Water conduit for a lateral area of a windshield of a motor vehicle

A water conduit for water accumulating in lateral areas of a windshield of a motor vehicle, the conduit including a main water channel disposed at a distance from and forwardly of the windshield, and a residual water channel located farther toward an outside of the windshield, characterized in that a molding means is provided for defining the main water channel, the molding means extends approximately in parallel to a longitudinal center axis of the motor vehicle without substantial deflection in a transverse direction of the motor vehicle to a trough area provided at a roof of a motor vehicle, and in that the residual water channel lies within an envelope line of a contour of the motor vehicle and extends above lateral door cutouts of the motor vehicle to a rear portion of the motor vehicle.