Is this a violation?

With the exception listed in paragraphs.
Windshields shall be free of damage in the acute area. As long as damage isn't defined in the exemptions.

Kind of contradicts itself.

 

@Commuter69 what @LDLWells was referencing with the scale house comment is thats what you tell the cop when he tries to write you up for having a big chip like that. “Sir it just happened a 1/2 mile up the road”.

 

I wonder how many times they heard that one lol

 

I strike at the crack with my fist to enlarge and lengthen the crack before returning to the terminal in order to ensure that the windshield will be replaced.

Just be sure to call ahead and let your dm or shop manager know you need a windshield replaced before arriving so they can schedule the glass guy to come in when you are at the terminal.

This reduces the concern of being cited for having a cracked windshield.

 

I've had one the size of a quarter low and to the left of my field of vision for almost a year. I keep putting it off, and it hasn't spread on me yet, even though I know that it could at any time. A few years ago a I had a similar one spread on the first cold morning with a frost. I turned on the defrost and that was all it needed to spread across the entire windshield.

 

Sometimes they'll go forever before spreading.
Sometimes they start immediately.

My longest is 6 months in the summer.

I've got 3 nicks now that will spread when winter arrives which looks to be Tuesday.