The windshield (also known as the windscreen) of an aircraft, automobile, bus, motorcycle,
or tram is the front window. Modern windshields are generally made of
laminated safety glass, a type of treated glass, which consists of two (typically)
curved sheets of glass with a plastic layer laminated between them for safety,
and are glued into the window frame.
Motorcycle windshields are
often made of high-impact acrylic plastic. As the name implies, their main function
is to shield the driver from the wind, though they do not do so as totally
as those of a car. |
