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Posted: 9/10/2024 4:31:09 AM EDT
Hey, want to get my front window tinted, just the upper portion. My truck came with no "sun tint" on the upper portion of the windshield. How many inches is allowed by law for this "sun shade" strip? My guess is between 3 and 6 inches. Wondering is yas know the legal limit. Not wanting a ticket.
Link Posted: 9/10/2024 5:32:18 AM EDT
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Being CT there is a statute covering everything. The following appears to cover vehicle window tinting:
Sec. 14-99g. Definitions. Tinted or reflectorized windows. Obstruction of view prohibited. Exceptions. Sale or delivery of motor vehicles having tinted or reflectorized windows prohibited. Stickers required. Penalty. Window tinting businesses. Regulations.

(b) No person may operate any motor vehicle which has any object or material placed, displayed, installed, affixed or applied in or on such vehicle in a manner so as to obstruct or reduce the operator's clear and full view of the road through the front windshield or the side or rear windows, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section. No person may place, install, affix or apply any transparent material on the front windshield or the side or rear windows of any motor vehicle if such material alters the color or reduces the light transmittance of such windshield or side or rear windows, except as provided in subsection (c) of this section. Any person required for medical reasons to be shielded from direct rays of the sun or any person operating a motor vehicle belonging to such person or in which such person is a usual passenger shall be exempt from the provisions of this subsection. Applications for such exemption based upon such medical reason shall be made in writing to the commissioner and shall be supported by the written documentation of a physician or optometrist licensed to practice in this state.
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(11) Transparent material which is installed, affixed or applied to the topmost portion of the windshield, provided: (A) The bottom edge of the material is at least twenty-nine inches above the undepressed driver's seat when measured from a point five inches in front of the bottom of the backrest with the driver's seat in its rearmost and lowermost position with the vehicle on a level surface and (B) the material is not red or amber in color; or
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(See link for entire statute)

Looking around online it appears various window tinting websites reference the "Automotive Safety Standard 1 Line" (AS-1 line) for the top windshield window tinting area. And those sites indicate there may be markings on the windshield indicating where the line is.

See cars all the time in New Haven which have tint strips across the top of the windshield. Some look good/professionally done, others look like a drunk laid down the tint strip (bubbles galore).
Link Posted: 9/10/2024 8:17:55 AM EDT
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See cars in New Haven: The Kia Boys
Video captures reckless driving in New Haven
Link Posted: 9/10/2024 8:41:51 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Number_Six:
See cars in New Haven: The Kia Boys

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Midnight basketball and knee length ghetto shorts are the answer to this.  It has worked for decades don't ya know.

While I'm ranting about stupid knee length ghetto basketball shorts that white people wear, shorts are supposed to be short not down to your fucking knees.


Link Posted: 9/10/2024 12:24:24 PM EDT
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While I'm ranting about stupid knee length ghetto basketball shorts that white people wear, shorts are supposed to be short not down to your fucking knees.


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And when the thugs wear them halfway between their waist and knees are they considered pants?
Link Posted: 9/10/2024 2:26:22 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Number_Six:
See cars in New Haven: The Kia Boys
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjpk-eN-lRU
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WTNH has this article yesterday on car thefts in the Elm City.
New Haven sees 150% increase in motor vehicle thefts
Link Posted: 9/12/2024 4:38:10 AM EDT
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Ya I remember cars coming with the top 3 to 6 inches being tinted dark. Now they have no tint, and we're left to be blinded and these "sun visors" ya not helpful.  
On the road most of the time and 95 is not north and south its east and west here in Connecticut. Driving on it we get sun blinded in the morning and afternoon traffic. Least this sun strip would help a bit. I'm going to a classic car show this weekend and I'm gonna look.

Link Posted: 9/12/2024 2:36:06 PM EDT
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The fatory shade band is from the top of windshield down to the rear view mirror. (except for classic cars with mirror on top of dash)
examples at gatewayclassiccars.com

Instead of using 1 DOT standard, states make up their own rules about the "size of..."
Only the factory tint is legal in New Jersey, Pennsylvania (from vehiclefreak.com at-the-top)
Nonreflective tint above AS-1 line – Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii
4 inches – California, Colorado, Maine, Michigan
5 inches – Alaska, Arkansas, Texas, Washington DC, West Virginia, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Maryland, Nebraska, New Mexico, Texas
6 inches – Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Oregon, New Hampshire, New York, Washington
Tinting to the top of the AS-1 line for other states
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