you still don't get it. Even if YOU think it is unsafe and useless, it's
still my right to make my own decision about MY safety- not you and not the
government.
----- Original Message -----
From: <Shaun.Hendricks@bergenbrunswig.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 1999 7:08 PM
Subject: DML: Tint Issues
>
> I think some points are being missed in the overall "melee" of this topic.
> Tints are illegal in most states for more reasons than just police
> insecurities, there are scientific reasons also.
> On that police topic, my brother, being a deputy sheriff, will be more
than
> happy to tell you that you are saving your own life by not tinting your
glass.
> You CAN see *slightly* through heavilly tinted glass, but if you're
whipping
> out a pen or something behind that tint and the police officer sees it as
a
> gun and blows your head off... their internal investigations will clear
them
> every single time. The illegal tint prohibited clear lines of sight and
is
> taken as an intentional obstruction of the officers view by the suspect
(you).
> If the officer waits to find out if it's a gun or not, he is endangering
> himself. So you guys can continue to black out your glass... be my guest,
but
> I think you've earned the ticket.
> On the other issues of tint, it's not safe because there are only 2
kinds of
> conditions where tint is useful and both include "bright lights", either
the
> sun or headlights. We have stringent restrictions on headlight aiming.
If
> they aren't aimed right, then they (the bad headlight folks) are the law
> breakers. Mr. Sun doesn't really care what laws we pass, but he's kinda
> predictable in that he only bothers drivers in the morning and at night
for a
> period of about a half hour each. This leaves the other 23 hours of the
day
> and night where tinting is harmful to driving. When you cut down your
> available light, your brain is MORE likely to give you wrong information.
> It's the same concept that makes those shadows at night look like other
> "supernatural" things, because your brain is making up info as it goes.
So
> when you go to change lanes with those tinted windows, you are vastly more
> likely to miss that little subcompact sitting next to you because both
your
> mirrors and your direct vision is impared.
> If you are bothered by Mr. Sun, invest in a pair of $3 sunglasses- tons
> cheaper and more effective than tint. You can justify your tint 'till
you're
> blue in the face, but to me, you're a road hazard and you'll have to
forgive
> me if I go around your vehicle by a wide margin (plus around here, dark
tints
> are common on the gang-bangers cars and I stay away from those morons on
> principal). Tint's at 5% or less really don't do much harm (optically
> speaking, it's little more diffraction than double paned glass) so if
you're
> talking tints at these levels, I can understand, but over that and it's
really
> not justifiable.
> As a personal taste, I don't like tint on any other color vehicle but
> black, and even then, not more than 5%.
>
> Shaun H.
>
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