Because early autos traveled at fairly slow speeds, little, if any, wind-breaking protection needed to be provided in the car design itself. As speeds increased, this type of protection became more important. The earliest "windshields" were nothing...

The windscreen (also known as the windshield) of an aircraft, automobile, bus, motorcycle, or tram is the front window. Modern windshields are generally made of laminated safety glass, which consists of two (typically) curved sheets of glass with a...

A motorist hit two pedestrians, then drove home with one of the bodies lodged in his windshield, police said. The man in the windshield died.Police said Steve Warrichaiet was drunk when he struck the pedestrians as he returned home from a friend's house late Sunday.One...

Thousands of travelers heading to ski areas for the holiday weekend were stalled by giant traffic jams Saturday as highways were blocked by crews removing snow slides.One avalanche at Berthoud Pass on Highway 40, the main road to the Winter Park ski resort, knocked a...

Rain-X Wipes Create "No-Streak" Windshields  By Jim Bray TechnoFile.com It's almost like not needing windshield wipers! Well, maybe not quite, but it is a quick and easy way to prevent rain and snow from sticking to your vehicle's windshield, giving you clearer vision when...

Airlines are investigating why windshields cracked on at least 13 planes at Denver International Airport while a storm was whipping through the area with wind of up to 100 mph.No emergencies were declared and no injuries were reported. None of the pilots reported flying debris,...