One in three drivers may be hitting the road on frosty mornings without being able to see out of their windscreen properly.
Researchers found most motorists reckon they are 'in too much of a rush' to fully defrost their vehicle before heading off to work. It also emerged men are far worse than women at pulling off the driveway while peering through a tiny spot of clear glass at the road ahead.
The study also found more than one in ten drivers have had a near-miss in the last year because they haven't cleared their windscreen.
The survey was carried out by Continental Tyres, which polled 4,000 drivers in Ireland and the UK. It suggested that 52 percent of people know it is wrong to drive without a fully clear windscreen but fail to do anything about it.
