(2) Check Glazing.
(i) REJECT IF any of the following apply:
(A) Approved safety glazing is not used in every windshield, window and wing.
(B) A sign, poster or other material whose design prevents a driver from seeing through the
material, obstructs, obscures or impairs the driver’s clear view of the highway or an intersecting
highway. Under FMVSS No. 205, this restriction does not apply to the rear side windows, rear
wings or rear window of trucks or multipurpose passenger vehicles.
(C) A sign, poster or other material, whose design prevents a driver from seeing through the
material, extends more than 3 ½ inches from the lowest exposed portion of the rear window, rear
side windows or rear wings of a passenger car.
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(D) A vehicle displays a sticker other than those prescribed under §175.67(c) (relating to glazing), or
displays a parking sticker in a lo cation described in §175.67(d).
(E) Glass is shattered or broken or has exposed sharp edges.
(F) The windshield is removed.
(G) There are defects in an acute area of the windshield–center of the critical area on the driver’s
side of the vehicle directly in the driver’s normal line of vision, 8 ½ inches wide and 5 ½ inches
high–or discolorations or hazardous cracks to the front, right, left or rear of the driver which
would interfere with the driver’s vision.
(H) Glass etchings, except those used for vehicle identification, are on the windshield or front side
windows.
(I) Glass etchings extend more than 3 ½ inches from lowest exposed portion of rear window, rear
side windows or rear wings.
(ii) This paragraph does not prohibit the use of a product or material along the top edge of a windshield
as long as the product or material is transparent and does not encroach upon the AS-1 portion of the
windshield as provided by FMVSS No. 205, and the product or material is not more than 3 inches
from the top of the windshield.