As appearing in the SCJ monthly print supplement Auto Journal. Team Ford Please email us at SCJ New Media if you would like to contribute a resource link. This admonition applies to anyone who sits behind the wheel of a vehicle. And the fact is that the driver's view might not always be as sharp and clear. This could be serious considering that most of the information a driver needs is visual.
Faulty eyesight can be part of the problem.
Responsible drivers should make sure that they have periodic eye checks. But even those with excellent eyesight have trouble seeing through smeared, obstructed or filmed windshields. If traffic splatters your windshield with specks of mud, don't reach reflexively to turn your wipers on. You are apt to smear your windshield to opacity unless enough water is present to actually wash the mud away. Look between the mud spots until you can either pull off the road and clean your windshield or sluice it clean with your windshield washers and wipers.