A CWMBRAN mum could go to court if she does not remove blacked out windows from her 4x4 vehicle.

Tracy Young, 38, of Badgers Mede, Greenmeadow, was stopped by police after dropping her children off at school.

She was told that tinted windows in the front driver and passenger side are illegal. Mrs Young claimed she - and many other drivers - are unknowingly breaking the law.

"I had no idea it was illegal," she told the Argus. "It should be publicised that it's illegal."

Mrs Young has two weeks to remove the tint from both front windows or face further action. The mum-of-five and husband Carl, 32, bought the £6,500 Mitsubishi Pajero two years ago.

A month later they decided to black out all its windows except the windscreen.

"We wanted to keep the sun off the children's faces," she said. The couple have Nik, 17, Ben, 10, Cally, nine, Shanie, five, and two-year-old Kara.

"We asked if it was legal and the man said he'd make it lighter in the front and that it filled the legal requirements," Mrs Young said.

But yesterday she was stopped by police as she made her way home from Woodlands Primary School in Cwmbran.

Mrs Young got out of her four-wheel drive and the officers said they wanted to test the windows' visibility.

"They said it reduced the viewing by 22 per cent," Mrs Young said." "It's okay with us though, we seem to be able to drive with it okay. It's ideal in the sun."

Mrs Young claimed the officers said she could be fined £30 on the spot and a further £60 and six points on her licence if the tint was not removed within two weeks.

"But I argued my point," she said. "We've now got two weeks to get it off." A Gwent Police spokeswoman said blacked out driver and passenger side windows were illegal and Mrs Young could face charges under the Road Traffic Act of using a motor vehicle with glass "with insufficient transmission of light" which would involve a fixed penalty of £30.