Re: Kill in a park and avoid prison.

Adam Lea wrote:
"Tom Crispin" <kije.remove@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:hnaou39larmtp82ps138366ak5oahapndg@xxxxxxxxxx
The cause of the windscreen shattering remains a mystery. I would
have expected police investigations to pick up a cause such as a loose
stone, or branch falling from a tree.


Is it possible that the windscreen shattered because of a previous chip or two that hadn't been repaired? It is possible for windscreen chips to become cracks. That has happened to someone I know.

Not really.

I've had several windscreens replaced over the last twenty-odd years, and it was only the older, laminated(?) screens that used to shatter into opaqueness. And they used to shatter the first time that sufficient force was used - they didn't chip or "star" and then crack later as modern ones do.

Modern screens (toughened rather than laminated) are *meant* to chip or star rather than shatter. An impact severe enough to cause a bad chip or crack would have shattered an older screen anyway. But modern ones don't craze over as in days of yore.

Anyone know what sort of car was involved (and how old it was)?

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