For Consumers
The AGRSS Logo is One of the Most Important Safety Signs You’ll Ever See.
Whenever you need the glass in your car replaced, you’ll want to look for this sign.
It means that the auto glass company replacing your glass is registered with the Automotive Glass Replacement Safety Standards (AGRSS) Council. AGRSS-registered companies have made a commitment to install auto glass in accordance with the Automotive Glass Replacement Safety Standard, the world’s only standard for proper auto glass installation, and participate in a third-party audit program that verifies that they are installing your windshield in accordance with the industry’s only safety standard.
Your windshield does much more than just protect you from weather and insects. Your windshield also acts as a safety shield for the passengers in the vehicle itself. Your windshield and side window glass are part of your vehicle’s passenger restraint system and must be installed properly in order for airbags to deploy safely and effectively. The windshield also aids in occupant retention, keeping passengers in the car in the case of an accident. So make sure you choose a company that is registered with AGRSS for any of your auto glass replacement needs. Look for this logo at quality glass shops, or visit our website at www.safewindshields.org. Your windshield is a safety shield. Make sure it is replaced by a company that has a commitment to safety.
Looking for an AGRSS-registered company to replace your windshield? Click here to visit www.safewindshields.org
About AGRSS
The Automotive Glass Replacement Safety Standards (AGRSS®) Council Inc. (AGRSS®) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the safe replacement of auto glass. AGRSS® was founded and is supported by companies in the auto glass replacement industry that keep safe installation as their primary goal.
AGRSS® is an accredited American National Standards Institute (ANSI) standards development organization. It has developed the North America’s only auto glass replacement standard, the AGRSS® standard (ANSI/AGRSS® 002-2002 Automotive Glass Replacement Safety Standard). The AGRSS® Standard addresses procedures, education and product performance.
About Unsafe Auto Glass Installations
“… the problem is more widespread than a few shoddy replacements or fly-by-night shops, considering that the AGRSS standard is the culmination of a 7-year effort by a dedicated cadre of proprietors who wish to distinguish themselves on the basis of quality, safety, and adherence to best practices … Members of the AGRSS Council should be commended and the multiplication of their ranks encouraged. Diffusion of the AGRSS Standard benefits the legitimate glass replacement industry and consumers, who are all too often unaware of the details and implications of windshield replacements.”
- Auto safety advocate Ralph Nader in a letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Commission, November 2005.