Colorado § 42-4-229 Safety glazing material in motor vehicles

Colorado Statutes

§ 42-4-229 — Safety glazing material in motor vehicles

Colorado § 42-4-229

Title 42Vehicles and

Art.Regulation of Vehicles and Traffic

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 42-4-229 (2026).

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(1)No person shall sell any new motor vehicle, nor shall any new motor vehicle be registered, unless such vehicle is equipped with safety glazing material of a type approved by the department for any required front windshield and wherever glazing material is used in doors and windows of said motor vehicle. This section shall apply to all passenger-type motor vehicles, including passenger buses and school vehicles, but, in respect to camper coaches and trucks, including truck tractors, the requirements as to safety glazing material shall apply only to all glazing material used in required front windshields and that used in doors and windows in the drivers' compartments and such other compartments as are lawfully occupied by passengers in said vehicles.

(2)The term safety glazin

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(1) No person shall
sell any new motor vehicle, nor shall any new motor vehicle be registered, unless
such vehicle is equipped with safety glazing material of a type approved by the
department for any required front windshield and wherever glazing material is used
in doors and windows of said motor vehicle. This section shall apply to all
passenger-type motor vehicles, including passenger buses and school vehicles, but,
in respect to camper coaches and trucks, including truck tractors, the requirements
as to safety glazing material shall apply only to all glazing material used in required
front windshields and that used in doors and windows in the drivers' compartments
and such other compartments as are lawfully occupied by passengers in said
vehicles.

(2) The term safety glazing materials means such glazing materials as will
reduce substantially, in comparison with ordinary sheet glass or plate glass, the
likelihood of injury to persons by objects from exterior sources or by these safety
glazing materials when they may be cracked or broken.

(3) The department shall compile and publish a list of types of glazing
material by name approved by it as meeting the requirements of this section, and
the department shall not, after January 1, 1958, register any motor vehicle which is
subject to the provisions of this section unless it is equipped with an approved type
of safety glazing material, and the department shall suspend the registration of any
motor vehicle subject to this section which is found to be not so equipped until it is
made to conform to the requirements of this section.

(4) A person shall not operate a motor vehicle on a highway unless the
vehicle is equipped with a front windshield as provided in this section, except as
provided in section 42-4-232 (1) and except for motor vehicles registered as
collector's items under section 42-12-301 or 42-12-302.

(5) Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B
traffic infraction.

Legislative History

Source: L. 94: Entire title amended with relocations, p. 2264, � 1, effective January 1, 1995. L. 2005: (4) amended, p. 1173, � 10, effective August 8. L. 2010: (1) amended, (HB 10-1232), ch. 163, p. 573, � 12, effective April 28. L. 2011: (4) amended, (SB 11-031), ch. 86, p. 245, � 7, effective August 10.