JR3282
06-21-2011, 01:45 PM
What percentage of tint is legal on FRONT WINDOWS of vehicles. I thought is was 40% but I know of a guy who got a ticket yesterday with tint at 40%.
Thanks
rhiley_08j
06-21-2011, 05:53 PM
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/story/2011/04/13/nb-tinted-windows-0413.html
Tremc
06-22-2011, 08:45 AM
Refer to the NB Motor Vehicle act. 30% is the cut off... but don't go putting tint on... your car windows are tinted from the manufacturer which is already at 20% 0r 30%. I forget the actual %age.
238(1.1) Subject to subsection (1.11), no person shall
place or install in or on the front windshield of a motor
vehicle or in or on the side wings or side windows to the
right or the left of the driver of a motor vehicle any colour
spray or other coloured material or any opaque or reflective
material that may
(a) obstruct the driver’s clear view of the highway or
any intersecting highway, or
(b) substantially obscure the interior of the motor vehicle
when viewed from outside the motor vehicle.
238(1.11) No person shall place or install in or on the
front windshield of a motor vehicle or in or on the side
wings or side windows to the right or the left side of the
driver of a motor vehicle, any colour spray or other coloured
material or any opaque or reflective material that
prevents more than thirty per cent of any light from passing
through in either direction when measured by a photometer.
238(1.2) Subsections (1.1) and (1.11) do not apply in
relation to the installation of front windshields, side wings
or side windows during the initial construction or assembly
of the motor vehicle nor to the replacement of windshields,
side wings or side windows with equivalents to
those installed during the initial construction or assembly.
238(1.3) Subject to subsection (1.4), no person shall operate
on a highway a motor vehicle.
(a) on which the front windshield, or the side wings
or side windows to the right or the left of the driver,
have been treated, coated or covered with a colour spray
or other coloured material or any opaque or reflective
material in such a manner as to obstruct the driver’s
clear view of the highway or any intersecting highway.
(b) on which the front windshield, or the side wings
or side windows to the right or left of the driver, have
been treated, coated or covered with a colour spray or
other coloured material or any opaque or reflective material
that substantially obscures the interior of the motor
vehicle when viewed from outside the motor vehicle.
238(1.4) No person shall operate on a highway a motor
vehicle on which the front windshield, or the side wings
or side windows to the right or the left of the driver, have
been treated, coated or covered with a colour spray or other
coloured material or any opaque or reflective material that
prevents more than thirty per cent of any light from passing
through in either direction when measured by a photometer