Surprising facts about the dark side of tinted windows

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Come north, though, and severely tinted front windows usually signal someone is up to something. Any window tinting by the manufacturer is legal. Many other forms are not. Manufacturers are aware of, and strictly adhere to, federal standards, settling on something usually referred to as “factory tint.”

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It’s the stuff done afterwards that can leave you holding a ticket. As Ursula Bennett, of Mississauga, found out, buying a used car directly from a dealer might not even protect you. Dealers aren’t manufacturers. Bennett, along with her husband, owns two cars with tinted windows: a 2009 Chrysler 300 and a 2006 Dodge Charger.

A few weeks ago, a municipal police officer wrote Bennett a ticket for her darkened windows. Bennett was surprised: she’d purchased the car used from the Chrysler dealer she’d always dealt with. She assumed the tinting was legal.

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17/06/2022
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