keith@hp-pcd.UUCP (08/08/84)
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Older cars often have shatterproof glass, which is a layer of plastic
sandwiched between two layers of glass (or the other way around) Instead
of breaking into separate pieces when it, the glass gets cracks in it but holds
together. The idea is that broken glass can't hurt you if it is not loose...
...but the layered glass and plastic definitely can hurt you
because the large shards are still present and can cut you if you touch the
broken window.
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This stuff also had the nice effect of closing around your neck once
you stuck your head through the windshield in an accident (easy to do if
you are not strapped in). It's better that the window just fall apart.
Keith M. Taylor
Corvallis, Oregon
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