I remember crossing the USA from coast to coast in the 1980’s. Had to often stop to literally wash the dead insects off my windshield because wipers were not doing anything but smearing the gunk.
Now, there is no issue, at all. Younger drivers never experienced this, I think?
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ComradeSharkfucker - 7mon
I have driven 1200 miles over the past few days. Haven't had to clean my windshield of bugs once.
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Granbo's Holy Hotrod - 7mon
Took this drive 3 times last year...barely any bug debris
wolfyvegan in biodiversity
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/03/climate-species-collapse-ecology-insects-nature-reserves-aoearchived (Wayback Machine)
I remember crossing the USA from coast to coast in the 1980’s. Had to often stop to literally wash the dead insects off my windshield because wipers were not doing anything but smearing the gunk.
Now, there is no issue, at all. Younger drivers never experienced this, I think?
I have driven 1200 miles over the past few days. Haven't had to clean my windshield of bugs once.
Took this drive 3 times last year...barely any bug debris
Same in europe.