0 a type of glass, used especially for car windows, that either stays in one piece in an accident, or breaks into small pieces that are not sharp --
Doors with safety glass tend to be heavier.
That means that half the housewives in this country are ignorant about genuine safety glass.
Annealed glass is much easier to cut to size than safety glass: indeed, cutting safety glass is hardly within the scope of do-it-yourself.
There is also the fitting of seat belts and the provision of safety glass in cars and a collapsible steering column.
That is the description of what is allowed as so-called safety glass.
Requirements for safety glass in doors and low level glazing were included in proposals which were the subject of public consultation last year.
For example, the standard does not require safety glass to be used in large low level areas vulnerable to breakage by children.
At that time we shall have to consider the disadvantages of safety glass as users might see them.
