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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The window breakage was a retro event and a visual lie. The door glasses broken are safety glass. That is two pieces of double strength glass laminated with a butyl plastic inner layer. Safety glass was used for decades in automobiles after there were so many truly horrible accidents with ordinary glass.

Such glass was obsoleted for all glass except windshields decades ago. The replacement for safety glass is tempered.

Tempered glass is very strong and would likely resist a thrown object. However if subjected to a point impact, tempered glass shatters. The reason windshields are still safety glass is that a head impact will be coushioned by the safety glass. A head impact with tempered glass would likely kill


11 posted on 11/22/2019 3:49:37 PM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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A lot of vehicles manufactured in the last 4 years are using laminated safety glass on side windows again. I have no clue why. I guess we need to get used to seeing cracked side glasses like we did in the ‘50’s and people with giant lac’s on their face after a side impact.


17 posted on 11/22/2019 3:58:16 PM PST by Clay Moore (“Those Who Can Make You Believe Absurdities, Can Make You Commit Atrocities” Voltaire.)
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