safety glass

[Lee Levitt]

Taka writes:

> The glass in passenger cars breaks into little pieces, as Dan and
> John have already mentioned.
> 
> Now, if you have something like the new Volvo V70R w/ the laminated
> safety side glass option, the side windows also have the laminated
> construction like the windshield, preventing glass from really going
> anywhere, even when it is shattered.

Most, perhaps all, the larger Volvos now have this glass.

2 or 3 years ago I saw a dealer training video on this...it took a guy with
some dedication, elbow grease and a good sized hammer almost a minute to
break a hole in the side window glass.

Safe from both the perspective of side impacts and bad people intrusion.

I'm surprised other manufacturers aren't using this yet...

Lee
'02 A6 quattro avant
'96 A6 quattro avant