If you don't clear all the snow from your car (roof, hood, bumpers, etc) you deserve to spin out

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Good lord people. Snow falling off of cars is not a felony. You do what you can. Step stool with telescoping broom? Are you effing kidding.

-Bostonian who rolls her eyes at the panic.

It may not be a felony, but one is required by law to clear the snow off the roof and hood before driving.

So is using a turn signal. But about 50% of people don't. We all survive.

Actually, we don't. How do you not know this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Clearing off a car isn't that hard.

But really - if you are driving so close to the car in front of you that you're really worried about snow flying off their car and smacking into you - you are driving too close. Slow down and back off. If snow on the road freaks you out too much even for that, stay home. Then you won't need to waste so much energy worrying about what other people do.

It's not always about a person driving close behind. Sheets of ice can fall off and hit a pedestrian standing on the sidewalk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good lord people. Snow falling off of cars is not a felony. You do what you can. Step stool with telescoping broom? Are you effing kidding.

-Bostonian who rolls her eyes at the panic.

I find it hard to believe that you're an actual Bostonian saying that. As a New Englander, I can say that you rarely see the massive pile ups on top of cars that you see here--then again, maybe you're just a true Masshole. Or an outright moron.

Clear the f@cking snow off the top of your car you lazy hag, before you kill someone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Clearing off a car isn't that hard.

But really - if you are driving so close to the car in front of you that you're really worried about snow flying off their car and smacking into you - you are driving too close. Slow down and back off. If snow on the road freaks you out too much even for that, stay home. Then you won't need to waste so much energy worrying about what other people do.

Agree that people shouldn't be tailgating, but have you ever seen how high/far the big sheets of snow/ice fly? They catch air and don't come right down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Clearing off a car isn't that hard.

But really - if you are driving so close to the car in front of you that you're really worried about snow flying off their car and smacking into you - you are driving too close. Slow down and back off. If snow on the road freaks you out too much even for that, stay home. Then you won't need to waste so much energy worrying about what other people do.

But really, NO. How do you maintain 5+ carlengths in the DC area? You don't, it's impossible. Or you live out beyond Manassas or something? No idea what goes on out there.

I'll worry about what idiots like you are doing because it does affect me when it flies off your car and onto mine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Long ago it just never occurred to me. Then one day I was driving downhill and the entire sheet of ice on my roof migrated down in front of my windshield and was too massive for the wipers so I was suddenly driving blind at 50mph with two kids in the car. So now I clean off the roof. The life you save may be your own.

This happened to me, too. Terrifying.

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Anonymous wrote:Sadly, it’s ysually others who are harmed because if the selfish idiots. I once witnessed a massive chunk of ice fly off the roof of a minivan and go through the window of another car. The minivan drive had no f-ing clue. Well that is until I got their Plate and reported the incident to the police.

Thank you. I had the same thing happen to me on 395N a decade or so ago. I hope more people are aware that they need to do this now. It was terrifying.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Clearing off a car isn't that hard.

But really - if you are driving so close to the car in front of you that you're really worried about snow flying off their car and smacking into you - you are driving too close. Slow down and back off. If snow on the road freaks you out too much even for that, stay home. Then you won't need to waste so much energy worrying about what other people do.

Agree that people shouldn't be tailgating, but have you ever seen how high/far the big sheets of snow/ice fly? They catch air and don't come right down.

Right. It's not snow blowing off; it's a solid 1" sheet of ice that melts from the underside and then takes off like a paper airplane landing smack on the windshield of the car 20' behind two lanes over. Or at least that's what happened to me.

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Anonymous wrote:I did my best -- its too high for me to reach all of it. Sorry.

Weak. Don't be a lazy a hole.

Dude I did most of it - just the center has some. Freaking relax.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I did my best -- its too high for me to reach all of it. Sorry.

Open your door, take a broom, and push the snow off the other side. How do you tie your own shoes?

OP, in some areas, you can get pulled over and cited for not cleaning off snow, it is considered a hazard to other drivers. As it should be.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Good lord people. Snow falling off of cars is not a felony. You do what you can. Step stool with telescoping broom? Are you effing kidding.

-Bostonian who rolls her eyes at the panic.

I find it hard to believe that you're an actual Bostonian saying that. As a New Englander, I can say that you rarely see the massive pile ups on top of cars that you see here--then again, maybe you're just a true Masshole. Or an outright moron.

Clear the f@cking snow off the top of your car you lazy hag, before you kill someone.

DP here. First of all, I don't think you are from New England, because New Englanders generally take "masshole" to be a compliment. Second of all, first PP should know better if she is from Massachusetts - clean off your damn car. So, I doubt either of you are from there, because you sound like complete idiots.

[Anonymous]

I saw about 15 people with covered roofs today and could not believe it. Most were 20 somethings who have all the capability in the world to clean their cars up before they got on their way. One can only wish that they all hit the highway at the same time and took each other out. Slaggard tools!

[Anonymous]

It’s so telling about the mentality of the typical DCUM’r that they attack the person who admonishes people who DON’T exercise a common courtesy and safety practice.

This board really is composed of the worst among us.

I come here to have my prejudices and stereotypes about UMC white people validated, and this place NEVER disappoints.



FWIW, I’m with you OP. If you don’t clean the snow off your roof, you deserve to have kids drop a cinder block through your windshield from an overpass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s so telling about the mentality of the typical DCUM’r that they attack the person who admonishes people who DON’T exercise a common courtesy and safety practice.

This board really is composed of the worst among us.

I come here to have my prejudices and stereotypes about UMC white people validated, and this place NEVER disappoints.



FWIW, I’m with you OP. If you don’t clean the snow off your roof, you deserve to have kids drop a cinder block through your windshield from an overpass.

Hi, worst among us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good lord people. Snow falling off of cars is not a felony. You do what you can. Step stool with telescoping broom? Are you effing kidding.

-Bostonian who rolls her eyes at the panic.

I find it hard to believe that you're an actual Bostonian saying that. As a New Englander, I can say that you rarely see the massive pile ups on top of cars that you see here--then again, maybe you're just a true Masshole. Or an outright moron.

Clear the f@cking snow off the top of your car you lazy hag, before you kill someone.

DP here. First of all, I don't think you are from New England, because New Englanders generally take "masshole" to be a compliment. Second of all, first PP should know better if she is from Massachusetts - clean off your damn car. So, I doubt either of you are from there, because you sound like complete idiots.

I'm from CT, and we certainly don't use it as a term of endearment. Maybe you Massholes like it, but then again....yeah.