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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?


I was thinking that too. I'd say about the same time as seat belts arrived
- but on expensive cars first.

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