What is tinting allowed?

According to the Technical Regulations of the State Traffic Safety Inspectorate, tintingThe car should be safe for driving land transport. Recently, fines for excessive toning of glasses have increased, so drivers even more began to worry about the question of which tinting is allowed.

Vehicle Tinting: Acceptance Percentage

Before putting the darkened glass oncar or truck, you need to know what percentage of tinting is allowed. For windshields, the percentage of toning is 25% maximum. This means that the windshield must pass at least 75% of the light. The glass, located on the front doors of the car, can be as much as possible tinted by 30%, that is, the light transmittance should be at least 70%. As for the other glasses, their tinting is not standardized, you can put whatever you want. Also allowed to put a darkened light-shielding strip in the top of the windshield, but its width should not exceed 14 centimeters.

For violation of the rules of toning the car the driver receives a fine. From September 1, 2013 under art. 12.5h.3.1 CoAp this penalty is 500 rubles.

Nuances

The fact is that modern carsThey are produced with 80% light transmittance. Therefore, the question of what kind of glass tinting is allowed, has only one answer - absolutely nothing on the front windows. Any toning of such glasses of cars or trucks is illegal. But drivers still, trying to hide from passers-by in their car, even the front windows are toned. The percentage of this tint sometimes reaches 50%, in spite of the permissible 25%.

To be sure that you do not violate the law, you can check the percentage of tinted glass in the service center or at any tinting station.

To date, checking the percentage of tintingglass can only carry out traffic police officer. On posts there are special devices with which help it is possible to tell, how much the tinted glass corresponds to standards of GOST.