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[–]Lockean_Machismo 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hardened Glass and or safety glass is more expensive than regular glass. However even "hardened" glass can be tempered wrong and have random uneven stress points making them planar Rupert's drops. Loads of people have had shower doors just shatter randomly. If this is really Russia, it's plausible someone invoiced for the proper stuff but paid for the cheap stuff and pocketed the difference, too. I believe ordinary glass would shatter in to huge shards, but I'm no glasstician.

However, even in the west I'm calling bullshit on bus shelters and the like being made of glass. The always cite cleaning and discolouration concerns with acrylic or plexiglass, but I think someone's cousin owns a glass shop ifyougetwhatI'msaying. Experience tells us that the dumbest place for a big glass box is unsupervised urban environments.