With so much salt on the roads just to get Canadian drivers through winter, imagine what all that salt spray and build-up can do to your car by the end of the season?
The plastic surfaces of headlights are especially vulnerable. Damaged headlights create dangerous driving situations in any weather.
Damaged lenses become so opaque, they can reduce lighting effectiveness to half that of headlights in good condition.
Tests conducted on a closed track confirmed a motorist travelling 50 km/h at night will have four more seconds to react to an emergency if the headlights are in good condition and undamaged.
To help determine if headlights need restoration, examine them in daylight for these conditions:
u The lenses look milky, foggy or yellow.
u You can’t see the bulb.
u The lenses are scratched or scarred.
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