Question 5548
A vehicle's windshield is one of its passive safety systems. In the event of an accident, which type of glass is the safest?
- Tinted glass.
- Tempered glass.
- Laminated glass.
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Correct answer: Laminated glass.
A laminated windshield has two layers of glass bonded to a plastic sheet. If it is struck, the crack does not spread across the entire windshield, so you can still see the road. Tempered glass breaks into many small pieces and leaves you unable to see. In the image, the impact has left a small star-shaped crack in one corner of the windshield, while the rest of the glass remains intact.