tinted visors in the evening/night

[clancy]

has anyone actuarly been pulled for using tinted visors at night etc.

always been to much of a pain to take a clear one out with me to change it over for the ride home. so i never bother.

but im guessing theres some ridiculous story of someone getting done for it.

[T.C]

[carlperkins00...]

black tinted visors are only legal in the daytime. says so on the visor.
I have been pulled about 6 times for mine, police just say... go home and dont do it again.

dont say "i was riding with it up though" if its on the helmet... its illegal.
if you get pulled... just say "sorry officer i got held up at work (or whatever) and I didnt bring my clear visor".
"i'm sorry, it won't happen again".

They cant be bothered to do the paperwork for a stupid offence, so as long as your nice and understanding they will let you go.

hope this helps. Carl.

[clancy]

ok, so the chances are you arent gonna get a ticket for it?

dunno what T.C is on about, the visor says "daytime use only" so its obviously legal. if it wasnt, surely it would say not for road use?

[carlperkins00...]

nah i highly doubt you will get a ticket, unless you get the same cop everytime and he gets fed up with your excuses, or you act like a twat when he pulls you over...

just be curtious and understanding, and apologise. no problems...

I think he means legal tinted visors like the yellow ones you can get for foggy/rainy conditions..
they are legal in day and night.

[deanoet]

Black visors are illegal in daylight, just they over look it.

I think it comes under the same rules as a car having a tinted front windscreen... ie. not legal

They put daylight use only as i think in some countries it is legal during daylight.


To sum it up if you have a black visor on and are riding like a cock or fail the attitude test, if they cant pin anything else on you you will get done for, small plate / black visor / loud exhaust etc etc
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[carlperkins00...]

[clancy]

yeah i know what you mean. i was just saying, if they were illegal in all conditions, police would be doing people for it left right and centre.
because of course they cant find all the thiefs and frauds out there so they take it out on bikes.

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[CaNsA]

You can get legal tinted visors, they are not as dark as the illegal good ones though cos they obviously let more sunlight through.

And the law states (i cant be arsed looking for it) that you cannot ride with a tinted visor of any type when the street lamps come on as it is then classed as night time.

Me and my mate were racing against the sun on friday, trying to get back from north wales before the lights come on.

i had the vision of that scene from "Bram Stokers Dracula" when they were racing to get to the castle before sunset with them horses and that carriage

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[Paulington]

I ride with this visor:

https://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w182/OllieePaul/IMG_0730.jpg

Even at night, if it's just a short ride ~5 miles or so I just leave that visor on and keep it up. I've not been nabbed for it yet. I think the police have better things to be looking for.

If it's a longer ride, generally swap to clear at night.
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[Kwaks]

Carl, try buying a tinted visor at HG or other reputable firm, you don't have a chance in hell of getting a non legal tint.

As for Police stopping you, have seen it many many times.
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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

You're talking arse I'm afraid CarlPerkins as states by the people above.

If you look at the "day use only" visor you won't find an ECE approval number on it.

That's because it's not approved for road use in Europe.

Just for arguement's sake assuming you were correct, at what point in the eyes of law would it stop being day time? Sun set (bearing in mind in winter it's already bloody dark before the sun sets), or would be it a sliding time scale based on when the police thought it was safe throughout every day of the year?

It's impossible to enforce such a law if it did exist (which is doesn't) with regard to visors.
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[hedgehugger]

visor law is near the bottom
https://www.motorcycletrainingkent.com/TheLaw.htm