Originally posted by Pete D:
Originally posted by Rishodi:

That's one reason tint laws exist, but it's certainly not the primary one. Like seatbelt laws, tint laws are for your own protection. Tinted windows decrease your ability to see all around your vehicle at night. There needs to be a legal limit in order to prevent unnecessary accidents.

Anyone who knowingly tints their windows darker than the legal limit of their state is quite simply a dumbass.



While that is another reason states enact them, why is there such a wide disparity? Does it get less dark in NM or FL at night then it does in the north? Of course not.




There's a wide disparity because the line at which the tint level becomes "unsafe" is highly subjective.

Limits tend to be higher in the South because it's popular with the people to allow them more tint since the sun is more intense. Getting an untinted car cool in Texas 3/4 of the year is an exercise in futility.

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