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Compiled from News Reports Around the World

Window film is a popular item among consumers and, as such, stories about it pop up almost every day in newspapers around the world. The Window Film staff has compiled a few on this page that we found interesting. To submit articles that you see in consumer publications or your own hometown press, please e-mail a link to the story to dvass@glass.com or mail a copy of the article to Attn: Window Film magazine, P.O. Box 569, Garrisonville, VA 22463.

Word of Weather Caution : Window Film to Blame?
Cape Coral, Fla.—After a damaging tornado crashed through, some residents complained to the National Weather Service (NWS) that their weather radios failed to alert them of the approaching storm. According to winknews.com, the NWS says it did issue a report and, while it points to improper tuning for most failures, it also cited window film among a list of possible causes.

NWS says most weather radio problems are a result of several factors, including a weak signal (due to distance, being inside a metal structure or near a window with metallic window tint).

Plea to Bahamas Police Points to Film
Nassau, N.P., Bahamas—In a recent letter to The Nassau Guardian, one of its readers recounted a story involving a young lady who “took a ride with a strange young man” and fell victim to assault. The letter also pleas with authorities to crack down on all window tinted vehicles.

In the recounted story, the young woman managed to escape, but spotted the assailant weeks later while she was about to board a bus and “there, parked in a car was her attacker.” When she returned with police, the suspect was gone. The letter notes that, “In telling her story she noted one thing she remembers clearly, the car’s windows were tinted to the point where it was impossible to see inside the vehicle.” This is followed by a plea to the Royal Bahamas Police Force to “crack down on all tinted vehicles and make them the central focus in their thrust to apprehend suspicious individuals. [Because] there are far too many dark tinted cars on the streets of New Providence and as crime in [that] country spirals to record levels, this should not be tolerated.”

Presumably, the suspect must have had his windows lowered when he was later spotted …

Reason to Hide
Isle of Wight County, Va.—A writer for AOL Sports recently noted that Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick had been fined $25 for not wearing a seat belt when a car he was traveling in was pulled over for illegal window tint.

“It’s almost too trivial to mention, given the other legal problems he’s having right now …,” writer Michael David Smith said, later jesting, “You can’t blame Vick for wanting to ride around in a car with tinted windows these days. I imagine that everywhere he goes, he’s worried that someone from PETA is going to recognize him and dump red paint on him.”

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