§ 39-21-41 — Safety glazing material in motor vehicles

1. No person may sell any new motor vehicle, nor may any new motor vehicle be
registered, unless it is equipped with safety glazing material of a type approved by the
department wherever glazing material is used in doors, windows, and windshields. The
foregoing provisions shall apply to all passenger-type motor vehicles, including
passenger buses and schoolbuses, but in respect to trucks, including truck tractors,
the requirements as to safety glazing material apply to all glazing material used in
doors, windows, and windshields in the drivers' compartment.
2. The term "safety glazing materials" means glazing materials so constructed, treated,
or combined with other materials as to 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 maintain a list of types of glazing material by name approved by
it as meeting the requirements of this section and may not register after January 1,
1964, 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 it shall thereafter
suspend the registration of any motor vehicle subject to this section which it finds is
not equipped until it is made to conform to the requirements of this section. The
requirements of this section do not apply to antique automobiles licensed under
chapter 39-04.