1. It's harder to communicate with drivers with tinted windows and to check for their attention. This especially affects pedestrians and bicyclists who have to take pains to make sure they have a driver's attention before making their move, even when they have right of way.
2. You can't prosecute someone for a moving violation if they weren't identified as driving the car (because if a car is stolen for a joyride you don't want the original owner losing their license). Overly tinted front windows make it harder to consistently ID a driver, and let people get away with reckless driving.
3. Frankly it's annoying to not be able to see through cars. It makes certain turns iffier (because you can't see through the parked cars to identify oncoming traffic) and it makes it harder to predict a slow down if you can't see through the back windshield of the huge SUV completely obstructing your line-of-site. Obviously you should be maintaining a sufficient stopping distance to safely slow down, but that doesn't make it nicer to be able to see the slowdown/stop coming a bit before it arrives.
1. It's harder to communicate with drivers with tinted windows and to check for their attention. This especially affects pedestrians and bicyclists who have to take pains to make sure they have a driver's attention before making their move, even when they have right of way.
2. You can't prosecute someone for a moving violation if they weren't identified as driving the car (because if a car is stolen for a joyride you don't want the original owner losing their license). Overly tinted front windows make it harder to consistently ID a driver, and let people get away with reckless driving.
3. Frankly it's annoying to not be able to see through cars. It makes certain turns iffier (because you can't see through the parked cars to identify oncoming traffic) and it makes it harder to predict a slow down if you can't see through the back windshield of the huge SUV completely obstructing your line-of-site. Obviously you should be maintaining a sufficient stopping distance to safely slow down, but that doesn't make it nicer to be able to see the slowdown/stop coming a bit before it arrives.