That right there, sounds like strong glass, right? I really felt strongly that the answer to that was no, but there is definitely a lot to learn about vehicle glass.įMVSS 205 - This sets clear standards for automotive window transparency and the strength of automotive glass required to keep occupants inside the vehicle during accidents. Now, to the second part: whether vehicle glass easy to break. It is potentially a major bonus (if it can indeed break a window), but it is not a part of the primary design of the vehicle seat in anything I’ve found. I’m going to go ahead and say that a vehicle headrest isn’t left deliberately detachable or sharp for window breaking. And I took off the headrests of both of my cars and sadly, neither were sharp. It seems like if this was part of an industry standard, then there wouldn’t be these outliers with non-detachable headrests. The other thing that leads me to believe that this part of the myth may not be true is that not every vehicle has removable headrests. Despite being at least 10 pages long, there is nothing in it about the potential to break vehicle windows. I did some poking around the internet and found a very long (and dull) document about headrest function and design written by NHTSA. It is critically important for preventing neck hyperextension in a crash and could be the difference between a spinal cord injury and just normal whiplash. It’s part of the restraint system and anyone who is using a backless booster or a seatbelt alone, absolutely should have a headrest. Let’s look first at the major function of a headrest. I’m going to break this down into two parts: the headrest and the window. MYTH: A vehicle headrest is left deliberately detachable and sharp so that it can be used to break a vehicle’s window and the glass of a vehicle window is easily broken from the inside.
#Soft top back side window wrangler windows#
Is this true? Because if so, I had no idea and what a great hidden trick! If not, then it is probably sort of dangerous for people to be spreading it to others when there are devices that are specifically created to help break windows in an emergency. For some reason, this myth has become wildly popular and everyone seems to be very excited about the implications and benefits of this information.
Every once in a while, a meme goes around on social media that catches my attention.
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