Dear Editor,
I purchased a Toyota Raum last year. It is a PMM series with a tint, not very dark, on the back-door windows and the back windscreen. The front windows and front windscreen have clear glass. This is the manufactured tint that the vehicle came into the country with. At the time of purchase the vehicle was given fitness for one year at the police station at Whim. That fitness has now expired, so I took the vehicle to the New Amsterdam Police Station to obtain fitness for it. The officer who had been inspecting all other vehicles before he came to mine said he is not inspecting a Toyota Raum and sent me to another officer in the building. I could not believe my ears when this officer told me that I could not be given fitness for my vehicle because of the tint, and suggested I remove the manufactured tint – an unreasonable request – or change my windows and windscreen, another unreasonable request. Around the town of New Amsterdam there are many vehicles like mine with tints, so I decided to ask some of them how they were able to get their fitness. After explaining my problem I was told that they had to do something which I do not favour.
Further enquiries revealed that persons in Georgetown and Whim obtain fitness for such vehicles without any hassle, so why should this be happening at New Amsterdam? I shall be very grateful if some information on this tint issue can be given to the public so that we know the rules as they stand presently. Tints were not allowed on vehicles due to the crime situation, but it has not solved the crime problem as many vehicles, tinted or not, are still used to commit crimes.
The ordinary man who has Toyota Raum with a tint should not have to face these difficulties.
Yours faithfully,
(Name and address provided)
