Amiram Hayardeny's My China Experience

Winter Safety Tip - Heater plus AC = Visibility

It's winter.  It's cold outside, and the occasional rain clearly makes an impact on the crawling endless line of taillights...  But after a while the red taillights disappear, and just a split second before I get ecstatic about the sudden relief in traffic, I realize that I can see absolutely nothing from inside of the car, taillights included.  The driver is relaxed, as if assuming that it is sufficient that the other drivers see us, as if it isn't a requirement to actually see something through the windshield...

I point it out to him.  No reaction.  As I said, he's OK with the situation.

I try to explain in broken Chinese that it's dangerous.  It's very clear that I'm not comfortable with the current level of safety.  Finally I point out that the AC and the heater should be turned on, and the same for the rear defroster.  No understanding.  I did it myself.  The driver was shocked.  AC and heater?  Together in concert?  Unheard of.  Crazy.

Let me state clearly: the air conditioning unit in cars is designed to not only cool down or warm up the inside of the car.  It is also designed to get rid of the humidity.  To be safe in the winter, please take note of it. 

For winter time visibility, please turn on the car heater with the AC button turned on.  Please try it at home.

Posted at 07:00PM Oct 29, 2007 by Amiram Hayardeny in Personal  |  Comments[1]