Bugs on windshield.

[90cummins]

In the 50s & 60s I remember the windshield being covered in bug juice after a short trip on highway. Gas stations were full service back then and always cleaned the windshield & checked the oil.
Bugs & full service have mostly disappeared.

90cummins

 

[Eagle1]

In the 50s & 60s I remember the windshield being covered in bug juice after a short trip on highway. Gas stations were full service back then and always cleaned the windshield & checked the oil.
Bugs & full service have mostly disappeared.

90cummins

Maybe where you live, plenty of bugs out here. Just have to get away from all poisons used on everything to control the bugs.
Full service is no longer a thing.

 

[ponytug]

Bugs are alive and kicking here, too...

All the best, Peter

 

[tacticalturnip]

Where you are, it sounds lovely, lol. There are plenty of mosquitos and moths in particular, and if you get on the highway it's somehow multiplied.

 

[DarkBlack]

Bugs haven’t disappeared. Vehicles are way more aerodynamic than they were in the 50’s and 60’s. Instead of smacking and splattering into an old 4 wheel road brick, most bugs now are swept up over and around today’s vehicles

 

[Eagle1]

Bugs haven’t disappeared. Vehicles are way more aerodynamic than they were in the 50’s and 60’s. Instead of smacking and splattering into an old 4 wheel road brick, most bugs now are swept up over and around today’s vehicles

I still drive bricks.....

 

[tacticalturnip]

I still drive bricks.....

I drive a brick, the missus drives a jellybean.

 

[Torvy]

Definitely differences by geography.

In Vegas, there were/are few flying insects.

Drive across a body of water around dusk and you will get plenty of squish.

As someone mentioned, aerodynamics plays a part, we also have better fluid and wipers to clean it up before it gets as bad.

There's probably a bit of faded memory, too.

 

[Eagle1]

I remember riding a Suzuki from Sacramento to LA at night through the Central Valley (farm country) and had pull over every 15-20 minutes to wipe the headlight to have some sort of illumination.
BTW those giant grasshoppers hurt and make a mess on the face shield, one of those times a helmet made sense.

 

[Torvy]

I remember riding a Suzuki from Sacramento to LA at night through the Central Valley (farm country) and had pull over every 15-20 minutes to wipe the headlight to have some sort of illumination.
BTW those giant grasshoppers hurt and make a mess on the face shield, one of those times a helmet made sense.

Chicken. I drove across back roads of Nebraska one night sans headlights. My alternator was working and I could go a lot further before the battery died if I skipped the headlights. Once it died, call AAA, get battery charges, repeat. It took me until 10am to get home.