Every road user knows the terrible experience of an object crashing into the windscreen. Sometimes this might result in significant damage caused by a bird or sizable stone, and sometimes it might be merely an irritating little crack on the windscreen.
We then have to ask the question – is it better to repair or to replace the windscreen – and should this be done sooner or later?
On the Arrive Alive website we have emphasized the importance of windscreen safety in a section titled “Road Safety and Your Windscreen”.
I would like to quote from this section:
“Modern cars fitted with airbags use the windscreen as a support surface against which the passenger airbag inflates. The winds