Clean ALL the damn snow off your car!

[krupa]

39 minutes ago, DaveP043 said:

I don't know about any of the other places on the list, I was just amazed at the gap between the #2, with 120 inches on average, and Michigan Tech, with about 200 inches.  

And apparently I need to work on my reading skills.  They mentioned Oswego along with Syracuse.  After growing up in Western NY and going to school in Oswego, I think I'm just touchy when I see Ithaca in any "bad winter" list.  It's really not bad here at all.

[GolfLug]

Obviously don't get much snow down here but we DO get it once or twice a season. The lack of common sense in driving is apparent plenty but even those I have come to know as sensible folks drive with snow on car in city roads and much worse and dangerously - on expressways.

This is where I don't miss my winters up in UMass.   

 

 

[David in FL]

On March 4, 2016 at 10:02 AM, DaveP043 said:

I'm going to rant for a bit. Here in Virginia we've had a little bit of snow overnight, hopefully our last of the spring. Driving to work today, I noticed what I always notice, drivers who are too damn lazy to clear all the snow from their cars. I went to college at the snowiest university in the US, and one thing I learned was to clean the entire car. We had snow typically between 4 and 7 days a week, and we always cleaned ALL the snow. That's the right thing to do.

Here's the thing. First you need to see, just like every other day. So clean the ENTIRE window in front, on the sides, in the back. Not just where the wipers go, clean the whole damn thing. While you're at it, clean the headlights and taillights, so we can see YOU. Clean your hood, so the snow doesn't blow off and blind you while you're driving. Clean your roof, so the snow doesn't slide forward and cover your windshield as you come to a stop. Is there anything left? Nope, that's it, the entire car.

Here's the reason I care. If you can't see out properly, and I can't see you, it puts ME in danger. Yet another way you might put me in danger is a few days after the snow. That snow you left on your roof, it might thaw a bit and refreeze, and become a big flat chunk of ice. Now you're going 60 mph down the highway, the wind gets under the ice, and flips it in the air. If that lands on MY windshield, I can't see. It can even break my windshield. We had over a dozen windshields broken in this area in a single day.

OK, rant over. I've avoided calling anyone names, or labeling them as stupid or lazy. I don't really need to make it any clearer, do I?

Cabin fever...?  

[DaveP043]

Just now, David in FL said:

Cabin fever...?  

Hey, I don't need any backtalk from anyone who lives where it NEVER snows!!!  

 

and....yes, of course!  

[Lihu]

7 hours ago, Zeph said:

I always remove snow from all windows and what I can from roof, hood etc.

Here's a photo from a couple of weeks ago. The driver was also under the influence.

Not surprised looking at the condition of the vehicle.

I lived in Ithaca NY at Cornell, and my parents made me plug in the car and de-ice all the windows every morning. It was a lot of work. When my grandparents offered to take me in I went almost immediately to Berkeley CA. . . within a week. . .

[JonMA1]

What I really enjoy is dodging giant sheets of ice flying off semi trucks.

Seriously, if you lived in the UP of Michigan @DaveP043, certainly you've been in snow where it doesn't matter how much you clear off your vehicle. But the time you've cleared the driver side, the passenger side is covered again and vice versa. At some point you just say "screw it" and head home.

But I understand the rant. I'm one of those guys who will go around my car twice making sure all the windows, hood, roof, mirrors, headlights, tail lights and license plate are all cleared.

My pet peeve is for those who refuse to turn their headlights on when it's snowing and then drive way faster than they should on bad roads.

[natureboy]

10 hours ago, JonMA1 said:

What I really enjoy is dodging giant sheets of ice flying off semi trucks.

Agreed.

[Wally Fairway]

Dave I thought of you when I saw this picture posted on another board - it is reportedly from the snow storm last night in the Keweenaw Peninsula.
Thought it would make you miss the UP (not)

 

[Hardspoon]

YES - this drives me crazy.  SUV's are the worst...it seems like nobody actually cleans off the roof.  Although I guess it could actually be difficult for some people to reach, I feel like it's dangerous enough that you do what you have to do to get it.

Also, I've traveled a lot for work, and I feel like Virginia is one of the worst states ever in terms of dealing with snow (for a place that actually gets at least one snowfall a winter).  6" of snow and Richmond shuts down for days.

[No Mulligans]