No more tinted glasses to hide

No more tinted glasses to hide
Deccan Herald

Rules prohibit the use of dark, black or reflective glasses in vehicles. But it has not been implemented in the State till date. Reason - there is no equipment to measure the extent of the tint given to the glasses.

Rules prohibit the use of dark, black or reflective glasses in vehicles. But it has not been implemented in the State till date. Reason - there is no equipment to measure the extent of the tint given to the glasses.

However, the recent gruesome rape and murder of a HP Employee Pratibha by a cab driver has woken up the Bangalore City Police, forcing them to make efforts to procure the measuring equipment to get strict on vehicle users.

Rule 100 of the Central Motor Vehicle Rules 1989 says: “the glass of windscreen and rear window of motor vehicles should have a visibility of at least 70 per cent and that of side windows a minimum visibility of 50 per cent. The front windscreen shall be of laminated safety glass, whose pieces do not fly in the event of a crash and edges would be less jagged than in case of ordinary glass.”

Bangalore City Police Commissioner Ajai Kumar Singh observes: “It is true that we are not active in booking cases against those using tinted glass. Policemen work for 16 to 18 hours a day. A drive against tinted glass was not our priority. From now on, we will concentrate on that too.”

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Traffic - East Division) M A Saleem says: “We do not have measuring instruments to check the extent of visibility. Delhi police are using it. We have asked them to provide us information about it’’