Many Scots will wake up to a frosty windscreen this morning, and experts are urging them to avoid one common remedy.
While a quick way to get rid of frost and ice would be to boil the kettle and then pour the water on your windscreen, it could actually do more harm than good. That is because the glass could crack as a result of the temperature change.
As reported by the Express, experts have called the common de-frosting method "a really bad idea". However, they have shared some alternatives - including a nifty hack that involves a towel.
Olly Jones, co-founder at elmo, warned drivers, saying: “Putting boiling water on your windscreen is a really bad idea. Putting boiling water on any type of glass can cause little cracks to form and can worsen existing cracks - and windscreens are no exception.
"If your windscreen has been hit by a stone you are at risk of massively worsening that crack. Cracked windscreens can be expensive and take time to fix. The best way to defrost your windscreen is by not allowing ice to form in the first place."
This comes amid snow and ice yellow warnings across several parts of Scotland, which could see roads and railways impacted and disrupted.
As for what you should do when the cold weather hits, the expert said: "If you know a frost is coming, you can take steps to prepare your windscreen, a great hack is to put an old towel over the windscreen which you can remove in the morning and it should stop ice forming.
"If you do wake up to an unexpected frosting, you can use lukewarm water, de-icing spray or water and rubbing alcohol mixture to help remove the ice while scraping gently."
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Olly also said you should be patient and if possible should set aside some extra time to get rid of frost properly. He also reminds drivers to wear gloves to protect the fingers when clearing an icy windscreen.
Nearly two-fifths - 18 percent - of motorists admitted they would not change their driving plans despite a red weather warning, the AA has found. A further 75 percent of the 13,000 drivers surveyed said they would not change their plans if there was an amber weather warning.
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