'You can't even see in' some heavily tinted vehicles – Hon Rymer
Hon Rymer made the statement during the Seventh Sitting of the Third Session of the Fourth House of Assembly at Save the Seed Energy Centre in Duff's Bottom, Tortola, on Tuesday, April 20, 2021.
He was at the time voicing his concern on the recent shooting death of Catherine Pickering and the spate of serious crimes in the territory.
Police need to step up - Hon Wheatley
According to Hon Rymer, it has become increasingly obvious that some vehicles on the territory's roadways are not in compliance with the law.
“There is a restriction on tint [but] we see a number of vehicles where you can’t even see in the vehicles. I know at some point the police would be out there stopping and doing their checks [to ensure compliance with the tint laws]."
Hon Rymer said that despite the police having a presence on the roadways at times, the laws are still being broken.
He said the same applies to illegal motorcycles on the roadways.
“We need to address these concerns that are linked to most of these crimes,” Hon Rymer told the House of Assembly while calling on the new Commissioner of Police, Mr Mark Collins and Governor John J. Rankin, CMG to look into the issues, including limited staff in the traffic department of the Royal Virgin Islands Police Force (RVIPF).
“These vehicles, whether they are scooters, whether they are vehicles that are not legal for the roadways, we need to make sure that we have a hand on it and I hope with the support of this House they would agree that something needs to be done in regard to those matters,” Hon Rymer said.
HoA cannot be divided on crime - Dr Wheatley
Meanwhile, Deputy Premier and Minister for Education, Culture, Youth Affairs, Fisheries and Agriculture, Dr the Hon Natalio D. Wheatley (R7), at the same sitting, said the HoA cannot be divided on the matter of crime.
He called on House members to unite and confront crimes that threaten the peace, sense of security, economy, and social harmony of the Virgin Islands.
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29 Responses to “'You can't even see in' some heavily tinted vehicles – Hon Rymer”
AS A MAN THINKS IN HIS HEART (MIND) SO IS HE.. WE ARE HOW WE THINK. IT IS A MIND THING, NOT A TENTED THING. BEFORE ALL EVIL ACTIONS, ARE EVIL THOUGHTS.
Everyone has a right to protect there investment and tint helps cut the core heat in the vehicle that causes crack and other damage to the interrior of a vehicle. Second to that the so call illegal tint is allowed to be imported so whats your problem should it be your business to see in someone vehicle. What happen to the privacy act. Sure some will say crime but the solution is simple write a right the stop act. You find a person vehicle look suspious the act cover the police in pulling the person or persons over and making sure everything is good. You dont give people money to pay loans or buy their vehicles you have the options at hand but people have a right to protect their investments. Minister Vehicle darker than midnight and i sure its to protect the government investments so what make your vehicle any more special than the ordinary person. Come on more.
You all always trying to insist problems a government sole task should be to limit and crush problems within the country. You cant take away ppl right to protect their vehicle because you or the police cant see in them who the hell are you. Get with the time write the laws and let the police do some real work and stop messing with the poor and voiceless people. Big places with more crime than here citizens are allowed to tint their vehicle however they want . People take it from me i use to be in law enforcement you see these leap frog tint inspection machines take with when i say those machines are not 100% effective. Chanllenge traffic and police when them use it on your vehicles and i promise you that the machine will read a percentage of tint u know you didnt put on your vehicle i can talk cause i test the machines ppl. If you put that machine on a dark fabric of clothing it will read 5% take it from the clothing and put it to the your vehicle and you can have 35 or 40% tint on your window it will read 5% but thats what they are using to charge you $750.00 per window and the unknowing judge ot magisrate with demand you pay not knowing the piece of shit tint machine the government has is junk and not effective.
Fix your broken system and stop trying to reach fame with your crap but you need to see in ppl vehicle. They pay you annually to be on these damage roads therefore they should be able to drive a tint vehicle even if the windows are darker than midnight.