Well, i ride at work all weathers. In the summer you will find me mostly wearing a tinted visor......come the evening ie dusk and beyond i put the clear one back in!

It aint rocket science...........If you arnt prepared, cant be arsed, couldnt give a monkies......then expect the worse. I think its called common sense!

I think the law is missing the whole point-it's perfectly legal to ride with a clear visor and the darkest sunnies that you can find-but not a tinted visor...............??
In the time it takes me to stop and remove sunglasses I could have changed my visor anyway, and a tinted visor gives all round protection whereas sunglasses will still allow bright light round the edges. I ALWAYS use a tinted visor in bright daylight, and I ALWAYS carry a clear one with me. The major advantage of a tinted visor is that you can always quickly raise it if going into a dark tunnel-you can't take sunglasses off that easily on a bike if you are moving. I think the people who draft these laws have never even SAT on a bike much less ridden one-they think in terms of car drivers.

John

Ains

I was complaining to a local traffic cop ( Merseyside )about this very same thing recently. He told me that he and his team are specifically targeting vehicles with dark tinted windows and will impound any which are illegal. He reckoned they do the same with illegal exhausts ( Partly because you then invalidate your insurance if you use one ) and that it is now an offence to drive around with your sound system blaring away through open windows!

However, to play devils advocate, how would we feel if car drivers were allowed to drive around with 50% tinted windscreens and side and rear windows?

Double standards applying here? :devil:

Does anyone wear sunglasses while driving at night? No?

During the day while driving a car? Yes if you want to....

What's the law on sunglasses? Should be the same for visors shouldn't it?

makes sense ehh. . . .

/ian

Is it an adVISORy consultation...............

Well for some reason i printed off the letter, signed it and sent it in. I got a very nice letter back today telling me that the person running the consultaion process had moved on and anyhow the consultation exercise ended on 14 June 2002!!

So only nearly four years too late!

Oh and they decided to stay with a maximum 50% tint if you were wondering!

Black RX7, and road legal tinted visor looks like a black one anyway on a black helmet.