When the first automobile windshields were introduced, most
were a piece of plate glass just like the glass used for house windows. When
one of these early cars was involved in an accident, it was not uncommon for
the driver or passengers to be injured or lose their life due to flying shards
of glass.
From the 1930’s to the 1950’s, US auto manufacturers used
laminated safety glass in all vehicle windows except the rear window. By the
1960s, American manufacturers had abandoned laminated glass in favor of
tempered glass.
The driving force behind auto glass innovation has been the
need to increase the vehicle occupant’s safety in an accident. All US safety
standards require windshields to stay in one piece even if broken. Modern,
glued-in windshields contribute to the vehicle's rigidity and are essential to its
structural integrity.
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service of all of your automotive glass needs in the metro Phoenix west valley!
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