Although car security has improved enormously with most new vehicles coming equipped with alarm and immobiliser systems that are really tough to crack.
It doesn’t matter how good the security is if you leave your car on the road or drive with the engine running, opportunist thieves will treat it as an invitation to jump in your car and drive it away.
Up and down the county this is exactly what happens whenever there’s a hard frost. It is important to remember that if your car is stolen while left unattended with the engine running and the keys in the ignition, you’re unlikely to be covered by your insurance.
It is important to remember that it is an offence to drive with a partially cleared windscreen meaning you could be fined and have points added to your licence so it’s best to make sure that all your windows, mirrors and lights are clear before you begin your journey.
Prevention is always better than the cure so if you know that there is a big frost on the way you can think of ways to keep your windows clear.
You could fit a car cap – similar to a windscreen cover, a car cap fits right over the roof and covers all the car’s windows.
If you don’t have a car cap or worried about the car cap being stolen late at night as your car is parked on a public road. You can still take preventive measures the night before, spray your windows with night-before de-icer and when the temperature plummets, the fluid will prevent the ice bonding with the glass. In the morning, you may still have to wait until your windows are de-misted on the inside, but at least you won’t be outside in the cold scraping off the ice.