rock chips
Small broken stones
Rock chips are small fragments of stone, gravel, or aggregate—especially those kicked up by vehicle tires on unpaved or freshly surfaced roads.
They're notorious for cracking windshields: A rock chip turned into a crack that spread across the whole glass.
Signs warning "rock chips" alert drivers to slow down and maintain distance.
- loose gravelUnbound small stones
- windshieldVehicle's front glass
- auto glassVehicle window panes
- crackNarrow break or attempt
- stoneSolid earth fragment
debris · aggregate · road · gravel road · highway · driving · road hazard · flying debris · ding · splatter · paint damage · granite · quarry · crushed · jagged · spray · fling · pit
- loose rockscree, talus, rubble, debris, gravel
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