The tinting of car glasses is common practice in Cameroon today. Take a walk along one of the major roads in the nation's capital and you will be surprised at the number of cars whose occupants do not want to be identified. It is difficult to decipher why they would prefer to go unnoticed. Are they running away from the hungry looks of the less privileged or just putting on a snobbish ostentatious attitude?

One thing is certain. Only people belonging to some specific corps and a handful of dignitaries are allowed, by the law, to shield their cars from the intruding eyes of the population. Like the writing of names on number plates, therefore, the tinting of car window glasses, in most cases, is illegal and needs to be regulated by the authorities that be.

Not that commoners want to know which "VIP" is sitting inside every car! But the abuse of tinted glasses has its bad side. Men of the underworld are said to have their way at security check points by driving through cars with tinted glasses. For, the tinting of car glasses have come to be considered as a status symbol; directly linked to power, fame and authority. And who dares stop the car of an "oga"!