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Tinted visor law?
- Thread starter rider1106
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I was thinking about this just recently actually. I've ridden past cops with my tinted visor and never got bothered for it.
I think the main reason it's illegal to have extremely dark tints on a car, is to make sure you're visible in case you were drinking/doing drugs/no seat belt and things of that nature.
A helmet visor just covers your face and protects your eyes from the sun while your body is perfectly visible.
Can't see why it would be illegal.
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LannyNguyen
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Illegal or not, why would you wear a tinted visor at night...
I can understand riders leave it up when they forget their visor at home, but having it down?.. lol
I can understand riders leave it up when they forget their visor at home, but having it down?.. lol
It's not so bad with a tinted visor at night.
I had to do it with pitch black roads from perry sound because a fellow rider bike broke down and by the time the tow truck came it was dark.
Ever since then I don't even swap out my visors. In the GTA on well lit roads it isn't a problem. But if I know I'm going to ride hard all night I will switch
I had to do it with pitch black roads from perry sound because a fellow rider bike broke down and by the time the tow truck came it was dark.
Ever since then I don't even swap out my visors. In the GTA on well lit roads it isn't a problem. But if I know I'm going to ride hard all night I will switch
No, they aren't illegal. There are places in which a level of tint over a certain percentage is illegal for visors, but not here.
*EDIT* The UK regs can be seen here: http://assets.dft.gov.uk/publicatio...ets/motorcycle-helmets-visors-and-goggles.pdf
*EDIT* The UK regs can be seen here: http://assets.dft.gov.uk/publicatio...ets/motorcycle-helmets-visors-and-goggles.pdf
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silvrsurfr
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The reason for it being illegal in cars is because cops can't see you when they approach your car. you can be digging around for a weapon etc. the cops want to see who and how many are i. the car when pulling someone over. dark tints hide that.
on a bike you can see the whole person. no one is hiding. so its fine.
on a bike you can see the whole person. no one is hiding. so its fine.
There is no law against tinted visor in Ontario. Tented windows on cars is an officer safety issue.<o></o>
Well you'd have a hard time seeing out your windows if you tented them. Tinting on the other hand...
luv2ride
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It is illegal to drive the way they drive and no one is stopping them.
LoneRonin
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well you must not have gotten too many bugs or other **** in your eyes especially at night...
probably haven't ridden fast enough to get teary eyed without a visor either...
Bell Transition Visor... never have this problem again!
+1 Love this thing. My old helmet had a dark tint and I rode with it down, at night and in the middle of nowhere. I could see just fine but was careful not to overdrive the headlights.
I love mine. Not quite as dark as a regular dark tint visor but plenty good and is constantly adjusting to the light. Darkens very fast too.
Unless the visor has UV protection it doesn't protect your eyes. Without UV protection a tinted lens or visor fools your eyes into opening the pupils because the light is dimmed. However the UV goes through and damages the eye because of the larger pupil.
The cops over here don't bother us to much, few years ago they had a purge on tinted visors and race cans. The ruling is they won't give tinted visors a B.S. kite mark so this makes them illegal to fit. You can wear sunglasses tho, i ride all the time with a tinted visor and i'd be really unlucky if i got a ticket. Its illegal to sell tinted visors here, so we get them through the internet , and there sent from outside the UK from places like Jersey or Guernsey.
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