Last time I drove at highway speed: Thursday around 19:40
Every day, over and over and over… I have to keep actual glass cleaner in my car and spray the windshield occasionally—like at stop lights by sticking my arm out the window—because not even the “bug remover” windshield washer fluid works well enough. You need something strong like ammonia to loosen all the protein.
Note: I don’t live in a city.
Probably well over two decades ago or so.
That was the last time I owned a car.
Like 2 days ago.
A couple of years ago, but I don’t drive all that far most days. It sure seems like there are fewer and fewer. For instance, last summer, I saw fireflies for the first time in over a decade. This can’t be good.
Every time I take a trip out of the city.
Generally, I NEED to clean it every 300 miles due to not being able to see through the sheet of bug-goo covering my windshield.
I remember it being like that decades ago - a long car trip might have required more stops to clean the windshield than to get gas. Not in a very long time though. Now I do get at least one hit per week but I don’t have to clean it even as frequently as I get car washes.
Where are you that there are still bugs (other than mosquitoes)?
Last week.
But cars tend to have more of a slant to the windows then they used to, so less bugs smack and splatter.
I’m driving the same car since 2006. It’s gone way down.
I drove through miles of a literal swarm of cicadas a few years ago and 99% of them didn’t splat on the windshield. My roof rack was coated with bug guts, though.
Was talking about this a few weeks ago. Then we spent a week on the Gulf coast of TX, and the rental car collected a pretty good number of bugs. Not as much as when I was younger, but more than I remember seeing in a long time.
It’s been years.
I live near a metro so its not as noticable but yeah 50 years ago you would get some. More significantly you did not need to go far (you could reach it in a day trip. say within 2 hours away) and you would have your windshield plastered. Basically out were you could see some farmland. Even in the 90’s though going to school downstate you did not see much and Every so often I have trips across states and even down south and stays crystal clear. I will note besides insect decline there is a thing were more airodynamic vehicles don’t get as many. The air flows around and the insects are more likely to survive. That being said just going camping and such im amazed at how few insects there are. I used to get eaten alive.
It’s been many years.
They’ve bounced back in our area. For years there was nothing. Now, daily.
Not really on my windshield often but my bumper and mirrors are covered within a few miles of driving. Maybe it’s an aerodynamics thing?
Not my windshield, but I’ve hit multiple today with my face and one got in my eye.
They called him Killer-Eyes!
:)
Try biking after rain in rural area
