Yesterday I took a call from a guy looking to get a 24 inch crack repaired on his windshield. It seems he had been stopped in Edmond by the police for driving with a cracked windshield. The officer that stopped him, gave him a warning to get his windshield taken care of according to the phone caller.

A couple of weeks ago my wife was stopped at a road block manned by Spencer Police and The Oklahoma Highway Patrol. She said they were checking licenses, insurance paper work and looking vehicles over, like for cracked windshields.

In talking with one of my contacts in the glass business I was told individuals had been getting windshields replaced because law enforcement had been involved. I ran a post last year about a guy getting a $150 ticket in Moore, for driving a truck with a cracked windshield. Last year I took several calls about a replacement windshield  because they had been rejected for a driver's license driving test, due to a cracked windshield. As I posted earlier, in talking with the Department Of Safety, if the officer feels the vehicle is unsafe he can and will refuse to do the driving test. 

I think like my wife it's just a matter of time before Oklahoma City police start going after vehicles with cracked windshields. I've talked to several that have been stopped for defective lights, including my wife, due to a bad tag light. With a number of towns in the area cracking down, pardon the pun, on cracked windshields. Combined with the public out cry about junk, unsafe vehicles on the road. Driving a car with anything that can be seen as a safety issue will be an invitation to have an encounter with the police or Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

As I posted earlier according to The Oklahoma Department Of Safety, if the windshield looks cracked then it is subject to a ticket. My experience with long crack repair is that it doesn't work. On a couple of occasions where the crack has been stopped it still looked cracked. Which means it is unsafe. Virtually all that are doing long crack repair guarantee that if it fails they will credit the amount you paid towards a new windshield. To me it just looks like a way to sell you a windshield. Likewise none of these shops that I know of meet the AGRSS standard, which is the latest safety standard for windshield replacements.

Do yourself a favor, check your windshield regularly for chips. Repair them in a timely manner. If your windshield is cracked just replace it for your safety.