Am driving down I-95 just after the Philly record snowfall (four feet in five days). Doing about 65 MPH and just passing beneath a bridge when I hear what sounds like a gunshot. My windshield shatters but stays intact.
A large piece of ice had fallen off the bridge and had landed right in the middle on the windshield. The winshield shattered but stayed together, if you get my drift. It was like looking through a caleidascope the rest of the way home.
Anyway . . . I think that the way the windshield is canted (more vertical than most) may have helped. If the hit had been flatter I am thinking it could have penetrated the cabin, throwing glass into my face. After that who knows?
But I think the ice block hit and bounced due to the angle. There were some small glass shards on my dash, very small, but the windshield held together.
The point is, I WANT to believe that the angle of the windshield prevented a castrophe. $175.00 later all is good on winshield number two. But could have been a small price to pay considering . . .
A large piece of ice had fallen off the bridge and had landed right in the middle on the windshield. The winshield shattered but stayed together, if you get my drift. It was like looking through a caleidascope the rest of the way home.
Anyway . . . I think that the way the windshield is canted (more vertical than most) may have helped. If the hit had been flatter I am thinking it could have penetrated the cabin, throwing glass into my face. After that who knows?
But I think the ice block hit and bounced due to the angle. There were some small glass shards on my dash, very small, but the windshield held together.
The point is, I WANT to believe that the angle of the windshield prevented a castrophe. $175.00 later all is good on winshield number two. But could have been a small price to pay considering . . .