We are looking at a vehicle which due to its design has been criticised for having woefully poor rear visibility. The owner decided it was not bad enough and added limo tint.

Now he cannot see ( on a bright sunny day ) well enough to reverse into a parking spot.

Why is it always the cops shitting in tint threads?

My car is tinted (illegally per Michigan laws).
5% rears, 20% fronts.

I can see just fine. If it stops me from getting melanoma again, it’s worth it.

Its not just tint.

Its the concept of messing with safety.

Same goes for a number of things........

Those eejits who tint their rear lights too.

Example - 90s UK - the young men of the "diverse" population of London decided it would be cooler looking if their car seats were lower. Cue a fad where they modified car seat mounts so they were practically sitting on the floor.

Mid 90s another fad was to recline the drivers seat so far they were practically laying down like a tank driver !

Then came the "my fog lights make my car look cool" fad. Who cares if other drivers are blinded.

Later was the buckling of seatbelts underneath the driver - so basically not wearing them - lest it puts a crease in his Miami Vice suit with rolled up sleeves.

Every winter we saw the same wastes of oxygen driving their cars down the road with all glass covered in snow or frost. With a 12" x 3" apeature cleared of snow - too lazy to scrape the rest and too stupid to realise that it was unsafe.

A few days ago I saw a guy in FL with a vintage truck. Front suspension had a lift job. Rear suspension lowered. He ended up with the same level of visibility a spitfire pilot had when taxiing on the runway.

It is not just tint - every day you will hear of an eejit who has decided he knows more about safety than the people who designed the vehicle he drives. Or the tools he uses. Or the lathe / machine he operates. Or the forklift he drives.

Don't know the percentages but I have dark window tint everywhere but the windshield. I went with the installer's suggestion for the windshield and it's considerably lighter than the rest of the windows.

The tint doesn’t look that dark to me, you can see out the passenger side window in the picture just fine. Not to mention even with 5% tint there’s literally no way it’s dark enough to limit your vision during the day. That guy just can’t drive.

I am in Florida and did 80% on the front windshield. For me the biggest thing is it takes the reflection/glare from other cars during the day.  It did help with heat.