preventing stone windshield rock chips

[dadohead]

So, a major contribution to impact damage in this case can be your own speed - moving as far as possible to the side of the road and slowing when passing oncoming hazards may assist.

Snazzy analysis but the geezers that side-saddle the lane are one of the biggest causes.... that's where the rocks and road debris are found.

 

[WinterDeere]

Snazzy analysis but the geezers that side-saddle the lane are one of the biggest causes.... that's where the rocks and road debris are found.

Wow... you just named something that I've noticed all my life, but failed to ever really consider. It's always the elderly drivers who are "splitting lanes", driving half way on the shoulder!

 

[rontaki]

Wow... you just named something that I've noticed all my life, but failed to ever really consider. It's always the elderly drivers who are "splitting lanes", driving half way on the shoulder!

Maybe that's our way of getting others off their tails. I'll have to be sure to do that more often!

 

[ultrarunner]

Model A club tour on a rural road with potholes gravel filled… two club members had windshield hits including the first car with no cars ahead or on coming.

The lead car front tire picked up a rock and through it up ahead and the driver saw the rock bounce up at the same moment to hit the windshield…

Another had the same…

Don’t know the physics or just bad luck?

 

[JRH02]

Maybe that's our way of getting others off their tails. I'll have to be sure to do that more often!

Just got a new set of tires on the pickup. There are stone throwing demons. They don't throw no wimpy little rocks!

 

[ultrarunner]

It’s something where you know it’s going to happen and powerless to prevent as you wait for contact…

 

[rontaki]

It’s something where you know it’s going to happen and powerless to prevent as you wait for contact…

Made you blink!

 

[grsthegreat]

It's worse in areas up north where they put gravel on the road for ice abatement. We used to get a lot more when we lived up there.

Oddly enough, you may be less likely to get them tailgating as the rocks don't have time to get high enough to hit your windshield.

The worst one we ever had was crossing the lake on I30 in Rockwall. A truck was in the middle lane maybe 40 yards ahead of us. Dropping 2" rocks bounding down the road behind them. Too much traffic to dodge and got hit right on the seal. Instantly spiderwebbed. At least it was on passenger side.

I used to think i HATED the gravel applied to the roads during winter here in Idaho. Until they started using mag chloride. I would gladly go back to occasionally replacing windshield vs rusting my entire car to a pile if crap in a few years.

I DESPISE MAG CHLORIDE

 

[Jstpssng]

I DESPISE MAG CHLORIDE

Ah, but it's great for finding creating weak spots in your brake lines.

 

[grsthegreat]

I think the crap has messed with emergency brake cable on my 2004 f350. Hard to set brake now.