It's a sore spot for Joe Ferrantelle.
"As you get older, your eyes are not like they used to be, and the sun is so bright," said Ferrantelle.
So bright, it's creating a blind spot for the Gladstone, Missouri, driver.
"I'm having a strip put across the front window because the sun is so bright," he explained. "I always have to put down my sun visor. I had that done on another car we had, and it makes a difference."
But he didn't do the job himself. He sought out the help of Tint Master in Gladstone. Shop owner Rob Baker said the near triple-digit temperatures mean business is booming.
"Not only is the bright sunlight going to bother people, but bright lights in their rear view mirrors and whatnot," said Baker, who has owned this tint shop for two decades. "You're stopping up to 50 percent of the heat from coming into your vehicle. You're keeping your interior from fading. You're keeping the little ones in the back seat from crying and screaming."
Baker said auto tint goes beyond driver comfort - it can actually make a car safer.
"If the sun is glaring in your eyes, you might accidentally pull out in front of a vehicle. It will help you in that aspect," he said. "Even as far as collisions, if there is impact where glass breakage is involved, it's going to hold the glass together as opposed for it to shatter and explode all over the vehicle."
Tint laws do vary by state. The Missouri legal limit is 35 percent on the front windows and any shade you want on the back. And in Kansas, it's 35 percent all the way around.
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Terra Hall can be reached at terra.hall@kshb.com.
