Low mileage insurance holders should wash the windscreen

Low mileage insurance holders might not think of cleaning their car too often since they only make relatively short journeys but keeping the exterior of a car clean is more important than it might seem.

Some cleaning maintenance is of more use at certain times of the year, for example, washing a vehicle's underside in the winter can stop road grit from rusting the underside of the car. However, one cleaning routine which should be followed throughout the year is cleaning grime off the windscreen.

As part of the MOT requirements, all vehicles have built in washers which can be activated from inside the car by motorists and spray the windscreen with screen-wash and/or water.

A few clicks of the wiper blades and the screen can be cleaned – but if the window has gathered too much dirt – the combination of screen-wash and a wipe of the blades could smear muck all over the glass, reducing a driver's view of the road.

If the road user has a cloth in the car or a bottle of water, this problem can be sorted by finding a safe place to pull over and manually cleaning the window. However, if the motorist has not got a cloth to wipe dirt off with, has run out of water or is on a stretch of road where they are not able to stop safely, reduced vision through the front window can quickly become dangerous.

Even low mileage drivers could find themselves in this position, and might be involved in a road traffic crash as a result. They could also suffer severe personal injury and harm another road user or a pedestrian.

The risk of an accident occurring after a motorist has accidentally reduced their view of the road is increased further if they are driving at night.

To avoid these potentially dangerous scenarios, all car drivers, even those with low mileage insurance, should regularly give their vehicle windscreen a thorough clean. For good measure they might want to clean all the other widows too, since a better view of the road reduces the chance that they might have a collision.

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