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Re:Open-source self-driving for 325 car models from 27 brands by tokyobreakfast on Friday January 23, 2026 @10:58PM (#46740922)
>You are free to modify your vehicle in almost anyway you want as a consumer.

States have window tinting laws to save people (and others around then) from their own idiocy.

Re:Open-source self-driving for 325 car models from 27 brands by AngryData on Saturday January 24, 2026 @03:11AM (#46741911)
States have window tinting laws to help police to pull over, harass, identify, and/or profile people in the pursuit of profit and control. The main justification for window tint laws is "protecting law enforcement", which is itself is a bad excuse, but everything beyond that is definitely complete bullcrap because the tinting laws differ so completely between states, with some states not caring at all. Many states with tinting laws have zero laws about maintenance or inspection of vehicles which is all but proof that the safety of the public is not even a real consideration. You can literally have sharp jagged chunks of rusty metal hanging off your car and its not illegal.