# Windshield damaged trying to hit a bug **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 8, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-damaged-trying-to-hit-a-bug/967637 "2022-07-08T17:18:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-damaged-trying-to-hit-a-bug/967637/21 "2022-07-09T12:27:51Z")
You’re not breaking bad, I hope? ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-damaged-trying-to-hit-a-bug/967637/22 "2022-07-09T15:52:34Z")
a guy who worked for me came in late one cold and frosty morning. He was muffled up like an arctic explorer. It turned out that when he saw his windscreen all iced up, he went into the kitchen, grabbed a kettle of water and tried to use that to clear the ice. He did not know that the kettle had just boiled, so he poured nearly-boiling water onto a sub-zero screen with predictable results. Since he was already on a warning for bad timekeeping, he chose to muffle up and drive with no screen. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-damaged-trying-to-hit-a-bug/967637/23 "2022-07-09T16:00:39Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > Glass is an odd substance. Indeed. Ever heard of Prince Rupert’s Drops? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/xe-f4gokRBs/hqdefault.jpg "Mystery of Prince Rupert's Drop at 130,000 fps - Smarter Every Day 86") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe-f4gokRBs) BTW, insurance companies sometimes waive the deductible and cover the whole cost of replacing cracked, damaged, or even badly scratched windshields, because it saves them more money in the long run. Check with your agent. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-damaged-trying-to-hit-a-bug/967637/24 "2022-07-09T16:12:34Z")
That pretty much SOP here in Arizona where flying rocks break or crack windshields all the time. I’ve replaced four in 25 years I’ve been here and both vehicles’ windshields currently have small chips in non-obtrusive places because I can’t be bothered. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-damaged-trying-to-hit-a-bug/967637/25 "2022-07-10T02:47:43Z")
\Destin recently did another video on Prince Rupert’s Drops wherein he attempted to catch the explosion in epoxy (while being filmed with high-speed cameras, of course).\<\hijack\> ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-damaged-trying-to-hit-a-bug/967637/26 "2022-07-10T03:54:47Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > Bad karma. Maybe so, but there’s worse trouble brewing for any caring person who tries to coax the bug out of the side window by gently wafting a facial tissue: > [@Princhester](#): > > But the demonstrator then wafted a normal facial tissue so it barely kissed the outside edge of the bent rod, which snapped immediately. Even the imperceptible micro scratches created by the tissue were enough to start a crack that caused the break. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-damaged-trying-to-hit-a-bug/967637/27 "2022-07-10T12:07:20Z")
Only if the side window has been placed under sufficient pressure to bow inward extremely - a practice the vehicle manufacturer notifies customers as being ill advised. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-damaged-trying-to-hit-a-bug/967637/28 "2022-07-11T16:05:38Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > I was driving with one of the hounds in the front seat, the hound who absolutely _had_ to bark and any other dogs he saw as we moved. When we were stopped at a light someone dared to cross in front of us walking a dog. Mine barked hysterically and finally lunged into the windshield smashing it from the inside. Same thing happened to my buddy, but what caused it was him turning on the windshield wipers and it freaked his dog out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windshield-damaged-trying-to-hit-a-bug/967637.md?page=1)