UK Tinted Visor law
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Apparently there looking in to the legality of the inserts now as well.....A couple of distributors have already been taken to court I think....Never been stopped for my visor mind, just my can , small plate , speeding etc
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Is the pope catholic ? They generally pick on everylittle thing No plates, race cans, visors I've even been stopped for having indicators that are too small.
Its a bloody nanny state.
Its a bloody nanny state.
they tried doing me for my dark visor 1 year back and failed took it right to the crown court i had a video cam setup on the tank and had it played in court by my breif. the picture was lousy could hardly see it for the sun's glare i told them i valued my life more than any fine and told them i would sooner go to prison than stand by a stupid law . the 12 just men and woman came back with a not guilty . saw the cop outside court he wasnt happy and said wait while next time i told him to go shit on his helmet lol. result eh .
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So there are people in this country who know their arse from their elbow.......still, a shame that the old bill made us all (the tax payer) pay to take it that far, if only they'd listen to the public then maybe wed all save a bit of cash. But then they'd all have to do some proper work like catch rapist's muggers and other thieving scum.
i was just so piised off by them stoping me for no reason at all just that i was riding a bike .the best bit of kit i ride with now is a mp3 player with record .if i get stopped now before getting in there car i record it all just like them ive only had one cop who tried to get me to turn it off . ive just had enough of them taking the piss with us bikers when young kids can fly around town in small hatchbacks with blacked out windows exhausts like drainpipes and kids hanging out of the windows all they do is shit there laughing. the cop who took me to court isnt on trafic anymore !well havent seen him
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He's probably been promoted !!!
i thought it was to do with health and safety for them being illegal. you can wear sunglasses as they have UV filters blocking out harmful rays whereas visors have no UV protection at all so when shaded the pupils are dilated more exposing them more to those harmful rays. sunscreen for your eyes basically. how stupid is it?
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Eh ? is this for real ??doohan1 said:
Its all for our health & safety !
Bollox.
The cheapest pair of sunglasses you can buy are legal. No impact protection. No UV filter, no nothing, but thats ok.
British law tries to imply it fits in with Euro standards. But how come tinted visors are ok off shore.?? Isle Of Man, Ireland and mainland europe are all legal to buy and use tinted visors.
This is a stupid and dangerous law. and its all related to the obsession with cameras as a way of upholding the traffric laws.
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NotoriousREV said:It doesn't help when you have situations where the government sends a team of researchers to a regular bike spot at sunset and counts the number of riders using tinted visors and then finds out how many of those were carrying a clear visor to use once the sun had gone down.
Apparently 40% were planning to ride home in the dark with their tinted visors![]()
Of course, the Government doesn't realise that legislating for the idiots in our society isn't the way to go...
As I've put in my note. I wear glasses and there's no law to say that I can't go out in perscription sunglasses and ride in the dark with them on. At least with a dark visor I can lift it up and ride slowly home but I can at least see where I'm going!!!! It's a stupid law that should be scrapped. Your driving along and you have your sunglasses on, you get to a long tunnle and at first you can see nothing til your eyes adjust but at least with a dark visor you can lift it up!!!!!
I totally agree it doesn't help but these people might have been willing to lift the visor up and to be honest who out there would ride a bike not knowing where the road went to!
Got to ask whats the law on pillions wearing dark visors or is that a stupid question????
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Its not a stupid question. it IS a stupid law !. The pillion is subject to the same law. Dark or Iridium visors are illegal. There is now a £60 fine and 3 points cos its a traffic offence :confused :confused how ....?waynebikes said:
<officious copper>The defendant was procedin in an orderly manner whilst wearing protection against the bright sun m'lud </officious copper>
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So I wonder what would happen if I took someone on the back of my bike who is wearing there own helmet with a dark visor but they don't have a driving licence???? Does this mean I get the points?????:scratch :scratch
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i didn't think tinted visors were illegal, i got my iridium visor (is this different to tinted), which the man in the bike shop said was legal, he also tried to get me to get an illegal black visor, which i said no to.
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you are aloud to were dark visors in day time when it's sunny , if you wear it at night or a real dull day then thats when to get a ticket
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