Date: 04 Dec 2001 16:40:40 GMT From: jmel5nopsamcomnospam (JMEL5) Subject: Re: Exploding screen!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> >I had the same thing happen with the tailgate glass on a Chevy >Suburban. It just disintegrated for no apparent reason. > >Scarey, ain't it? What if it were the windshield, and you were doing >80 mph? > > >John Davies >Monroe WA USA > >2001 Saab 9-5 Aero Wagon >2000 Audi A4 quattro 1.8T >1991 Jeep Cherokee Laredo 4x4 > Well, if it were a windshield, then there is a layer of some sort of sticky medium sandwiched in there, so that when the windshield breaks it doesn't scatter pieces all over the place, but it just stays together with the sticky medium. Other pieces of glass in a car are made of that safety glass that shatters into small pieces, which seems dangerous, but it's a lot safer than the way normal glass shatters. JJ
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