Mysterious exploding toughened glass pane... WTF???!!!
"Dave Liquorice" wrote in message
ll.com...
On Wed, 30 May 2007 23:40:28 +0100, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
After all car side and rear windows are still mainly toughened.
Until some scrote comes along with a bit of sharp ceramic or automatic
center punch...
'tis funny stuff though. Remeber them trying to craze a car window for a
stunt once. Cold chisel held against the glass in a corner, gentle tap
with lump hammer, no effect; bigger thump, chisel bounced and was dropped;
took some serious welly to finally make it break.
I recall a woman locked out of her car with the keys visible in the
ignition, c 1975, asking a Policeman to break the door window. I had been
going to offer to open the door without damage, but thought it better not to
demonstrate proficiency with a piece of plastic strapping on a door release
knob once she called him over. It took him lots of attempts with his
truncheon before the window finally gave way.
Colin Bignell
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