Why are car windows & windshields glass and not a kind of plastic?

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Why are car windows & windshields glass and not a kind of plastic?

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Your car is basically an easy-bake oven that would melt most plastics that can be made transparent. The ones that aren’t, like plexiglass and aerogel, are cost prohibitive to manufacture, are not easily mended or recycled, and bend light more than glass (distort vision & magnify heat).

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