After taking the blame for tardy enforcement of the Supreme Court ban on usage of sun control films on vehicles, the Motor Vehicle Department will soon introduce Digital Lux Meters to detect errant vehicles. The department is all set to buy 40 units of Digital Lux Meters which can detect usage of sun films and measure the thickness of the glass tint used in the vehicles.
“Digital Lux Meters are being used by police in Delhi and Chandigarh. The device is very simple to handle and officials are not required to get additional class on its usage. It can detect visibility inside the vehicle and usage of sun films. Nowadays, thick factory-made tinted glass are being used. The Supreme Court order allows tinted glasses, provided as part of the product by car manufacturers, of 70 per cent transparency in the windshield and the rear glass and of 50 per cent transparency in windows, but it bans motorists from putting black film on their vehicle panes and windscreens. The device will give an alert if sun films are being used in the car or if the tint is above the permissible limit,” department officials said.
The meter has a 13mm LCD screen, an exclusive photo diode and colour correction filter sensor and gives sample within just four seconds. It weighs just around 220g. Each unit of these device would be supplied to mobile squads of the MVD in each district.