I don’t know that there is any legal requirement, but I wouldn’t want to have an employee injured in a work van without one and have to deal with that. I suppose in your van you can do what you want :-)
I have had one (ex) employee total a Sprinter in a front end collision. There was a lot of stuff up against the partition. Just about ripped the ladder rack off the top. Mark > On Sep 28, 2016, at 7:11 PM, Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is there any legal or insurance requirement to have one of these? I hate > them, and while I understand they are to prevent decapitation by a flying > object from the cargo area, I can’t recall ever having such a flying object. > > I like having a rear window on the van for visibility, and even with a backup > camera and sideview mirrors, being able to see out the back is nice. > > Are there other advantages to them? I guess the AC and heater might work > better if isolated from the cargo space. I’ve seen claims it makes the cabin > quieter, but anytime I’ve driven a van with a partition, there has been an > annoying rattle from the door to the back. I could maybe see if you could > put some shelving units up against the back of the partition. That might > even make a van with dual sliding side doors viable.
