Should You Even Be Driving That Car? What to Weigh Before Moving a Vehicle With Windshield Damage
You back out of the driveway, glance up, and there it is — a line running across the glass that definitely wasn't there yesterday. Maybe a truck kicked up a stone on the 401. Maybe the cold snap finished off a chip you'd been ignoring. Either way, you've got somewhere to be, and now you're doing quick mental math: is it fine to just drive on it, or are you about to make things worse? That hesitation is the right instinct. Most of us treat a windshield as a window, but it's doing more structural work than that, and whether you should drive on a damaged one isn't a one-size-fits-all answer. It depends on what kind of damage you're looking at and where it sits. Not all damage is created equal There's a big difference between a small chip parked near the edge of the glass and a crack snaking across your line of sight. The first might be a minor annoyance you can deal with on your own schedule. The second is the kind of thing that can genuinely affect how saf...