I've read lots of anecdotes like this over recent years, with an increasing knot in my stomach. I don't drive much these days, renting as per requirement, so my

I've read lots of anecdotes like this over recent years, with an increasing knot in my stomach. I don't drive much these days, renting as per requirement, so my own experience in the matter is limited. That said, I had to drive to the south coast one Sunday this past summer and know for a fact that for one day a year at least, England needn't panic too much about catastrophic impending insect implosion. I know this because I discovered half-way through the journey that there was no liquid in the window washers, so by the time we reached our destination, the windscreen was caked in obliterated insect matter and we had to spend a good 15 minutes with a bottle of inappropriately-carbonated water trying to clean it off for the return journey! My hope is that a reduction here is indeed more to do with improved vehicle aerodynamics. Certainly, my sense of dread through springtime, seeing very few insects dissipated quite quickly after a few evenings being irritated by a multitude of flying critters. A welcome irritation though, one which I hope to always be able to appreciate...