No ban on car tints despite incidents with children left in cars, says Loke

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The government has no intention of banning car window tinting, even though there have been cases of parents leaving their children in their vehicles, says Anthony Loke.   The Transport Minister said this on Tuesday (Nov 21) in response to Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri's suggestion that tinted glass is one of the reasons some parents forget their children inside their vehicles.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Yesterday, Nancy Trippi said the reason why babies are being left in parlor due to tinted windows

00:05 and it's under MOT's program. So is there any plans to tackle this issue?

00:11 Issues have to be tackled. Every issue has to be tackled.

00:14 But to tackle an issue, it's not one size fits all.

00:18 It's not just that we have an issue, then we ban this and ban that.

00:23 In terms of tinted glass, they are necessary for certain people as well.

00:27 For health reasons, for security reasons. So it cannot be just because of one problem,

00:32 then we ban the entire thing. So we do not look at it from that perspective.

00:38 And tinted glasses, tinted windows are an option.

00:41 We are not asking everyone to put up tinted glasses. If you are parents with

00:45 small kids, small children, then they are being advised not to put up any tinted glass

00:52 to make sure that the safety of their kids on car.

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