05-25-2010, 09:45 AM
You're driving along, minding your own business, when a rock flies up and chips your windshield. It happens all the time, right? No big deal. Getting it repaired would just be another headache you don't need. So you put it off for another day.
Sure, it's no big deal until you go to your car one day and notice a big crack across the windshield. That little chip was heated up in the sun and caused a fault line in your windshield's glass.
Still no big deal? In some states it's illegal to drive with a crack in the windshield that is in the driver's line of sight. In other states it's illegal to drive with a cracked windshield at all. I'd call that a big deal.
But really a cracked windshield is a big deal because it's a safety hazard. It can impair the driver's vision and cause a wreck. Then if you're in a wreck the broken windshield may not keep the passenger airbag inside the car. That does your passengers no good. In a rollover the windshield could blow out altogether and allow the roof to crush whoever is inside.
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Sure, it's no big deal until you go to your car one day and notice a big crack across the windshield. That little chip was heated up in the sun and caused a fault line in your windshield's glass.
Still no big deal? In some states it's illegal to drive with a crack in the windshield that is in the driver's line of sight. In other states it's illegal to drive with a cracked windshield at all. I'd call that a big deal.
But really a cracked windshield is a big deal because it's a safety hazard. It can impair the driver's vision and cause a wreck. Then if you're in a wreck the broken windshield may not keep the passenger airbag inside the car. That does your passengers no good. In a rollover the windshield could blow out altogether and allow the roof to crush whoever is inside.
iowa autoglass