This is supported by research in the UK which has shown that many drivers admit that they have been in an accident and have not seen a pedestrian cross the road, because their vision was impaired in this way.

Despite dicing with death, the UK research found that drivers only spend an average seven minutes clearing their windscreens on a winter’s morning - that’s half as long as they take fixing their hair and having breakfast.

And only four out of ten realise that they could be hit with penalty points on their licence for being so lax about scraping off the ice.

The research also found that of those motorists who do take the time to de-ice their car, many will risk damage to their windscreen, or even theft of their vehicle, by using foolhardy methods to clear it such as a knife, CD and DVD and pouring boiling water on their windscreen, running the risk of cracks in the glass and expensive repairs

Additionally, almost half of those surveyed were found to help out car thieves by leaving the engine running to defrost their vehicle while they stay inside the house.

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