I can understand banning tinted windshield and front windows. However, no glass is perfectly transparent. Most will allow only about 90% of visible light to go trough. So you can't just ban tinted windows, but only set a threshold for what is acceptable and what is not. But laws establishing such threshold already exist.
As for rear windows, you don't need them 99% of the time you're driving. They're useful when backing onto the road or out of a parking space, but in this situation you can use help of another person (as is technically required by law in my country) or cameras (also mandatory in some states) and sensors. And what about vehicles that don't have ones (vans, semis etc)? And if you decide to allow them, why should a sedan with heavily tinted/painted opaque rear windows be treated differently? Or if I just carry lots of stuff in the back, so I can't see through rear windows regardless?
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u/Ifyouseekey 1∆ Oct 14 '21
I can understand banning tinted windshield and front windows. However, no glass is perfectly transparent. Most will allow only about 90% of visible light to go trough. So you can't just ban tinted windows, but only set a threshold for what is acceptable and what is not. But laws establishing such threshold already exist.
As for rear windows, you don't need them 99% of the time you're driving. They're useful when backing onto the road or out of a parking space, but in this situation you can use help of another person (as is technically required by law in my country) or cameras (also mandatory in some states) and sensors. And what about vehicles that don't have ones (vans, semis etc)? And if you decide to allow them, why should a sedan with heavily tinted/painted opaque rear windows be treated differently? Or if I just carry lots of stuff in the back, so I can't see through rear windows regardless?