Obstruction of driver's view
238(1)No person shall operate on a highway a motor vehicle
(a)
with any non-transparent material on the front windshield, side wings or side or rear windows of such vehicle, or
(b)
having on the exterior or in the interior thereof, any ornament or other thing
that obstructs or is liable to obstruct the driver’s clear view of the highway or any intersecting highway.
238(1.1)Subject to subsection (1.11), no person shall place or install in or on the front windshield of a motor vehicle or in or on the side wings or side windows to the right or the left of the driver of a motor vehicle any colour spray or other coloured material or any opaque or reflective material that may
(a)
obstruct the driver’s clear view of the highway or any intersecting highway, or
(b)
substantially obscure the interior of the motor vehicle when viewed from outside the motor vehicle.
238(1.11)No person shall place or install in or on the front windshield of a motor vehicle or in or on the side wings or side windows to the right or the left side of the driver of a motor vehicle, any colour spray or other coloured material or any opaque or reflective material that prevents more than thirty per cent of any light from passing through in either direction when measured by a photometer.
238(1.2)Subsections (1.1) and (1.11) do not apply in relation to the installation of front windshields, side wings or side windows during the initial construction or assembly of the motor vehicle nor to the replacement of windshields, side wings or side windows with equivalents to those installed during the initial construction or assembly.
238(1.3)Subject to subsection (1.4), no person shall operate on a highway a motor vehicle
(a)
on which the front windshield, or the side wings or side windows to the right or the left of the driver, have been treated, coated or covered with a colour spray or other coloured material or any opaque or reflective material in such a manner as to obstruct the driver’s clear view of the highway or any intersecting highway, or
(b)
on which the front windshield, or the side wings or side windows to the right or left of the driver, have been treated, coated or covered with a colour spray or other coloured material or any opaque or reflective material that substantially obscures the interior of the motor vehicle when viewed from outside the motor vehicle.
238(1.4)No person shall operate on a highway a motor vehicle on which the front windshield, or the side wings or side windows to the right or the left of the driver, have been treated, coated or covered with a colour spray or other coloured material or any opaque or reflective material that prevents more than thirty per cent of any light from passing through in either direction when measured by a photometer.
238(2)The windshield on every motor vehicle shall be equipped with a device for cleaning rain, snow, or moisture from the windshield, which device shall be so constructed as to be controlled or operated by the driver of the vehicle.
238(3)Every windshield wiper upon a motor vehicle shall be maintained in good working order.
1955, c.13, s.213; 1961-62, c.62, s.84; 1986, c.56, s.9; 1996, c.43, s.13