What Safety Features are built in to Car Windshields?
When you think about the role of windshields as it relates to safety, the obvious answer is that they protect you from dust and other from striking you as you drive. However, there is a lot more that windshields do for car safety, including providing structural integrity to the car itself. Today's cars are meticulously designed to be as safe as possible, and the windshield plays a big part in ensuring that they are safe for passengers. Let’s look into some expected and some unexpected ways windshields make cars safer.
How Are Windshields Manufactured?
We don’t really think much about car windshields – which is remarkable, considering how important a job they do for us! Let’s look into the fascinating world of windshield manufacturing and look at the problems the manufacturers have to tackle.
History of Automobile Windshields
Early cars and other automobiles used to have an open design and there were no windshields. The drivers had to wear shades or goggles to protect their eyes from any dust or other in the air, such as insects. This became very uncomfortable and impractical with the passage of time, until the windshield was invented circa 1904.