Tinted Winsows in Msia - u wont b booked, for now

• Vigelic

  9 Apr 07, 02:55

  The Electric New Paper :
  S'porean cars with tinted windows in JB
  You won't be booked...for now
  SINGAPORE motorists who own cars with tinted windows can now drive across the Causeway without having to worry about being booked, at least for now.
  By Zaihan Mohd Yusof
  
  08 April 2007
  SINGAPORE motorists who own cars with tinted windows can now drive across the Causeway without having to worry about being booked, at least for now.
  
  Last month, The New Paper reported that two Singaporeans were issued summonses for having dark tinted windows. The drivers said they were unaware they had broken Malaysian transport laws.
  
  Now, the Malaysian Road Transport Department (JPJ) has told The New Paper that it is not clamping down on such Singapore cars temporarily, pending further instructions from its headquarters.
  
  This comes after Malaysian High Commissioner to Singapore Datuk N Parameswaran appealed to the Malaysian authorities not to take 'unilateral action on tinted glass'.
  
  The stricter Malaysian law requires foreign-registered cars entering its borders to allow in 75 per cent of light for the front windscreen. For the side windows and rear windscreen, at least 50 per cent light transmittance is required
  
  In contrast, Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) requires only a 25 per cent light transmittance for the rear windscreen and rear passenger windows. For the front windscreen and two front side windows, there must be at least 70 per cent light transmittance
  
  If the Malaysian authorities insist on implementing their rules strictly, Datuk Parameswaran said 'Singapore cars will forever be wrong in Malaysia'.
  
  'Likewise, we will forever be wrong in Singapore. Our enforcement agencies must ensure that our borders are secure but at the same time friendly. We should not give Singaporeans the impression that we are waiting to catch them (Singaporeans) as soon as they cross the border,' he said in an interview with The Star.
  
  PUNISHMENT FOR OFFENDERS
  
  According to the JPJ website, anybody who breaks the law on tinted windows can be fined up to RM500 and jailed up to two weeks.
  
  There are also concerns that the strict rules would result in a huge drop of tourism if Singapore car owners are afraid to drive to Malaysia for fear of being booked. Those caught not only have to pay a fine, they will have to suffer the inconvenience of having to go through a 30-minute inspection at a JPJ inspection centre.
  
  Said Datuk Parameswaran: 'I have written to the relevant agencies in Malaysia informing them about these problems, as such action can hurt tourism and even investment in the Iskandar Development Region. Until such time, we should avoid taking unilateral action. It may only trigger Singapore to act likewise against Malaysian tinted cars.'
  
  Datuk Parameswaran suggested flexibility and standardising the laws with Singapore and other countries which have land borders with Malaysia.
  
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• imprezaWRXSTi22B

  9 Apr 07, 10:32

  i tot i see many malaysian cars which are tinted very very black.... on all sides including the windscreen.
• dork3d

  9 Apr 07, 11:13

  Originally posted by imprezaWRXSTi22B:

  i tot i see many malaysian cars which are tinted very very black.... on all sides including the windscreen.

  My cousin's SUV in Johore got his car's windscreen, rear screen and side windows tinted like Knight Rider, only can see through from inside, can't see in...
  
  Me always used his car while in Johore to drive to Desaru and Air Hitam with my wife (my girlfriend then) and stayed in the car...
• sir_boris

  9 Apr 07, 12:47

  Thanks for sharing the info.
  
  However, if the info is authentic, is just a letter from an ambassador to another ministry suggesting those actions be taken. Not a claim made by the authoritative personnel. Still, they have the authority to drag your vehicle for inspection.
• T.Ryousuke

  9 Apr 07, 13:09

  He say at least for now! what happen later?
  
  dork3d wat you did inside the car?
  
  Just when in last Friday with tinted screen, nothing happen.
  So wanna see when they not happy and start fine us again.
• Disappointment

  9 Apr 07, 16:00

  If we are to comply to their restrictions, then how come all the malaysia cars, with bigger-then-my-arse exhaust mufflers (definitely not LTA compliant), can come into singapore without any problems?
  
  
• tomsss

  9 Apr 07, 18:35

  Originally posted by Disappointment:

  If we are to comply to their restrictions, then how come all the malaysia cars, with bigger-then-my-arse exhaust mufflers (definitely not LTA compliant), can come into singapore without any problems?
  
  

  book them for their out-of-alignment 45 degree angled exhaust pipes
• dork3d

  9 Apr 07, 20:20

  Originally posted by T.Ryousuke:

  He say at least for now! what happen later?
  
  dork3d wat you did inside the car?
  
  Just when in last Friday with tinted screen, nothing happen.
  So wanna see when they not happy and start fine us again.

  Hmmm... The usual things that a guy and a girl would do while alone in a deserted spot...