On Monday, 10 February 2020 10:37:19 UTC, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
NY wrote:
Does laminated glass protect the occupants any more than toughened glass if
they hit the screen (eg because they are not wearing a seatbelt)? I believe
the main benefits of laminated are a) doesn't break into opaque glass
fragments, so driver can still see through broken screen, b) less chance of
flying objects (eg stone chips) penetrating the screen, as happened in the
tragic case of the son of footballer Cyril Knowles.

A toughened screen is much stronger. Your head hitting that might result
in severe damage to the skull. If it didn't shatter in the crash before
your head hit it.

A laminated screen might 'give' somewhat so not crush the skull, but the
very sharp shards cut your throat instead.

Neither is recommended.

But on a car before seat belts, the steering column likely crushed your
chest anyway - before your head hit the screen.

In the 20s a typical outcome was steering column enters chest with horrific results. When did they become collapsible?


NT