Driving in the rain comes with a whole host of hazards, including the potential for your windscreen to become foggy on the inside – but there’s an easy way to prevent it
Driving in the rain can be dangerous, especially if your windscreen fogs up and limits your vision of the road.
The UK weather is unpredictable. One minute you’re driving along and enjoying the sunshine, and the next you’re stuck in a torrential downpour. Driving in stormy conditions can be dangerous and comes with a whole host of hazards, and we all know how important it is to make sure we slow down and stay vigilant when it’s chucking it down.
One of the most annoying things about driving in the rain is having your windscreen fog up on the inside. This is caused by condensation that forms when the inside of your car is warmer than the outside, and it can impair your vision when you’re on the road so should be cleaned off immediately.
And thankfully, there’s an easy way to get rid of it and make sure it never comes back – all with the press of a button.
In a YouTube Shorts video shared by @automartkm, it was revealed that your car should have a button that allows you to defog your windscreen just by using your car’s air conditioning.
The poster shared that if you use towels or just your hand to wipe at the condensation on your windscreen, you’ll notice that it comes back in just a few minutes, as it doesn’t solve the heat imbalances in your vehicle. Instead, you should turn on your car’s air conditioner and use a special setting that clears the glass in seconds.
A voiceover on the video said: “Instead, we just need to turn on the air conditioner. Turn on the front windshield defogging switch, and after a while, all the fog on the glass will disappear.”
The switch you’re looking for in your car will be on the knob that controls where your air conditioning comes from. There are settings to control whether it blows on your legs or your face, but there is also a setting that looks like some wavy lines inside a box – this is the one you want to turn it to.
Some commenters on the video pointed out that the hack was “obvious” to them, and to some seasoned drivers, it might well be. But newer drivers who were unaware of some of the finer settings in their cars were thankful for the advice.
One person wrote: “Thank you, you are my saviour!”
Another commenter recommended using the car’s heater instead of the air conditioning, but another disagreed, stating that cold air was better for “fast defogging”.
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