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[Andy B]

.... - as I drive a Merc coupe I would love to have the ability to clear the rear screen especially when the car is in slow traffic and it's raining.

DB

To what degree are you expecting to see out of the back window? Surely you want to see whether there is owt behind you, not to be able to give a detailed description of car & driver  .

There's no wiper on my rear engined, Mercedes powered coupe  (Smart Roadster Coupe) but even if there was, you can still see bugger all cos the designer put a bloody great panel in your sight line.

[chrisgixer]

....and do the wing mirrors not work either..? 


And how do van drivers cope? I wonder? Ok they're too busy tail gating, but .....

[Vamps]

....and do the wing mirrors not work either..? 


And how do van drivers cope? I wonder? Ok they're too busy tail gating, but .....

The last Van I drove had 2 rear wipers, one on each door; Mercedes Vito.............

[chrisgixer]

....and do the wing mirrors not work either..? 


And how do van drivers cope? I wonder? Ok they're too busy tail gating, but .....

The last Van I drove had 2 rear wipers, one on each door; Mercedes Vito.............

Stop trying to be posh!

[Vamps]

....and do the wing mirrors not work either..? 


And how do van drivers cope? I wonder? Ok they're too busy tail gating, but .....

The last Van I drove had 2 rear wipers, one on each door; Mercedes Vito.............

Stop trying to be posh!

 

[Broomies Mate]

....and do the wing mirrors not work either..? 


And how do van drivers cope? I wonder? Ok they're too busy tail gating, but .....

The last Van I drove had 2 rear wipers, one on each door; Mercedes Vito.............

It's not a proper van if it has rear windows! 

[Sir Tigger KC]

To what degree are you expecting to see out of the back window? Surely you want to see whether there is owt behind you, not to be able to give a detailed description of car & driver  .

It's a fair point.  You only really need to see enough to see if the following car has blue lights.   

[TheBoy]

....and do the wing mirrors not work either..? 


And how do van drivers cope? I wonder? Ok they're too busy tail gating, but .....

The last Van I drove had 2 rear wipers, one on each door; Mercedes Vito.............

It's not a proper van if it has rear windows! 

Exactly!

[Diamond Black Geezer]

I think that's why the rules / regs on tinting car windows means you're basically allowed as dark as you like aft of the B-pillar - but only a small amount of tint on front side windows, and windscreen... because vans don't have windows there, and yet they're allowed on the roads. (some would say they shouldn't be, but that's more down to the drivers than the van  )

[chrisgixer]

Maybe EMD is on to something, maybe he's discovered why Gm removed the rear blind option.


...maybe.

[05omegav6]

I think that's why the rules / regs on tinting car windows means you're basically allowed as dark as you like aft of the B-pillar - but only a small amount of tint on front side windows, and windscreen... because vans don't have windows there, and yet they're allowed on the roads. (some would say they shouldn't be, but that's more down to the drivers than the van  )

That's arse backwards... the front windows must legally only be tinted slightly in order that the driver can see out of them clearly at night...

As for rearward view, a car with blacked out windows and no passenger door mirror would be an mot failure, in the same way that a van with no passenger mirror would be

[Diamond Black Geezer]

sorry but, um.....

https://www.gov.uk/tinted-vehicle-window-rules

and the important bit - "There are no rules for tinting the rear windscreen or rear passenger windows"

This is what I was saying, yes, the front windows - that is windscreen, and front side windows must only be tinted slightly, but the back side and rear windows can be dark as you like. Limousines, for example.. lots of MPVs you see now from factory have this option...

[05omegav6]

The arse backwards bit was simply that you put the cart before the horse... rear windows are irrelevant but not because vans don't have them

As for having limo tint windows, I never knew that... No, really

[Diamond Black Geezer]

yup

[05omegav6]

That was my sarcastic face

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