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The European Commission has pro)sed to the Council of Ministers that minated windscreens should be fitted to 1 vehicles built after September 1976. At -esent most of the six EEC members and 1 the potential members of the Community low the use of toughened glass windTeens.
The decision to make this proposal has dowed studies which considered not only le safety factors but also the economic !vantages concerning the use of laminated ass. The Commission considers, however, at there are significant advantages in the re of laminated glass.
Of the potential members of the Cornunity only Britain has thought it desirable undertake some additional studies of the iative advantages and disadvantages etween laminated and toughened glass. The situation in Britain at the moment is tat the cost of a laminated windscreen is bout three times that of a comparable mghened windscreen. In some cases this mounts to an extra £20. The use of lamiated glass for goods vehicles is at the toment very limited, although the option offered by all manufacturers. For coach perators, however, the situation is different rid about 70 per cent of coaches are already *lipped with laminated windscreens, thich in many cases are of the heated
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