Strange question, but hopefully not repost (windshield thickness)
#1
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 28
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Strange question, but hopefully not repost (windshield thickness)
Short question:
Does anybody know how the thickness/material of the RX8's windshield compares to other cars?
Explanation:
Over the weekend while driving in a parking lot a car backed out in front of me way too quickly (Read: launched from parking place on course for the moon). I hit the brakes a little harder than i should have in response (read: floor: pedal. Pedal: Floor. Nice to meet you.) My poor girlfriend didn't have her seatbelt on at the time because we had just started going. Her head hit the windshield and cracked the hell out of it, which gave me the horrible feeling that she had probably suffered a major trauma... but when we got her to the ER and after all the cat scans were said and done, the only damage from the crash was my windshield. Thank God for that. But it got me wondering, are our windshields thinner than most? Do they break easier? I had always heard that if the windshield was damaged, your head probably was too... but she bounced back the next day, not even feeling it a little.
Does anybody know how the thickness/material of the RX8's windshield compares to other cars?
Explanation:
Over the weekend while driving in a parking lot a car backed out in front of me way too quickly (Read: launched from parking place on course for the moon). I hit the brakes a little harder than i should have in response (read: floor: pedal. Pedal: Floor. Nice to meet you.) My poor girlfriend didn't have her seatbelt on at the time because we had just started going. Her head hit the windshield and cracked the hell out of it, which gave me the horrible feeling that she had probably suffered a major trauma... but when we got her to the ER and after all the cat scans were said and done, the only damage from the crash was my windshield. Thank God for that. But it got me wondering, are our windshields thinner than most? Do they break easier? I had always heard that if the windshield was damaged, your head probably was too... but she bounced back the next day, not even feeling it a little.
#4
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 28
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
As far as the airbag, there was no collision, so there was no airbag. Just a really short stop.
Last edited by keedy; 09-22-2010 at 07:46 PM.
#5
Super Moderator
After being a Mazda Parts guys for decades, YES, I can assure you Windscreens or Windshields and ALL car glass has got a lot thinner...just like the steel used in car panels, etc.
BUT, having said that 'al' is correct, all vehicle screens have a Safety Regulation which ALL cars must conform to.
BUT, having said that 'al' is correct, all vehicle screens have a Safety Regulation which ALL cars must conform to.
#6
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 28
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
After being a Mazda Parts guys for decades, YES, I can assure you Windscreens or Windshields and ALL car glass has got a lot thinner...just like the steel used in car panels, etc.
BUT, having said that 'al' is correct, all vehicle screens have a Safety Regulation which ALL cars must conform to.
BUT, having said that 'al' is correct, all vehicle screens have a Safety Regulation which ALL cars must conform to.
#8
Filth in a world of Clean
iTrader: (2)
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Somewhere in 3rd gear
Posts: 517
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
It was designed so that she hit her head hard enough she could, in theory, put her head through it and then the glass not be sharp enough to cut her head off. It's safety glass, it's what it was deisigned to do. As Razz said, you prefer woman cracks head?
#9
I drive at Red Line.
iTrader: (1)
thats how helmets and windshields work. Its why Ive had to replace two helmets, one that an ex gf dropped. The foam in the helmet breaks absorbing the impact. The glass in your car works the same way. It breaks absorbing the force of the impact. If you want get lexan and you can just bust her face open and the windshield will be in tact.
#10
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Raleigh, NC
Posts: 28
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
thanks for the point about glass being an impact absorption material, i hadn't thought of that.
*yawn* to the troll-too-hard fail posts about how i would prefer my girlfriend be hurt than my windshield.
*yawn* to the troll-too-hard fail posts about how i would prefer my girlfriend be hurt than my windshield.
#13
Super Moderator
/\ YES, and permanent Stone Chips or Scratches on the Glass also causes Wiper Blade Rubbers to prematurely wear or cut out..
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
yankeepicker
Series I Trouble Shooting
3
09-11-2015 05:42 PM
Touge
Canada Forum
0
09-01-2015 10:47 PM