His Body Was Behind the Wheel for a Week Before It Was Discovered

Re:His Body Was Behind the Wheel for a Week Before It Was Di... by cascom on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @10:21AM (#18283575)

What could have have been a contributing factor in his not being discovered for so long: “The [car] windows were tinted.” That might have been useful information in the first 80% of the article.

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Re:His Body Was Behind the Wheel for a Week Before It Was Di... by danso on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @11:20AM (#18284102)

It's probably not in the lede of the article because it may not be a significant factor. From what I can tell in the police scene photo [0], the windshield isn't tinted (AFAIK it is not legal to have the entire windshield tinted). The car was parked on a busy neighborhood street for 1 week, in which there were at least 2 days it would have been illegally parked because of street cleaning. He didn't get ticketed, which likely means traffic cops saw him in there and assumed he was just napping. From the article:

> Traffic officers who write parking tickets most likely passed by him at least twice, on days that his car was parked illegally. Officers looking for violators on street-cleaning days — on East 12th Street, those days were Tuesday and Friday — routinely ignore vehicles when the driver is sitting inside. Mr. Weglarz’s vehicle received no tickets on the Tuesday or Friday when it was parked illegally, suggesting an officer might have seen him and assumed he was just another idle driver.

[0] https://static01.nyt.com/images/2018/10/02/nyregion/00body2/...

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Re:His Body Was Behind the Wheel for a Week Before It Was Di... by JackFaker on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @01:10PM (#18285250)

Window tint levels in NY state are limited to a minimum of 70% light transmittance. I do not believe this is the most restrictive requirement but new england isn't as sunny as Arizona or Florida. https://drivinglaws.aaa.com/tag/glass-window-tinting/

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Re:His Body Was Behind the Wheel for a Week Before It Was Di... by trevyn on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @02:07PM (#18285824)

Looks like Connecticut, where the vehicle may have been registered, allows 35% VLT tint, and NY law allows out-of-state vehicles to have tint that conforms to their home state's laws. Also, of course, tint laws are not always strictly enforced.

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Re:His Body Was Behind the Wheel for a Week Before It Was Di... by jaxn on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @02:42PM (#18286183)

Tint laws are very-selectively enforced. Grossly disproportionate based on skin color.

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Re:His Body Was Behind the Wheel for a Week Before It Was Di... by Spooky23 on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @03:02PM (#18286375)

Now they are enforced during annual safety inspection.

People now buy packages where you pay annually and the tinting people will remove your tint, inspect your car, and then re-tint the car on the same day!

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Re:His Body Was Behind the Wheel for a Week Before It Was Di... by evincarofautumn on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @07:30PM (#18288414)

Minor point: New York isn’t part of New England. But as for the weather, it’s close enough.

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Re:His Body Was Behind the Wheel for a Week Before It Was Di... by hudibras on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @07:29PM (#18288405)

There's a picture of the car (nothing graphic) in this article; the tint doesn't seem to be too dark.

[0]http://thevillager.com/2018/09/06/end-of-the-road-on-e-12th-...

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