I have an enormous crack

[Rawwr]

...in my windscreen, obviously.

I was driving back from Peterborough, down the A1, and a small stone got flicked up, chipping the screen right in front of my face. This was mildly annoying but nowhere near as terrifying as the next 15 miles where the chip turned into a small crack, which then turned into a slightly longer crack and then an even longer crack. By the time I got home, the crack was about 90% of the width of the entire screen.

It was everso slightly terrifying driving along and watching the crack develop and in hindsight I can't help wondering if it would've been smarter to pull over, call the AA and wait, but I got home without implosion and now waiting for a new screen to arrive.

Fun.

[The Wookie]

Rawwr said:

It was everso slightly terrifying driving along and watching the crack develop and in hindsight I can't help wondering if it would've been smarter to pull over, call the AA and wait, but I got home without implosion and now waiting for a new screen to arrive.

Stop wondering and stop listening to those fking RAC Auto Windscreen adverts

[williredale]

Windscreens are tougher than you think. There are two layers of glass laminated together and the crack will be in the outer layer. I once drove back from Exter to Bristol on the M5 at 40MPH because I thought the screen would shatter. Autoglass demonstrated to me how tough they were by hitting it. I was impressed!

[Rawwr]

Yeah, everything in my head told me that it was impossible to shatter; hell, I once chucked a fire extinguisher at a windscreen (don't ask) and it didn't penetrate it, but actually being there and watching the crack develop does make you poo a little.

[Vaggingquick]

The Wookie said:

Stop wondering and stop listening to those fking RAC Auto Windscreen adverts

Yeah if you go to the other ones,you can get new wiper blades......for free.
And they are bosch.