1. Sit in the driver’s seat and check that there is a reasonable view of the road through the windscreen and windows wholly or partly on either side of the driver’s seat.








2. Check presence and security of all windscreens, side, roof or rear windows, or internal screens or partitions.

3. Visually check the condition of all windscreens, internal screens and partitions, side, rear, roof and door windows for cracks and surface damage.

4. Check for presence, security and condition of guard rails or barriers at windows, internal screens or partitions.

5. For all vehicles first used before 1 January 1959. As far as is practicable, check that if glass is fitted to windscreens and outside windows facing to the front, it is safety glass, except glass fitted to the upper deck of a double decked vehicle.

6. For all vehicles first used on or after 1 January 1959, as far as is practicable, check that if glass is used for windscreens or any outside windows, it is safety glass. Note: Marking is not required for safety glass used on vehicles first used before 1 June 1978.

















7. For all vehicles first used on or after 1 June 1978, check that

a. windscreens and other windows wholly or partly on either side of the driver’s seat, are made from safety glass

Note: Security vehicles or vehicles being used for police purposes may alternatively be fitted with safety glazing

b. all other windows are made from safety glass or safety glazing.

Note: Safety glazing means material other than glass which is so constructed or treated that if fractured does not fly into fragments likely to cause severe cuts. Note: There is no marking requirement for safety glazing

8. For all vehicles first used on or after 1 April 1988, check that any windows forming all or part of a screen, partition or door in the interior of the vehicle are safety glass or safety glazing

1.

a. The presence of an object which seriously restricts the driver’s view of the road ahead, bearing in mind the original design of the vehicle.

b. Any crack, surface damage or discoloration which seriously restricts the driver’s view of the road to the front or side.

2. Any windscreen, window, internal screen or partition so insecure that it is likely to fall out in normal use or cause injury to any person on the vehicle.

3. A crack or surface damage in glass or other transparent material that presents a danger to any person on the vehicle.


4. A guard rail or barrier at a window, internal screen or partition missing, insecure or damaged to the extent that injury to passengers is likely.

5. For vehicles first used before 1 January 1959, glass is fitted to the windscreen or an outside window facing to the front that is obviously not safety glass. Note: This does not apply to the upper deck of double decked vehicles

6. For vehicles first used on or after 1 January 1959, the glass used for a windscreen or an outside window is obviously not safety glass.

Note: ‘Safety glass’ means glass which, if fractured, does not fly into fragments likely to cause severe cuts.

Note: Safety glass can be identified by evidence of one of the following markings
• BS 857 · BS 5282 (not acceptable on vehicles first used on or after 1 April 1985)
• TP GS or TP GSE (glass made in France, not acceptable on vehicles first used on or after 1 October 1986)
• BS AU 178
• an ‘E’ mark (including the number 43R) · an ‘e’ mark followed by a number, e.g. e11, in a square.


7. For all vehicles first used on or after 1 June 1978

a. the windscreen and/or other windows wholly or partly on either side of the driver’s seat are not made from safety glass

b. all other windows not made from safety glass or safety glazing














8. A window forming part or all of a screen, partition or door in the interior of the vehicle not made from safety glass or safety glazing