(a) On and after 7-1-1951, no person shall operate any motor vehicle as specified herein, nor shall any motor vehicle, as specified herein, be registered thereafter unless such vehicle is equipped with safety glass of a type approved by the Commissioner of Highways wherever glass is used in doors, windows and windshields. The foregoing provisions shall apply to all passenger-type motor vehicles, including passenger buses and school buses, but in respect to trucks, including truck tractors, the requirements as to safety glass shall apply to all glass used in doors, windows and windshields in the drivers’ compartments of such vehicles.
(b) The term
SAFETY GLASS shall mean any product composed of glass, so manufactured, fabricated or treated as substantially to prevent shattering and flying of the glass when struck or broken, or such other or similar product as may be approved by the Commissioner.
(W.Va. Code § 17C-15-38)