They're for helping you hold the film while applying it. Hold it by the tabs, apply the film to the fog, and smooth it out. Then use an craft knife to trim around the edge and remove the tabs. Some people just cut the tabs off before applying but I found them helpful.
I actually found it pretty easy when cutting off just one tab and pushing the tabless side in and positioning it around the edge and going from there. But leaving that one tab is helpful as you said.
How's the visibility at night with the smoked headlights? Stock or aftermarket bulbs? I'd rather not get pulled over either but I love that look.While the smoked out headlights were an absolute pain to put on, it was worth the hour and a half of cussing and re-application.
Visibility at night took a bit of a hit but living in the suburbs of Charlotte NC and how developed everything is out here, it isn't much of an issue. If I was living further out with little external lighting I would upgrade my bulbs but at the moment its stock underneath the wraps. As far as getting pulled over though thats never happened to me and don't for-see that just because of tinted lights.
