Q&A - Vehicle Advertising Wraps
I am wrapping a Tesla x90D with a vinyl wrap to promote our business.
I am trying to understand the laws of where i can or can't apply vehicle wrap. I do no see anything outlined in the Motor Vehicle Act.
The Tesla has a very high windshield reaching almost back to the mid point of the roof.
I'm trying to understand where i can and can't by law, apply wrap to the exterior.
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Wrapping Your Tesla
My first reaction to this was that B.C. Transit does this on their buses, why shouldn't you do it on your Tesla?
I thought about it a bit further and came up with two possible areas of contention, one where the windows are covered and the other if the film is reflective.
There is a general prohibition against impairing the driver's ability to see:
There is also specific prohibition against tinting film:
Your comment raises an interesting thought, and that is how the top 75mm of the windshield would be measured. I suspect that everyone will lay a measuring tape at the top on the glass, measure 75 mm downward along the glass and make their decision. It is highly unlikely that they would measure down 75 mm from the top of the windshield and then perpendicular from there toward the glass surface horizontally to determine the limit.
I've checked both the regulations and the Superintendent's Standards and can find no instruction on how this measurement is to be made, although my experience has taught me that the AS grading marked on windshield glass surfaces follows the first method.
Moving on to reflective film:
The Superintendent's Standards state:
The regulations don't prohibit reflectors specifically, but does have limitations:
Police vehicles are commonly marked with both white and blue reflectors and commercial vehicles with red and white reflectors. It appears that amendments to the Motor Vehicle Act Regulations have not kept up with practices required by other government regulations.
There may be other hurdles that I haven't considered. Checking with Vehicle Inspections and Standards would probably be a good idea to get the very latest information.
Made me smile ...
I wonder if the CVSE vehicles - particularly the ones with red and blue flashing lights, so they can pull over commercial vehicles also use this 'illegal' taping? From memory, I think they might be using yellow reflective markings.
Next time I see a CVSE
Next time I see a CVSE officer or one of my colleagues visits them I'll ask about this.
My guess would be the Model X doesn't have the AS1 marking on the windshield as a reference.
If it were me, I'd lean towards the safe side and wrap where the visors fold out across the windshield in their partially folded position.