Defrost your windscreen in SECONDS with this amazing trick using an ordinary kitchen gadget for just 16p

Drivers across the country are battling the chill with flurries of snow and falling temperatures, even as spring is just around the corner.

Many have been struggling with travel disruptions in recent days due to icy windows and icy roads.

While most will try to clean their windshield with an ice scraper from the glove box, one man has come up with an amazing trick that will instantly defrost your windshield using an ordinary kitchen utensil.

A video posted on TikTok by @succhefful has stunned viewers as they de-ice their windscreen with an orange – which can be bought in Asda for 16p.

This life hack, explained in the 6-second video, involves putting an orange in the microwave for just under a minute.

A video posted by @succhefful on TikTok showed people deicing their windscreens with an orange – which is available in Asda for just 16p

Spectators will be amazed that rubbing the warmed-up orange on the car’s windshield melts the ice in seconds.

The video is captioned: “Wow! Didn’t know you could use an orange!’

Although some viewers were impressed with the helpful advice, one person commented, “Great tip!”

The majority of viewers were appalled by the condition of the microwave, which was extremely dirty in the video.

One person asked, “Do you have any microwave cleaning lifehacks?”

If you rub the heated orange on a car windshield, the ice melts away in seconds

Another said: “It’s probably the bacteria on the orange that’s melting the ice.”

A third said: “Letting the car warm up properly works well too. While you wait you can clean the microwave.”

While it can be frustrating work scraping ice off your windshield in the morning, if you don’t do it properly, or only clear enough to see through a small gap, it can cost you more in the long run.

Allow enough time in the morning to scrape off all the ice and snow so you have full visibility, which could save you £1,000 and up to three points on your driving license if you’re caught with restricted vision.

While scraping ice off your windshield in the morning can be a frustrating job, it can result in a fine