Why do so many people tint their car windows? What are the specific reasons one needs to hide behind these tinted windows? I can make assumptions, which I will state later. Now, I will state my observations:
At four way stops, I notice how often tinted window drivers sneak through, don’t come to a complete stop and skip their turn. You can’t make eye contact with them or communicate non-verbally to them. That’s the whole point, no? They want to sneak through without any unpleasurable feedback from another driver who does not sneak through 4-way stops.
Many times as a pedestrian, I find myself waiting to cross the street, and there’s a tinted window driver a few feet away, not using a turn signal, and I don’t know which way they are going. This is important to know because they will gladly turn their car on a collision course towards me, knowing they are far safer than I. Thus, by necessity, I have developed quick reflexes, not only because of tinted window drivers, but because people text while they drive and sometimes come close to hitting me. I once had a guy make contact with my extended left hand as he made a left turn while I was crossing the street. The dude might kill somebody less attentive than me.
Just the other day, a tinted window driver turned right into my path, just a few feet away in a congested parking lot, forcing me to put on the brakes. Of course, he or she avoided my menacing stare of disapproval. He or she got away with this rudeness. That’s the whole point of tinting your windows, no?
Now for my guesses: 1) They want to smoke a blunt; 2) Concealing sex of some sort, oral, self-pleasuring, or something else; 3) They eat their boogers; 4) They smoke crack, meth, etc.; 5) They are on parole, ex cons, wanted for actual crimes; 6) They are paranoid for various reasons, have emotional issues for which hiding behind tinted car windows is therapy.
As a non-tinted window driver, I feel the necessity to make eye to eye contact with other humans at times, be they other drivers or pedestrians. This improves safety and is part of common courtesy. Sometimes people need to make face-to-face contact even when in their cars. I feel no need to hide from people in my car even though I might want to at times.