It’s a freezing winter morning. You’re running late for work. The traffic report lists problems across all your routes. You make it into your car and look out to see, well, nothing. Your windshield is completely iced over. It may be tempting to start squirting that windshield wiper fluid and dragging your blades across the caked-on ice, but don’t do it! Not only does this damage your windshield wipers, but it can also scratch your windshield itself
A pilot got a scary surprise when a bird crashed through the windshield of his plane as he came in for a landing. Broken glass and feathers everywhere – it was a scene right out of an Alfred Hitchcock movie. Could this happen to you? Sure, if you have a plane, but it could also…
A picture in the Business section of the St. Albert Leader shows the employees of our Crackmasters Windshield Repair and Replacement in St. Albert, Canada in front of their display of AutoTex PINK wiper blades. For every purchase of the blades, a donation is made to the Breast Cancer Society of Canada. Last year the St.…
Our commitment to quality work and customer satisfaction has earned Crackmasters Canada a Consumer Choice Award in the windshield repair category! Winning this award for windshield repair is a high honor because local people chose us. The Consumer Choice awards article said “with quality services, free estimates and a money-back guarantee, it’s no wonder the…
Crackmasters is proud to announce the opening of our newest location at 260, 120 Pembina Road in Sherwood Park, Alberta. Our fully qualified, trained and reliable technicians use Ultra Bond, a patented repair resin, to truly repair your cracked windshield and restore its structural integrity. In fact, most windshield repair shops can’t repair anything longer…
During a car accident in 1999, Jeanne Fransway was ejected from her vehicle when the windshield failed. A recent investigation by New York news station CBS2 revealed that improperly installed windshields are still a common problem in the auto glass replacement industry. According to Debra Levy of the Auto Glass Safety Council, as many as…
Truck Driver Flies Through Windshield, Lands on Feet It’s the kind of video you see on “I Shouldn’t Be Alive” or “1000 Ways to Die,” but this truck driver’s quick reaction time probably saved his life.
If you use your phone, apply your lipstick, or snack on a burger while driving, you’re not alone. But distracted driving is dangerous. According to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHSTA), distracted driving was involved in 16% of traffic accident-related fatalities and 20% of traffic accident injuries. As reported by the Ottawa Sun,…
Jeanne Fransway was just 25 years old when her recently replaced windshield failed and she was thrown from her vehicle. WCCO-TV in Minneapolis talked to her brother John and conducted a junkyard walk-through with Butch Lysholm, a consultant with Occupational Automotive Industry Related Education, about how common and dangerous faulty windshield installations are. They also conducted…