(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.
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.
The department shall compile and publish a list of types of glazing material by nameapproved 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.
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 42-4232 (1) and except for motor vehicles registered as collector's items under section 42-12-301 or 42-12-302.
Any person who violates any provision of this section commits a class B traffic infraction.
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 101232), ch. 163, p. 573, § 12, effective April 28. L. 2011: (4) amended, (SB 11-031), ch. 86, p. 245, § 7, effective August 10.
Editor's note: This section is similar to former § 42-4-226 as it existed prior to 1994, and the former § 42-4-229 was relocated to § 42-4-231.