Lynny
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Originally posted by CRFC
Went shopping today, just got back to my car when a police car pulls up behind me. Advised me they have the Vehicle Inspection guys with them and they were checking window tints. Some little geek gets out of police car with his new toy and sticks it to my window...
"Your windows allow 31% of light to travel through them and the legal limit is 70%"
Bloody hell... lock me up and throw the key away! I knew they were illegal but did get the lightest possible as so not to take the piss. Anyway have 10 days to remove and have car re-inspected or I am in court.
My point is.... Do they really have nothing better to do than go around car parks and do people for having light tints on their cars? It wasn't just me, mothers with kids were getting the same treatment. We have all heard stories about the police not having time to attend emergencies because they are too busy.... ITS ******** PATHETIC!!
answered your own question there, u do something which u knwo is illegal, and then twist when the police complain at you, what do you expect?
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vibrio
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Originally posted by CRFC
Went shopping today, just got back to my car when a police car pulls up behind me. Advised me they have the Vehicle Inspection guys with them and they were checking window tints. Some little geek gets out of police car with his new toy and sticks it to my window...
"Your windows allow 31% of light to travel through them and the legal limit is 70%"
Bloody hell... lock me up and throw the key away! I knew they were illegal but did get the lightest possible as so not to take the piss. Anyway have 10 days to remove and have car re-inspected or I am in court.
My point is.... Do they really have nothing better to do than go around car parks and do people for having light tints on their cars? It wasn't just me, mothers with kids were getting the same treatment. We have all heard stories about the police not having time to attend emergencies because they are too busy.... ITS ******** PATHETIC!!
so lets see having dark windows is illegal and can cause accidents. the police are doing their job in preventing crime and making the public safe and you say it's pathetic.
you knew they were illegal so really I laugh at you because your going to have to pay to get them removed 
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vibrio
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forgot to say your a twat
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RKS
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Lol yeh.... if u look at it that way... Robbing a house is a Crime..... Having Tinted Front Windows is also a Crime
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_Allan_
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I don't see the the light tints being any factor in an accident. Limo black yes but the light tints aint bad at all at night.
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broster
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Originally posted by _Allan_
I don't see the the light tints being any factor in an accident. Limo black yes but the light tints aint bad at all at night.
sorry but its a law, they drew the line somewhere, if you get tints then you break the law, your choice! why moan about it, its not going to change the law is it
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Colin
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U should have said 'no sorry this aint my car...i was just about to nick it!!!!' And they would say 'oh sorry sir be on your way'
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RichR
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I see the point hes raising though - I had to wait 1 hour 45 minutes for the police to turn up after a riot at the pub - we had a pregnant woman had been bottled in the face - tens of thousands of £s worth of damage done, I'd got a broken nose - all the windows were put through - and it does get annoying when they sit on car parks scoping out parked cars
by the time the police did arrive we'd sorted it out and the lads had long disappeared
fair enough if they stop u at the roadside etc - but not just blatantly sitting on a car park when theres more serious crimes to be dealt with
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vibrio
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Originally posted by LiVe LeE
I see the point hes raising though - I had to wait 1 hour 45 minutes for the police to turn up after a riot at the pub - we had a pregnant woman had been bottled in the face - tens of thousands of £s worth of damage done, I'd got a broken nose - all the windows were put through - and it does get annoying when they sit on car parks scoping out parked cars
by the time the police did arrive we'd sorted it out and the lads had long disappeared
fair enough if they stop u at the roadside etc - but not just blatantly sitting on a car park when theres more serious crimes to be dealt with
I don't see the point he is raising
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fred7
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where i live i have a PRIVATE car park and the police came on the car park tested my car and told me the same mines 31% (dark smoke) and left a ticket on my window and posted a letter saying remove them or next time they will clamp my car untill they have time to romve them! that was bout 6 months ago been pulled twice since and still there on my car 
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_Allan_
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quote:
Originally posted by broster
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Originally posted by _Allan_
I don't see the the light tints being any factor in an accident. Limo black yes but the light tints aint bad at all at night.
sorry but its a law, they drew the line somewhere, if you get tints then you break the law, your choice! why moan about it, its not going to change the law is it
Fair enough I'm not really moaning I have light tints myself and I fully accept if I get pulled that I'll have to remove the fronts. However using the bullshit excuse that they are dangerous and can cause accidents is a little bit sly.
