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Post by **Donald** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:23 pm

Ah good.

Just seen a Mugen kitted EP3 absolutely slammed. Didn't look too bad actually!

andypont · Post by **andypont** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:29 pm

I think even passenger side is classed as in the line of sight, if in the area covered by wipers. However, the good news is that it has to be larger than 10mm diameter, I believe (95% sure on the size), to warrant an MOT fail.
Has that plane arrived yet?

'92 Si VTEC · Post by **jjmartin349571** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:36 pm

Donald wrote:Does anyone know the policy with regards to this and MOTs? I have a mate that works for Autoglass and can sort it for me, but not until next weekend.

It's within the wiper radius just, passenger side and the nearest size example I can give is about half the size of an uncooked grain of rice.

My Golf looks like it's been through Basra with the state of it's windscreen, got a pass on it's MOT though. The chips were all large and some were in the swept area on my side of the windscreen - I guess it's just down to how pedantic the tester wants to be. I though it should have failed but I wasn't complaining

nitin_s1 wrote:Just finished work and I got chased by a cat! :O I thought they were furry cute things.. Not any more!!

bristol_bb4 · Post by **bristol_bb4** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:46 pm

Vagina

Post by **Donald** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 12:51 pm

I got a nice does of fresh pits from an oncoming gritter last night as well

Not landed yet. I got here early plus the delay so I didn't go actually into Gatwick to park an hour and a bit ago, not paying too much for parking!

Went into Crawley (I think). I just stopped in the first town nearby

and bought some jobby from Tesco. That place is pretty big, has 2 floors! Can you tell how impressed I am?

ANYWAY. Now in airport and its been delayed another 15ish mins. Can't complain though since my dad had a 10 hour drive from where he was back to Sydney, then a 30 hour flight on top

simoncider · Post by **simoncider** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 1:21 pm

is he leaving just to escape the heat wave?
there's a story on the bbc that they had to add a new colour onto the heat charts because they only went up to 50C!!!!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20955249

Buzzonion Vtec · Post by **Buzzonion Vtec** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 5:14 pm

For future reference re mots and stone chips/cracks

The screen is split into two "zones"
Zone A is the area of windscreen directly in front of you roughly the width of your steering wheel and within the wiper stroke.
10mm length or diameter is the maximum allowed for any stone chip or crack. There can be more than one providing they are not all grouped together in such a way as to impare vision.

Zone B is the remainder of the screen within the wiper stroke or "swept area"
Stone chips and cracks can be up to 40mm in this zone and again there can be more than one providing they are not grouped together to impare vision

A windscreen top tint/banner can also fail the test if it encroaches within the wiper stroke.

That's the regs, some testers are a bit more lenient on banners and swept area chips/cracks but others are just doing their job and protecting their backs so don't get too upset if your big crack or top tint fails

Post by **Donald** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 5:17 pm

Thanks Rich, excellent info

'92 Si VTEC · Post by **jjmartin349571** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 5:32 pm

Just get some tiny windscreen wipers, like the ones on my headlights

Buzzonion Vtec · Post by **Buzzonion Vtec** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 6:39 pm

And then you'll fail for an inadequate swept area

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