Dark visors - UK members only

I know this is not new by any means, but would like to know what sort of experiences riders have had in the UK wearing dark visors.
I ride a nice shiny 600RR, black leathers etc. So I find that I get a bit of attention from the police anyway. But now I have swapped my visor for a dark tinted one for the first time.
I havent been out much due to the ...... weather, but come the summer I will be out most weekends. I dont want to get pulled and potentially fined every time I go out though.
I have read some published ACPO guidelines on dark visors which basically say that police should use discretion and only consider prosection if presenting an obvious danger. I presume that means using dark tint at night or in bad light. I have also read bikers being pulled and given fixed penalty and points. I guess it depends on wether the copper is a .... or not.
Have other members been hassled because of this twatty visor law, or are things not too bad generally?
Would be interested to know.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Pigeon @ Mar 10 2010, 12:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>your goona have the full experience of our State Police..and the fines are gonna make the magistrates happy

Legally:

1) The strap must be done up.
2) It must fit properly.
3) It must be an approved safety helmet. It'll either display a BS6658 sticker on the outside, or an EC approval mark somewhere inside. Only BS 6658 types A & B or EC Regulation 22 type 05 series are legal in the UK.
Visor Law
Visor Law

Unlike helmets wearing a visor or goggles isn't a legal requirment but as soon as you use one a whole new bunch of rules apply to you.

Legally

1) It must be an approved visor / goggle It'll either have a BS4110 mark or the new EC Regulation 22 type 05 mark.

2) A 50% tint is the darkest you're allowed by law and even then it will be marked "for daylight use only". Dark, mirrored etc. visors are illegal, wear sunglasses instead.


^ might depend on how many tickets the said officer has gave out that day when they pull you
and if they find out anything wrong in paper work its gonna get towed to the pound.
and the usual interrogation tread depth/number plate size/number plate paint type .etc etc
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I have been out a couple of times recently and had coppers pass the opposite way. I half expect them to turn round and pull me over, but so far not yet.
With all the crap they are pulling you for anyway, I suspect its only a matter of time. I'm sure we'll be seeing lots more of them on biking routes as the weather picks up. I'm especially eager to tell them to shove their free high-vis gear up their arse this year, all though proberbly in not those exact words. If im wearing a dark visor though, it may prove harder to be cocky. Especially like you mentioned, I could upset the nice policeman and have my bike towed.
Defo dont want points and cant afford fines, so maybe sunglasses are the answer.
How ....... stupid is that though. I can wear whatever sunglasses I want, but not a dark visor.
Yet another .... law dreamt up by a .... in a suit.

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Arrabbiata1 @ Mar 10 2010, 08:51 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><div class='quotemain'>This law dates to the mid 1980's and is a product of the same ill informed Eurocrat bureaucracy and control freakery which tried to introduce the fitting of compulsory leg protectors at around the same time. This has never been repealed, but some forces choose to ignore it. It's only the most jobsworth coppers that seem to enforce it. I've used a black visor since 1985, and have been continually pulled and harassed over it. As Pigeon points out, it tends to be a pretext to stop you and then have a field day with the fixed penalties. Chances are, if you have a black visor, you'll have a race can, and a small plate too. I usually get stopped twice a year - and have always been let off with a caution over the lid, but frequently done for other misdemeanours.

We ride bikes - we're part of a misunderstood minority group, and for decades we have been discriminated against.
I carry a clear visor withy me anyway and dont have race can or small plate. Might risk it and see how it goes. I get really wound up about all the anti-biker ........ and find it very hard being civil to jobsworth arseholes. I can see it all going horribly wrong very easily if I got pulled.