COMING: SAFER WINDSHIELDS. WARRANTY CLAIMS STREAMLINED

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is seeking to amend Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 205, Glazing Materials, to permit windshields with an additional layer of flexible plastic on the interior surface of the glass facing the occupant compartment. The plastic would prevent the occupant's head from contacting broken windshield glass during a crash. This improved glazing technology has been in use in Europe for several years. NHTSA has granted approval to General Motors to equip 2,500 American cars with antilacerative windshields and three car rental companies will use the vehicles for monitoring and testing. Another experimental use of these windshields began in October 1981 when the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, the Maryland State Police and the French maker of these windshields began a three-year study of the windshields in 150 Maryland State Police patrol cars. An interim report has shown the windshields to be effective in preventing injuries and lacerations.

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  Penton Publishing Company

  Penton Building, 1111 Chester Avenue
  Cleveland, OH  United States  44113
• Publication Date: 1983-5-12

Media Info

• Features: Photos;
• Pagination: p. 12
• Serial:
  • Machine Design
  • Volume: 55
  • Issue Number: 10
  • Publisher: Penton Media, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0024-9114

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automobiles; Glazing; Safety; Safety engineering; Safety equipment; Windshields
• Identifier Terms: Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards
• Uncontrolled Terms: Safety features
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00381009
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-035 433
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 30 1984 12:00AM