Truck and Commercial Vehicle Windscreen Maintenance

by Novus AutoGlass Novus Auto Glass

Windscreen maintenance is crucial for commercial vehicles and trucks if you don’t want to incur any damages. You can seriously compromise the safety of the driver and the other vehicles on the road if you continue driving your truck with a chipped or broken windscreen. Small cracks and chips can minimize the integrity of the windscreen and subsequently the frame of the vehicle. If left unrepaired, these chips and cracks can cause the windscreen to break apart on impact in the event of an accident and cause serious injury to the driver. So, what should you do about it? Read on to find out.

Regular Check Up

It is important to check your truck’s windscreen regularly for any chips or cracks. If the crack is visible with the naked eye then it is a cause of a concern. Cracks or chips can widen and become more prominent if they aren’t repaired in a timely manner. It is much easier to get the small cracks repaired but if they are left alone, they might become unrepairable. In such cases, your only option is to replace the windscreen altogether with a new one. So, make sure that you check the windscreen of your commercial vehicles routinely and act quickly if you see a crack developing on any of them.

Cleaning the Windscreen

It might not seem much but cleaning the windscreens of your commercial vehicles and trucks can be extremely beneficial for the safety of their windshields. The trucks, especially, have to cover long miles on highways and face the wrath of nature. Dirt, snow and debris from the road can all accumulate on the windscreen and slowly chip away at it if you don’t clean the windscreen regularly. The dirt might get stuck to the wiper blades and damage them too. These wiper blades can then leave scratches on the windscreen every time they are used. So, cleaning the windscreen and the wipers of trucks and commercial vehicles is a necessary maintenance task that shouldn’t be overlooked.