With the arrival of the primaveraalso arrive pollen allergies, which affect thousands of people, with symptoms such as throat irritation and/or itchy eyes, among others. For drivers, it also represents a additional risk to take into account, since some studies suggest that chaining 2 or 3 sneezes while driving at 90km/h makes attention diverted from the road for more than 125 meters. For this reason, Midas warns of the function that the pollen filter meets in health and safety terms and share a series of tips to make driving safer during this stage.
Javier Fuentes, from the Midas training departmentnotes that “As incredible as it may seem, during the spring season the pollen filter not only fulfills its function of filtering impurities that enter the vehicle, but also acquires an important nuance as an element to care for the health and road safety of many people . If it is in good condition, it prevents pollen and other mites from entering the interior of the cabin, creating a cleaner environment. In this way, it helps allergy sufferers to “take a breather” in their fight against pollen allergies and, incidentally, becomes an additional security element to avoid accidents.”
How to protect yourself from allergies in the car
As a general rule, experts recommend changing this component once a year. Vehicle air conditioning systems are one of the main sources of storage of particles and substances that are harmful to health, such as pollen. Therefore, before starting the spring getaway season, it is advisable to replace the filters to ensure that they fulfill their function as the main retainer of these elements. The most recommended are HEPA, since they are the most efficient to remove allergens.
Besides, from Midas they summarize a series of tips to protect yourself against allergies while driving.
First of all, plan your trip. The highest concentrations of pollen appear at sunrise and sunset. It coincides with the “favorite” moments of many drivers, since they are usually also the ones with less congested traffic. During the peak allergy months it is advisable to avoid those moments for the sake of a much more comfortable and safe trip for the driver and passengers.
Windows down are the worst enemy of allergy sufferers; the gesture of lowering the window can be decisive for people with allergies. The best way to alleviate rising temperatures is to use the air conditioning. If you have properly cleaned the filters, don’t worry! Your vehicle will remain a space free of harmful particles.
Keep the cabin clean, allergen-proof; This is perhaps the most tedious point since it requires a greater frequency of cleaning the interior of the vehicle. In addition, it is advisable to do it with special microfiber products that guarantee the removal of the almost imperceptible grains of pollen that can be lodged in our car.
Park in dry areas, humid environments are prone to the accumulation of harmful elements and particles, including pollen. For this reason, as much as possible, try to park in areas without excessive levels of humidity to prevent you from suffering an uncomfortable and inopportune allergy attack when you get into the vehicle.
AirCARe, solution for disinfection and cleaning
In its objective of taking care of the motorist in a sustainable way, Midas offers its AirCARe service, an interior cleaning process for your car driven by an ionized oxygen generator system, which guarantees the automatic disappearance of fungi, viruses, bacteria present inside the car. Also, also Eliminates odors inside the passenger compartment in 20 minutes and is 100% respectful of the environment. Among the main benefits of AirCARe are:
- Higher disinfection efficiency: the use of energized air allows to create 7 times more disinfecting agents than ozone. In this sense, it is capable of eliminating any type of virus or bacteria, including the influenza A virus, the Rhinovirus and the Covid.
- Total cleanliness: this type of air is used to clean the car’s air conditioning circuit, extending it to all corners of its interior. In addition, it is completely harmless both for humans (it does not generate toxic waste) and for the vehicle’s materials, since neither the upholstery nor plastics are affected.
As a result, AirCARe is the state-of-the-art technological system, especially recommended for allergy sufferers, since they allow an insulating bubble to be established in the passenger compartment against contamination and high levels of pollen and other mites from outside. In this way, Midas guarantees a higher level of safety while driving.
