From: keys@starchild.ncsl.nist.gov (Lawrence B. Keys)
Newsgroups: rec.audio.car
Subject: Re: Tinted Windows
Date: 9 Oct 92 16:47:06 GMT
Organization: National Institute of Standards & Technology

In article <8OCT199210290285@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov> danclark@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Resident MacWizard 26/140 286-4405) writes:
>This might upset a lot of you, but tinted windows are not very smart.  
>You might as well put a sign on the back window that says "Break into 
>me".  Maybe the sign should say "Please Mr. Officer, pull me over".  
                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Since that was my post i'll respond.

I don't think that tinted windows are any more of an attraction than
aluminum wheels, "High Priced" cars (i.e., BMW, Lexus etc.), or packages 
left on the front seat.  So maybe we should all drive inexpensive, and
ordinary cars.  That way thieves won't be tempted.  I also don't think
that most thieves are necessarly looking for stereo equipment.  They are
probably looking for anything valuable.  

"Did you ever hear the one about the thief who broke into a car, stole
the stereo and left the $100.00 bill on the passenger seat."


In Maryland tinted windows are legal!  That is, 35% tint.  So why would
the police pull anyone over with "legal tint". As a matter of fact
when the tint is applied a sticker indicating that it is "legal" is placed
between the tint and the glass.  Don't post misleading information.


>Tinted windows do not look cool.  On second thought, keep your tinted 
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Remember to insert, "IMHO"!  Cool is subjective. I like it tint, you don't.
BTW, Tinted windows reduce ultraviolet rays (reducing interior fading),
and tint reduces the temperature of the interior.  IMO reduced temperature
means "Cool'er". ;^)


>windows!  This way a theif will hit your car instead of mine.
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

If he does this that will send a signal to the vibration detector
and sound my alarm.


>As a final note, I have been hit twice.  They have stolen over $1000 
>worth of equipment and have done another $1000 in damage to the car.


Maybe the thief had on sunglasses and thought that your windows were
tinted. :)


>GEICO hates my guts now.  I can happily say that I have been theif 
>free since I purchased my Excaliber alarm.

Do you think that the alarm means your car will never be broken into again.
If you do that`s "not very smart".  I have an alarm also (see previous post).
I certainly don't think that it is a final solution.

Consider this, with the rise in "car hijacking", IMHO a hijacker will be less
likely to approach a vehicle at a stop light/sign to steal that individual's
car since he can't see what that individual may have (i.e., gun, bazoka,
500 ninja's in the back seat, flame thrower, hydrogen bomb... )

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