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Siberia
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quote:
Originally posted by vibrio
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Originally posted by LiVe LeE
I see the point hes raising though - I had to wait 1 hour 45 minutes for the police to turn up after a riot at the pub - we had a pregnant woman had been bottled in the face - tens of thousands of £s worth of damage done, I'd got a broken nose - all the windows were put through - and it does get annoying when they sit on car parks scoping out parked cars
by the time the police did arrive we'd sorted it out and the lads had long disappeared
fair enough if they stop u at the roadside etc - but not just blatantly sitting on a car park when theres more serious crimes to be dealt with
I don't see the point he is raising
you are scoooootish though
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a_j_mair
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they are doing there job you are breaking the law there enforcing it. grow up
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RichR
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but when its at the detriment of more serious crime - I agree with telling peopel to get illegal mods sorted - thats not a problem - but when Im waiting 1hr45mins for a serious incident - Im nto best impressed when I see police cars sitting on car parks -stop and go is fine
but sitting on car parks waiting for people to come back to their cars is wrong - and time could be better spent
If they spot an unattended car - and advisory slip could be placed on the windscreen etc
but dont just sit on a car park for hours on end waiting from people to come back
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broster
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quote:
Originally posted by _Allan_
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Originally posted by broster
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Originally posted by _Allan_
I don't see the the light tints being any factor in an accident. Limo black yes but the light tints aint bad at all at night.
sorry but its a law, they drew the line somewhere, if you get tints then you break the law, your choice! why moan about it, its not going to change the law is it
Fair enough I'm not really moaning I have light tints myself and I fully accept if I get pulled that I'll have to remove the fronts. However using the bullshit excuse that they are dangerous and can cause accidents is a little bit sly.
its the truth, some kid in a mk2 golf blames his window tints for causing an accident when he pueed into a biker killing the biker dude. from then on tints are banned!
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_Allan_
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quote:
Originally posted by broster
its the truth, some kid in a mk2 golf blames his window tints for causing an accident when he pueed into a biker killing the biker dude. from then on tints are banned!
I know but them tints were totally black and it was at night?.
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CRFC
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quote:
Originally posted by broster
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Originally posted by _Allan_
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Originally posted by broster
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Originally posted by _Allan_
I don't see the the light tints being any factor in an accident. Limo black yes but the light tints aint bad at all at night.
sorry but its a law, they drew the line somewhere, if you get tints then you break the law, your choice! why moan about it, its not going to change the law is it
Fair enough I'm not really moaning I have light tints myself and I fully accept if I get pulled that I'll have to remove the fronts. However using the bullshit excuse that they are dangerous and can cause accidents is a little bit sly.
its the truth, some kid in a mk2 golf blames his window tints for causing an accident when he pueed into a biker killing the biker dude. from then on tints are banned!
he blamed them because he was acting the bollox in the car and needed an excuse for hitting the bike!
[Edited on 27-05-2005 by CRFC]
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broster
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still they are illegal so end of.
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Rebrabuk
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Sun glasses should be banned whilst driving too.. 
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broster
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Originally posted by Rebrabuk
Sun glasses should be banned whilst driving too..
why do you wear them all the time you are in the car?
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Siberia
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quote:
Originally posted by broster
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Originally posted by Rebrabuk
Sun glasses should be banned whilst driving too..
why do you wear them all the time you are in the car?
i know lots of people that doo... even at night
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Krammy
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Are they going to Ban Blinking at the wheel? Cause you loose sight for a few seconds? or get fined for sneezing..
I Agree front WINDSCREEN tints are daft in a way if they are Dark, but side windows... Eh? if they aint too dark, and you can still see out, whats the problem?
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Lynny
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quote:
Originally posted by LiVe LeE
I see the point hes raising though - I had to wait 1 hour 45 minutes for the police to turn up after a riot at the pub - we had a pregnant woman had been bottled in the face - tens of thousands of £s worth of damage done, I'd got a broken nose - all the windows were put through - and it does get annoying when they sit on car parks scoping out parked cars
by the time the police did arrive we'd sorted it out and the lads had long disappeared
fair enough if they stop u at the roadside etc - but not just blatantly sitting on a car park when theres more serious crimes to be dealt with
where the hell do u live? last riot i was in police got there in under 10 minutes, infact any time iv had to contact an emergancy service, theyve been there in under a quater of an hour
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Rebrabuk
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quote:
Originally posted by broster
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Originally posted by Rebrabuk
Sun glasses should be banned whilst driving too..
why do you wear them all the time you are in the car?
I don't.. 
Why do you assume that i do?  Or was it just your poor punctuation that led me to believe that you do?
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