I’ve answered yes, with the usal proviso’s.
It also depends on the type of work you’re doing. If you are in the type of work where they are constantly cracking windscreens, it doesn’t make sense to change windscreen each time it gets a crack, unless or until the crack becomes dangerous.
Refuse Absolutely.
In this day and age it will be quite easy to get a replacement windscreen for any viehicle within 24 hours especially as the will be 1000 of them on the road. All it is is penny pinching and rank lazyness on their part. Also when the copper pulls you over is he going to say its ok, because it isnt distracting you, or you have a defective windscreen. Not to mention the fact that on your journey something may hit the windscreen and it will damage even further.
There is no reason other than it happening out on the road why anyone should be driving around with a cracked windscreen.
I voted yes, but as I often have to colect accident damaged units it could be said to be part of my job.
I voted yes, that is provided that it is still legal, and the rain doesn’t come in.
My personal attitude to this is, depending on the position, size and severity of the damage, that I would drive the vehicle, however reporting to the traffic controller that the screen has been damaged and requires replacing, as soon as possible.
Like other people I have heard that the screen is an integral part of the vehicle strength, and that you can be taken to court if the police feel that it is causing a danger to your driving.
As the driver you are in the position to make the decision, and if your not happy, don’t drive. As far as i’m aware you can’t be sacked if you firmly believe there is a dangerous fault with a vehicle.
Or should I say no one has sacked me yet!!
My MAN 7.5 tonner had a new windscreen last Monday which lasted exactly 1 week in a pristine state - today had another stone hit it on the passenger side just above the base, result a 3"vertical crack which then turned to a 12" horizontal crack. Boss will be pleased!
Can you get rubber windscreens 
Calv
Would you drive a truck with a cracked windscreen?
The reason I’m asking is that on more than one of the agency jobs I’ve done, I’ve turned up at the client, and they’ve given me a truck with a crack in the windscreen. One client, who shall remain nameless, initially gave me a transit with a crack a couple of feet long across the bottom of the windscreen. I was about to mention it when they changed their mind and gave me a DAF CF instead.
I’d feel a bit guilty about refusing to drive such a truck, esp. since I’m only class 2, so they’d have to transfer the entire load, not just swap trailers.
So, if you were on agency work (just a single day for the client), would you refuse to drive it?
Opinions?
Have to say no to this, as depends where the crack is. If as you say it is along the bottom of the screen then it should not draw your attention, or reduce your view of the road, the worse that can happen is that the crack can get a bit longer which is not your problem (windscreens are laminated therefore will not shatter, so not a safety issue). If the crack was across the middle of the screen (or such that it is a focul point & takes your attention away from the road) then I would refuse to drive it, however at the end of the day it depends on you as a driver to judge how a crack would affect your ability to drive the truck safely.
From what I know a crack becomes illegal when it goes from rubber to rubber. So a crack 3/4 of the way across the screen is legal, but alittle one across a corner is not. Silly huh?
Now I’ve voted yes but that comes with a proviso. That is if it touches rubber then no I won’t. The windscreen is an integral part of the strength and stability in a truck, as the AWS man advised me when I last had one repaired, so you need to be wary of those which leave the side of the glass.
I voted yes, but I would like to have added a proviso that it must still be legal and not within the field of vision…
I’ll have to answer yes to this one, as my truck has 3 cracks at the bottom of the screen caused by 2 stones hitting it. We do have a new screen waiting at the local windscreen joint. I would not drive it though if the crack went across my field of view.
Calv