How to avoid windscreen damage in summer months

Waimarino Bulletin, Volume 1, Issue 27, 6 December 1983, Page 5

How to avoid windscreen damage in summer months

Following a spate of windscreen breakages which we reported last week, Ohakune's traffic officer, Graeme Cole, said that the mainfault lay with motorists who either travelled too fast through sections of loose ^^tal or followed too close ■Blind the car in front. The roads board workgangs have to lay metal chips over areas of melting tar during the hot summer months and it is a recurring problem every year, said traffic officer Cole. A small stone covered in tar which attaches itself to the tread of a rapidly revolving wheel can be

catapulted a considerable distance and remain in the air for several seconds. When this missile hits a windscreen which is already under extra tension because of the higher temperatures during the summer months there is less 'give' in the glass and the result is often a broken windscreen. His advice? • Reduce speeds through patches of loose metal both for your own car's sake and those of others. • Observe speed restriction signs near road works. • Avoid following too closely.