AUTOMOBILE WINDSHIELDS - SURFACE DETERIORATION
THIRTEEN USED WINDSHIELDS WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED FOR TEST. CODE MONOGRAMS IN EACH INDICATED THEY PROBABLY WERE THE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WINDSHIELDS. PHOTOGRAPHS WERE MADE THROUGH EACH OF THE SCATTERED LIGHT SURROUNDING AUTOMOBILE HEADLIGHTS. DAMAGE FROM WINDSHIELD WIPER ACTION SEEMED TO BE RELATED TO MILES OF TRAVEL. DAMAGE FROM HAND CLEANING AND ICE SCRAPING OPERATIONS WAS UNRELATED TO AGE IN THIS SMALL SAMPLE. PITTING FROM SMALL HIGH VELOCITY PARTICLES ALSO SHOWED UP. ON A SUBJECTIVE RATING SCALE, 8 OF THE 13 WINDSHIELDS WERE JUDGED TO BE DAMAGED ENOUGH TO CAUSE A NOTICEABLE INCREASE IN GLARE, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT, AND TO WARRANT CONSIDERATION OF REPLACEMENTS WITH A NEW WINDSHIELD. FOUR WERE JUDGED TO BE UNSAFE FOR NIGHT DRIVING. /AUTHOR/
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Supplemental Notes:
- Vol 46, No 8, PP 594-598
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Authors:
- Allen, M J
- Publication Date: 1969-8
Media Info
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Deterioration; Excavating equipment; Glare; Ice; Texture; Windshield wipers; Windshields
- Uncontrolled Terms: Scrapers (Construction equipment)
- Old TRIS Terms: Wipers
- Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00223127
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: May 13 1970 12:00AM