Illegal window tint…

MX5huggy

….. on a foreign registered car.

if a car has very dark front side window tint would that be illegal? 

Let’s presume it’s legal in the county the car is registered in (Ukraine). 

How long can they run the car in the UK for without registering it or returning to Ukraine? 

TooManyPoints

Six months. This does not have to be consecutive but the period must not exceed six months in total over a period of twelve months.

shiraz99

That above said, if it currently contravenes the law then it will be illegal regardless of whether it's registered here or not.

Android07

I don't understand why we are allowing cars with Ukraine number plates here. They are not even part of the EU! What happens if someone crashes into your car? Who pays for the repairs? Their insurance company in Ukraine?

CKhalvashi

Android07 said:

I don't understand why we are allowing cars with Ukraine number plates here. They are not even part of the EU! What happens if someone crashes into your car? Who pays for the repairs? Their insurance company in Ukraine?

Probably for the same reason that Ukraine allow UK-registered vehicles in their country, something called international traffic.

The car will be insured under a local Ukrainian policy and Ukraine is a member of the Green Card scheme. Ukrainian registered vehicles are also popular in general throughout a lot of the EU, so this isn't a problem.

I'm not generally for people breaking the law, but is OP really going to make the life of someone that is likely already difficult even more difficult by reporting this? The vehicle can remain here for 6 months in 12 without being registered in the UK and from the limited information posted here would appear to be fully legal in Ukraine, where it is registered.

MX5huggy said:

How long can they run the car in the UK for without registering it or returning to the Ukraine? 

I'm not sure what or where "the Ukraine" is. This is grammatically and politically incorrect, suggesting that Ukraine is part of something else, where according to Ukraine's constitution Ukraine is an independent nation made up of 24 regions, 1 autonomous region (Crimea) and 2 cities of special status (Kyiv and Sevastopol).

yessuz

Android07 said:

I don't understand why we are allowing cars with Ukraine number plates here. They are not even part of the EU! What happens if someone crashes into your car? Who pays for the repairs? Their insurance company in Ukraine?

why you would not allow cars with foreign plates at all? as long as it is of country which signed Vienna convention (1968), they can get in the country.

It has to be insured under Ukraine law and their Insurance company would pay. Like any other foreign reg vehicle

cars in London or anywhere with reg plates from, let's say UAE, do not bother you, but Ukrainian does?! a bit xenophobic here, no?

elsien

Android07 said:

I don't understand why we are allowing cars with Ukraine number plates here. They are not even part of the EU! What happens if someone crashes into your car? Who pays for the repairs? Their insurance company in Ukraine?

On that basis, I guess you’re suggesting that British registered cars shouldn’t be allowed to travel abroad? 

user1977

Surely action can be taken against any car where you can't see out the windows properly? Or is this a very specific construction and use point where the nationality of the car is relevant?

CKhalvashi

user1977 said:

Surely action can be taken against any car where you can't see out the windows properly? Or is this a very specific construction and use point where the nationality of the car is relevant?

I'm not 100% sure, which is why I've worded my reply carefully.

I believe the registration of the car likely is relevant but that would be a question for the relevant government department.

shiraz99

user1977 said:

Surely action can be taken against any car where you can't see out the windows properly? Or is this a very specific construction and use point where the nationality of the car is relevant?

It's not. You drive within the law of the land, if the tints are illegal here they're illegal, no matter where the vehicle is registered.

Car_54

CKhalvashi said:

user1977 said:

Surely action can be taken against any car where you can't see out the windows properly? Or is this a very specific construction and use point where the nationality of the car is relevant?

I'm not 100% sure, which is why I've worded my reply carefully.

I believe the registration of the car likely is relevant but that would be a question for the relevant government department.

It seems it is not relevant. The C & U regulations apply to "the use of motor vehicles and trailers on roads" - no exemption for foreign-registered cars. [Road Traffic Act 1988, section 41.]