THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE BY THE CHINCOTEAGUE POLICE DEPARTMENT:
TINTING FILMS, SIGNS, DECALS, AND STICKERS ON WINDSHIELDS, ETC.
VA CODE SECTION 46.2-1052
EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE OR PERMITTED BY FEDERAL LAW, IT SHALL BE UNLAWFUL FOR ANY PERSON TO OPERATE ANY MOTOR VEHICLE ON A HIGHWAY WITH ANY SIGN, POSTER, COLORED OR TINTED FILM, SUN-SHADING MATERIAL, OR OTHER COLORED MATERIAL ON THE WINDSHIELD, FRONT OR REAR SIDE WINDOWS, OR REAR WINDOWS OF SUCH MOTOR VEHICLE. THIS PROVISION, HOWEVER, SHALL NOT APPLY TO ANY CERTIFICATE OR OTHER PAPER REQUIRED BY LAW OR PERMITTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT TO BE PLACED ON A MOTOR VEHICLE’S WINDSHIELD OR WINDOW. SUCH STICKERS SHALL BE AFFIXED ON THE WINDSHIELD AT A LOCATION DESIGNATED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, WHENEVER A MOTOR VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH A MIRROR ON EACH SIDE OF SUCH VEHICLE, SO LOCATED AS TO REFLECT TO THE DRIVER A VIEW OF THE HIGHWAY FOR AT LEAST 200 FEET TO THE REAR OF SUCH VEHICLE, ANY OF THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE LAWFUL:
TO DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH ONE OPTICALLY GROOVED CLEAR PLASTIC RIGHT-ANGLE REAR VIEW LENS ATTACHED TO ONE REAR WINDOW, NOT EXCEEDING 18 INCHES IN DIAMETER IN THE CASE OF A CIRCULAR LENS OR NOT EXCEEDING 11 INCHES BY 14 INCHES IN THE CASE OF A RECTANGULAR LENS, WHICH ENABLES THE DRIVER TO VIEW BELOW THE LINE OF SIGHT AS VIEWED THROUGH THE REAR WINDOW.
TO HAVE AFFIXED TO THE REAR SIDE WINDOWS, REAR WINDOW OR WINDOWS OF A MOTOR VEHICLE ANY STICKER OR STICKERS, REGARDLESS OF SIZE; OR
TO DRIVE A MOTOR VEHICLE WHEN THE DRIVER’S CLEAR VIEW OF THE HIGHWAY THROUGH THE REAR WINDOW OR WINDOWS IS OTHERWISE OBSTRUCTED.