[NefCanuck]

laidman,Aug 7 2006, 06:11 PM Wrote:so anyways, I was thinking about tinting my head, and taillights, on my 2005 Copper ZX5, I have those dark grey svt wheels, I need your thoughts.  I was looking at Stickercity.com and found some pre-cut covers for the lights.  They are supposed to be easier to install, and for returning my lease, removing them too.  One last thing before I leave this in your hands, what are the legal problems with doing such a thing, as in ticking, and run of the mill police attention......Thankyou
[right][snapback]201180[/snapback][/right]

Doing anything to obstruct the front headlights or taillights is asking for trouble in Ontario, esp. if you get an anal cop. The Highway Traffic Act specifcally prohibits anything like that. Specifically Section 62 of the HTA that says:

Light requirement

(4) Any lamp required under subsection (1), (2) or (3) shall, when lighted, be clearly visible at a distance of at least 150 metres from the front or rear, as the case may be. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 62 (4).
Strength of lamps

(6) Lamps on the front of a motor vehicle shall be so constructed, located, arranged and adjusted that when lighted as required by subsections (1), (2) and (3) they produce under normal atmospheric conditions and on a level road a driving light sufficient to render clearly discernible to the operator of the motor vehicle any person or vehicle on the highway within a distance of 110 metres ahead of the motor vehicle. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 62 (6).

Attachment that affects lamps prohibited

(7) No person shall drive upon a highway a motor vehicle if either or both of the lamps that are required on the front of the vehicle by subsections (1), (2) and (3),

(a) are coated or covered with a coloured material; or

(B) have been modified by the attachment to the lamps or the motor vehicle of any device that reduces the effective area of the lenses or the intensity of the beam of the lamps. 2002, c. 18, Sched. P, s. 19 (1).

Therefore any tinting that cuts down on the visable light output may run afoul of that section.

(The above courtesy the E-laws website)

NefCanuck