From May 20 onwards, any car on the streets that is found with tinted windows will be stopped, the tint peeled off and the motorist fined Rs 100. In the event of a repeat violation, the driver will be fined Rs 300. Following the Supreme Court’s direction on strict enforcement of Section 100 of the Motor Vehicles Act, which does not allow use of tinted films on car windows and windscreens, the city traffic police told Deccan Chronicle on Wednesday that car owners have no option but to “remove whatever is on the glass and make it 100 per cent transparent”.
Beginning Thursday, city police will organize camps where car windscreens and windows can have the tint removed. Ten camps will run till May 20 after which the police will start penalizing the car owners who continue to have tinted windows. Additional Commissioner of Police (Traffic) M.A. Saleem said the Supreme Court order clearly states that existing cars cannot have any film or any other material which obstruct view into the inside of the car. “There is no question of using anything which obstructs the view into the cars — like curtains and shades — the order says ‘no’ to films or any other material”, he said.