The wiper blade is one of the most neglected components on most cars and with heavy downpours now a regular feature of our weather, drivers need to be made more aware of their safety critical importance.

An online consumer poll conducted for TRICO Limited, has indicated that some 10% of motorists admitted to never checking their windscreen wiper blades, even though seeing clearly is vital to road safety. Most drivers were also totally unaware that defective wiper blades are illegal.

Trico Ltd is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of windscreen wiper blades and has launched a new and important wiper blade range called TRICO Force. The unique benefit of this new wiper blade is that it effectively converts and transfers wind force into windscreen wiper pressure, making it one of the most effective and efficient wiper blades on the market.

The new blade range utilises a unique TRICO development called VorTec, an aerofoil technology which directs wind force in a clever way that converts wind flow into windscreen blade contact, even at very high speeds. In addition, another TRICO development, HighGlide, a unique rubber blade treatment, ensures a smooth and quiet wiping action across the windscreen.

An important consideration for motorists and reinforced by consumer research, is the ease of replacement blade fitment, which in the past has been a concern to drivers. TRICOs easy fit technology allows quick and simple fitment for all common wiper arm types with only three adaptors required for the vast majority of vehicle blades.

TRICO Force has also been engineered to work effectively on today’s highly curved windscreens and has been extensively tested to perform over 1.5 million cycles.