Laminated Glass Has Been Keeping Drivers Safe For Over A Century

NHTSA credits nearly 10,000 lives saved to this simple invention.

  Car Talk, Autos   Jan 26, 2026   0   17  Add to Reading List
Laminated Glass Has Been Keeping Drivers Safe For Over A Century

When you think of life-saving automotive technology, your mind probably goes to airbags, seatbelts, crumple zones, and collision-avoidance technology. Something we generally take for granted, though, is the shatterproof windshield. Many of us may have even driven a Kia Soul or a Ford F-150 with a crack in the glass for months, even years, never getting it replaced because, whatever, the glass is still shielding us from the wind, ain't it? Well, that's only possible because of this simple technology that dates back 123 years.

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