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- Central Virginia
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- 2019 CX-5 Reserve
Well that's interesting, because there are TONS and TONS of vehicles with factory rear window tint with VLT lower than 35%. Including the CX5. So how can those vehicles be legal to operate in Virginia?
You made me go look.
If you believe this site, "<i>The tint applied by car manufacturers at the factory must allow at least 70 percent of visible light through. This regulation from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration applies to any window required for driving visibility, including the windshield and windows immediately to the right and left of the driver.
Manufacturers, recognizing that each state has its own laws, often leave the other automotive windows at the same lightly-tinted, 70-percent level. <B>The NHTSA guidelines for trucks and sport-utility vehicles allow manufacturers to tint back and rear windows to any darkness</B>, according to the New York Times.</i>"
I went to the Virginia State Police site to get the statute directly from there, and it begins with "Except as otherwise provided in this article or permitted by federal law..." It does not say which law takes precedence.