Site of the Month for August 2011 discusses Car and Automotive. Mid Car is the car directory including auto technology, driving school & safety, racing & motorsport, motorcycles, specialty vehicles.

Repairing Car windscreen cracks and chips is good for the environment and just as importantly it is good for your wallet, it saves time and money and is a relatively easy process that can take no time at all. A windscreen chip could turn into a crack any time, and if you’re driving, it could be dangerous. Replacing a windscreen, as opposed to repairing a chipped one, is also hard on the wallet. It’s also hard on the environment. Each year around 20,000 tonnes of windscreen glass is dumped into landfills around Australia. The waste produced from 40 windscreen replacements is enough to fill a dumpster while the waste produced from 40 windscreen repairs will fit in the palm of your hand.

According to an Australian car insurance company, it’s a common assumption that a chipped windscreen needs to be replaced. Not so. In most cases a chip that are smaller than a $1 coin can be repaired. To save hard earned money, and to be kind to the environment, it’s best to get a chipped screen repaired quickly. To help people understand the benefits of acting quickly to get a chipped windscreen repaired , and a list of the most obvious advantages to simply repairing the next crack you find in your car windscreen: It saves you valuable time – A windscreen chip can be repaired in less than half an hour whereas a windscreen replacement takes up to 2 hours, and it’s cheaper – The cost of repairing a windscreen is less than half of the cost of replacing it. No compromise to safety – The windscreen provides up to 30% of a car’s structural strength. The passenger airbag relies on the windscreen to provide support if the airbag deploys. The O’Brien repair system restores the structural integrity of the windscreen.