In a patent filed Jan. 1, an inventor named Rinard Ford described a new way to make head-up displays better for drivers.

Ford has patented a new technology for a sun visor that can break a car's windshield in case of emergency, allowing passengers to easily escape. Car sun visor that breaks windshield during emergency!

Head-up displays or HUDs were meant to simplify driving, but Ford may have found a very unconventional way to rethink them.

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