Testing a glass bridge

[Cotty]

Here take this hammer and hit the glass you are standing on
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3661046/Is...



At least this guy is tied on

[TazR6]

An XC90 weighs 15 tons? Or did I hear it wrong.
I do not think that hitting it with hammers in situ is that scary, as there will have been rigorous, numerous and much harsher testing done at ground level. I'd give it a bash anyway.

[james_tigerwoods]

[Your Dad]

'You can hit the glass with a hammer, but please wear overshoes to avoid muddy footprints.'

[ChocolateFrog]

With these demonstrations I don't worry about the integrity of the glass panel, it's the bits round it, put together on site in all conditions potentially by the work experience boy.

[soad]

I'd have a go. Dressed like this!

[Impasse]

A thin suit?

[Ray Luxury-Yacht]

(1996, Toronto) Police said a lawyer demonstrating the safety of windows in a downtown Toronto skyscraper crashed through a pane of glass with his shoulder and plunged twenty-four floors to his death. A police spokesman said Garry, thirty-nine, fell into the courtyard of the Toronto Dominion Bank Tower as he was explaining the strength of the building's windows to visiting law students. Garry had previously conducted the demonstration of window strength without mishap, according to police reports. The managing partner of the law firm that employed the deceased told the Toronto Sun newspaper that Garry was "one of the best and brightest" members of the two-hundred-man association.

[Ari]

Good god - that one appears to be actually true!

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/window.asp

I don't think that's ever happened on Pistonheads before.

[normalbloke]

This thread reminds me of a story earlier in the year about the 'longest suspended glass bridge' called Braveman's Bridge made and located in China. I'd be worried about the welding too, let alone the glass,which just looked like a load of patio doors laid down, here is a screen grab for your enjoyment....