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MEDIA RELEASE
FOR RELEASE: 23 December 2008 0830 short
DATE TIME DISTRIBUTION
PREPARED: 23 December 2008 0800 3 District
DATE TIME LOCATION
PREPARED BY: J. Picton Sgt . 6703 3 District
NAME RANK & FILE NO. UNIT
AUTHORIZED BY: J. Picton Sgt . 6703 3 District
NAME RANK & FILE NO. UNIT
TINTED WINDOWS – WHAT IS THE LAW
A member of the public called to inquire about information received from a police officer that had
stopped them for having tinted windows on their vehicles drivers’ window. The officer advised that the
coloured window coating was !llegal. Is it?
In the Province of Ontario it is an offence under the Highway Traffic Act to have a coloured coating
applied to the windows that are to the immediate right and left of the driver. It is also !llegal to have a
colour coating applied to the windshield.
Subsection 73(3) of the Highway Traffic Act of Ontario reads as follows:
COLOUR COATING OBSCURING INTERIOR
No person shall drive upon a highway a motor vehicle on which the surface of the windshield or of
any window to the direct left or right of the driver’s seat has been coated with any coloured spray or
other coloured or reflective material that substantially obscures the interior of the motor vehicle when
viewed from outside the motor vehicle.
Drivers of vehicles with window tinting may find themselves subject to being stopped by police and
could be issued a ticket with an out of court settlement of $110.00 (fine of $85 plus $25 court costs)
Niagara Regional Police are appealing to the public, in the interest of officer and public safety, to
refrain from having coloured or reflective coatings applied to the windows of their vehicles.
