legal tinted visors

[M.C.]

if it has got a BS or E mark on it it is legal if not it's illegal, most helmet manufactures have dark tinted visors because they are legal is most countries but ours thinks it knows better.

actually....i was told on my CBT that 18% is the legal percentage, not 50. she showed it to me and it was ridiculous, lol. have also been told that you are meant to carry your clear one with you all the time too

TBH, I am not sure on the legal tint however, AFAIK it only carries a £30 non endorsable, no points. Car windscreens etc do not carry points either, also a £30 non endorsable.

Clear visors look carp..........that is all

[christopher]

The legal aspect on tinted visors is that they must transmit 50% or more of visible (natural) light, and even then this is only before lighting up time (i.e. it's illegal to use a visor with any tint once the streetlights come on).

I'm not sure what the law says about if it's daytime but with poor visibility such as heavy rain or fog, but I'd guess they could do for your driving without due care or whatever they wanted even if the law doesn't specifically mention anything.

Personally I use a Dark Tint on my visor but carry a spare clear one as well. Wouldn't ever not wear a visor that didn't have a decent amount of tint to it in good conditions, I find it so much safer as it reduces the glare from objects.

If you have a race visor, you can legally use it during daylight hours, but not after lighting up time.

We always swap our visors when we ride after dark, wouldnt be able to see a thing if we didnt anyway!

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by Von Teese

If you have a race visor, you can legally use it during daylight hours, but not after lighting up time.

We always swap our visors when we ride after dark, wouldnt be able to see a thing if we didnt anyway!

Sounds about right a lot of coppers round here use really dark ones in the day time....and I imagine this means the risk of them doing you for it is probably slimmer anyway!

TBH you would really have to be really really unlucky and have a cop who is either very anally retentive or one with a probationer...sorry cant say that anymore...I mean a STUDENT OFFICER...god forbid!

I never bother with that kind of thing, nor numberplates, cans etc, neither do any of the others on the response team, we have more important things to go to like couples beating each other's heads in, fights, robberies etc.

Traffic might prosecute you if they felt like it but I would say that most of them ride or turn a blind eye, or couldnt be bothered.

I find the dark tint and mirror visors much safer, they take the glare off and I can see better using them, I used my clear visor recently during day and nearly went blind with it.
Horrible and yes they look a bit naff on my lids.

Best thing to do is to plead ignorance because to be honest it doesnt seem like anyone knows the real limitations of what is legal and not.

Most of these visors state 'Daytime use only' not 'Not road legal' like some of the cans have on them, therefore there is definately room for debate.

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by Von Teese

Most of these visors state 'Daytime use only' not 'Not road legal' like some of the cans have on them, therefore there is definately room for debate.

debate/a sticker ..... tomato/tomato

I know there are certain types of sunglasses for mountaineering which the manufacturer states "cannot be worn whilst driving" - the reason given is very technical.

At the likes of the NW200, how many bikers that go to watch have tinted visors on their lids? How many end up getting fined for it? I haven't heard of anyone being fined for wearing a tinted visor on a sunny day.