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[quote user="Phoebe Vet"] Wraps do not have to cover the windows, but I don't see any problem if they do.  You can see through them.Whether or not they are a significant source of revenue depends on how much you charge for the space.  For race cars, which incidentally do use wraps which do not cover the windows, the sponsor is the PRIMARY source of income for the team.They changed from decals and paint to wraps because wraps are faster and easier.[/quote]I daily rode public transit for 37 of the 39 years that I worked for corporate America.  I still use it three days a week to commute to the University of Texas.Capital Metro is the bus system for Austin and its surrounds.  They have wrapped several of their buses, so I have experienced as late as this week the effects of painting over the windows.  Doing so greatly reduces the ability to see outside of the vehicle, especially on a low light day and at night.  My guess is that you don't see any problem with painting over the windows because you are not a regular rider on vehicle that has been wrapped.  When I was in Charlotte in May, I did not see any train sets or buses that were wrapped.  I'll bet the trains are not wrapped.  If any of the buses are wrapped, I did not see them.  I rode both while I was in Charlotte, where by the way I lived for more than four years.  DART could allocate its entire advertising revenue stream to wrapped advertisements, multiple it by ten, and it will still be an insignificant percentage of its income.
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