then you may be in luck  Recently bought a 2007 RRS HSE TDV6 for a Pimp-My-Ride-Project.
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Presumably the tint was tested with a light meter of some kind? If it was just a case of "I don't like it" then you might have some room to wriggle. If it was tested with a calibrated device then just pay up and move on. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
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Nope never had the problem but I never tint the fronts, anything over factory tint is either not worth it or illegal so what's the point

Graz wrote:

Hi all, I got pulled over this morning by the police who have given me 3 points and a fine (awaiting a letter) for the tints on my front windows. Has anyone on here had a similar problem? i hadn't added the tints as they were on the car when I bought it. I've now taken them off but can't understand why such a sever penalty.

Graz wrote:

Hi all, I got pulled over this morning by the police who have given me 3 points and a fine (awaiting a letter) for the tints on my front windows. Has anyone on here had a similar problem? i hadn't added the tints as they were on the car when I bought it. I've now taken them off but can't understand why such a sever penalty.

Sorry to hear you got points,i got pulled by the police a couple of years ago in my escort cosworth and the police had the device to measure how dark the tint was on my front windows,(which turned out to be to dark) they basically gave me a 21 day ticket to get them removed and that was the end of it, so i think they have been a bit unfair with you

Thats just bad luck mate, Iv had a few cars back in the days with tints on and have been pulled over for being too dark. Police back then tested how much ultra violet light went through the tint and then made me take them off there and then and that was the end of it, never stopped me putting them back on though  RRS SUPERCHARGED, 22 INCH ALLOYS, JAVA BLACK, FULLY COLOUR CODED
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Did he check the light transmission with a lightmeter?

Although I have some sympathy that you bought the car with the fronts tinted, it's probably about time the Police started clamping down on illegal window tints. They serve no purpose other than hide the driver on their mobile phone (mine has bluetooth, 'cos it's a luxury car) or not wearing their seatbelt. I'm in the shed, I'll be back in the real world in a minute.

3 points might though

B9BS X wrote:

Thats just bad luck mate, Iv had a few cars back in the days with tints on and have been pulled over for being too dark. Police back then tested how much ultra violet light went through the tint and then made me take them off there and then and that was the end of it, never stopped me putting them back on though

Cheers all. Have no issues with taking them off and have already done so. The glue was a bitch! I just through a normal 7 day producer would have been suitable. I presume coffers are low at the moment. I've been told the points and a fine will be detailed in the letter. He did measure the light using a device but no idea if it had been calibrated or what the actual results were.

Yep, had same thing a few years ago, 3 points & £60 fine

Russben wrote:

Did he check the light transmission with a lightmeter?

Although I have some sympathy that you bought the car with the fronts tinted, it's probably about time the Police started clamping down on illegal window tints. They serve no purpose other than hide the driver on their mobile phone (mine has bluetooth, 'cos it's a luxury car) or not wearing their seatbelt.

B9BS X wrote:

Thats just bad luck mate, Iv had a few cars back in the days with tints on and have been pulled over for being too dark. Police back then tested how much ultra violet light went through the tint and then made me take them off there and then and that was the end of it, never stopped me putting them back on though