Regulación sobre el uso de películas de tintado en vehículos por razones médicas

Explicación Simple

Si tienes problemas de salud que empeoran con la luz del sol, puedes poner películas en las ventanas de tu auto para bloquear un poco de luz. Pero necesitas un permiso de un médico para hacerlo.

Es como si usaras gafas de sol especiales para proteger tus ojos del brillo, pero en este caso, las ventanas del auto son las que se oscurecen para protegerte de la luz.

Ejemplo Práctico

María, que sufre de una enfermedad que le causa dolor con la luz brillante, necesita tintar las ventanas de su auto. Antes de hacerlo, visita a su médico, quien le da un certificado explicando su condición. Con ese papel, María obtiene el permiso necesario y puede conducir su vehículo protegido del sol.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Va. Code § 46.2-1053 - Equipping certain motor vehicles with sun-shading or tinting films or applications. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 46.2-1052 , a motor vehicle operated by or regularly used to transport any person with a medical condition which renders him susceptible to harm or injury from exposure to sunlight or bright artificial light may be equipped, on its windshield and any or all of its windows, with sun-shading or tinting films or applications which reduce the transmission of light into the vehicle to levels not less than 35 percent. Such sun-shading or tinting film when applied to the windshield of a motor vehicle shall not cause the total light transmittance to be reduced to any level less than 70 percent except for the upper five inches of such windshield or the AS-1 line, whichever is closer to the top of the windshield. Vehicles equipped with such sun-shading or tinting films shall not be operated on any highway unless, while being so operated, the driver or an occupant of the vehicle has in his possession a written authorization issued by the Commissioner of the Department of Motor Vehicles authorizing such operation. The Commissioner shall issue such written authorization only upon receipt of a signed statement from a licensed physician or licensed optometrist (i) identifying with reasonable specificity the person seeking the written authorization and (ii) stating that, in the physician's or optometrist's professional opinion, the equipping of a vehicle with sun-shading or tinting films or applications is necessary to safeguard the health of the person seeking the written authorization. Written authorizations issued by the Commissioner under this section shall be valid so long as the condition requiring the use of sun-shading or tinting films o