There several terrains and surfaces out there that can be easily negotiated when driving a car. There are others, though, that pose more of a threat – like a stone or a small rock popping up, hitting and cracking your windscreen.
The forest
While the beauty of your surroundings might be well worth the trip, it can be a negative if something from the surface beneath your car’s tyres has a say. A large branch from a fallen tree or the root from a large plant can pose a big threat, falling from the tree or skipping up from the road when effectively triggered by your car partially riding over it. Either way, car glass repair would be needed.
The urban jungle
The big city, despite its smooth road surfaces and evenly tarred roads should not be thought as entirely safe and free of danger to your car’s windscreens and windshields. For that matter, the glass covering some or all of the headlights, reverse lights and turning indicators could also be placed in jeopardy if something like a small stone or piece of rubble springs up for whatever reason. Basically, stick to the speed limit and you should – more often than not – be safe enough.
On holiday
No matter the road surface, whether you are in a small coastal town or driving through a bigger inland city, for a weekend away or an entire week’s holiday, you just never know when a nasty surprise could hamper your proceedings. There isn’t really many ways to truly avoid this, but if it does strike, hopefully the place you are in has a quick repair place, which can help you get back on the road quickly enough. That said, you’d do well to research these kind of places ahead of time, just in case something does happen.
Act now, not later
Whether it’s truth or myth, many will differ, but placing your thumb or a piece of tape on a small crack on the glass won’t necessarily prevent it from becoming bigger and longer and even wider over time. When there is a crack, big, small or medium, the time to act on getting it fixed is there and then. There is no time to waste – and the problem must be sorted out. It’s not like a leaky tap, which is a waste of water actually, or a long hairdo that needs cutting – the urgency is much greater. The need is more major. The requirement will be entirely more obvious.
Thereafter
Once you’ve had the repair and have presumably been advised how to hopefully avoid such a shock for the car glass in the future, you will be able to resume what you were doing – whether you were on holiday or on the way to work or going to visit family or friends. To reiterate, while there is not a lot you can do to stop a stone or the like from popping up to crack the glass, there are things you can do to make the fixing of it more simple and quick.
