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- From: Rick.Ellis@ofa123.fidonet.org
- Newsgroups: ca.driving
- Subject: Re: Tinted windows law ??
- X-Sender: newtout 0.02 Nov 17 1992
- Message-ID: <n134at@ofa123.fidonet.org>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 13:55:19
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- On <Dec 14 13:55> David Early writes:
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- DE> In Oregon, the reason they gave was that heavily tintied windows
- DE> prevented police from seeing the driver, which they said could lead
- DE> to a leathal situation when a driver pulls a gun and the cop can't
- DE> see it...I don't know if they had any first hand experience with
- DE> this.
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- I've heard the CHP say it's because of night vision problems (especially
- spotting pedestrians). From some of the tinting I've seen on the road I can
- believe this.
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