Is it legal by DOT to use those sun blockers on your driver side window?

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  1. TruckRunner

    TruckRunner Heavy Load Member

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    I own one and never used it and have seen some other drivers have it in their window while travelling west and the sun is cooking the left side of your body. Instead, I wear my sweater to block the sun even in the summer while driving. I wanted to ask if it is actually legal to have it in your window though? Even if it is I know not to use it while going through a weigh station.
     
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  3. gokiddogo

    gokiddogo Road Train Member

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    Doubt it
    Obstructed view of road
    Probably same as a visor that is way too big or very dark tinted windows

    Move seat back as far as possible
    Or drive at night with the rest of us vampires
     
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  4. DUNE-T

    DUNE-T Road Train Member

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    I tinted my windows with ceramic tint. You can't really tell it's there, but it blocks UV and heat just as much as a regular limo tint
     
  5. lilillill

    lilillill Sarcasm... it's not just for breakfast

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    I have that in my car, including the windshield—3M Crystalline 87. Makes a huge difference in the heat coming in. The only thing i don’t like are the 3M watermarks that are visible from the inside.

    I thought about doing it in my truck, but they’d be able to tell at the weigh stations with infrared cameras I suspect.
     
  6. Kyle G.

    Kyle G. Road Train Member

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    I see the white volvo brigade using those all the time. But that’s hardly the worst thing i see some of them getting away with.
     
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  7. bigkev1115

    bigkev1115 Road Train Member

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    I always thought those were like a privacy shield to keep people from looking over at you when they pass you
     
  8. Ridgeline

    Ridgeline Road Train Member

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    I used that clinging tint crap that I would get from Camperworld for a few bucks, never had an issue with it stuck to the driver's window.
     
  9. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    Don't know if they're legal or not, but I use the spring loaded shade and and open it when crossing scales. From the outside it looks like an off-white color, but from the inside can see just fine and see the rear view mirror just fine. Bought it at Walmart.
    You can get skin cancer from the sun coming through the drivers side window.
     
  10. TruckRunner

    TruckRunner Heavy Load Member

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    I do drive at night but as a company driver the master tells me when to drive so sometimes it's unavoidable. My seat is all the way back already.
     
  11. laaylor

    laaylor Road Train Member

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    Me too! Never had a problem with it going thru an inspection or scalehouse!
     
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