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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".38" citation="COMAR 11.19.03.38" title_num="11" subtitle_num="19" chapter_num="03" heading="Windshields, Windows, Wipers, and Washers.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>Safety Glass. Glass shall be installed so that the identification mark is legible.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Windshields. The windshield shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be large enough to permit the operator to see the highway clearly;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Be slanted to reduce glare; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Be installed between front corner posts that are so designed and located as to afford a minimum of obstruction to the operator's view of the highway.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Stirrup Steps. There may be at least one folding stirrup step or recessed foothold and suitably located handles on each side of the front of the body for easy accessibility for cleaning the windshield and lamps.</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Windows.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Glass in passenger compartment side windows, doors, and rear windows shall be AS-2 or AS-3 laminated safety glass.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Passenger compartment windows shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Operate freely;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Open 9—10-1/2 inches from the top only and provide an emergency exit of at least 9 inches by 22 inches;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Have all exposed edges of glass banded;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Be free of window guards or bars either on the inside or outside; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Be aluminum-framed split sash.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Windshield Wipers.</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Automatic, variable, two speed or intermittent windshield wipers with nonglare arms and blades shall be installed so as to clean the maximum possible area of the windshield.</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>The windshield wiper blades and arms shall:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Be heavy-duty; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Be at least 14 inches long.</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>