As the car gets warm, the snow at the bottom melts. Then the idiot parks it to do his groceries or whatever so it cools back down and freezes into a 2 inch thick block of ice. Then they drive on the highway. That block of ice breaks free, flies up in the air, catches in the wind while tumbling which gives it an unpredictable trajectory and smashes the windshield of a car that was unfortunate enough to be further back at that time.
I know because it happened to me. Had to get a windshield replaced in the middle of a road trip. The dipshit who caused it didn’t even realize what happened and kept driving. The police should absolutely crack down on this instead of all the other petty bullshit they tend to harass people over.
The police should absolutely crack down on this…
They do, in some communities, fwiw. I’ve gotten a warning contingent that I remove the snow RIGHT NOW.
Don’t want to doxx myself, so I’ll just say “in the northeast US.”
You mean one of the same parts of the country.
I was just looking for a video to say exactly what you did, people should see it happen in real time:
https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=ZA8HB6ZpVRY
(This is invidious, a yt proxy, if you don’t recognize the URL. Content (no audio): A car’s dashcam captures an incident where a seemingly small bit of ice comes loose from a car ahead of the driver and destroys the windshield. It’s hard to notice if you aren’t looking out for it, bit of a jumpscare.)
Canonical yt link: https://youtu.be/ZA8HB6ZpVRY
That shit can get you a nasty ticket in Canada. They know how dangerous it is
It can get you a nasty ticket just about anywhere, but the cops have to enforce traffic law for that to happen
Idk I had several people warning me about that when I lived in Quebec, and I very rarely saw people driving with snow on their roof, so I assumed it was enforced quite seriously
I live in a place where it is illegal and can get you a ticket but the cops never pull anyone over for it so a lot of people don’t bother. Every winter /r/Connecticut is about 25% pictures of people with piles of snow like this on top of their suvs
Just the snow blowing off into the windshield of the person behind them is dangerous enough to cause a fatal accident.
That’s illegal where I live.
I bet its illegal where they live too.
Yes, the license plate covered in snow is illegal. Surprisingly, only you and i noticed it ! /joke
Pretty hard to keep your rear plate uncovered when driving in snow conditions. The air currents pack it in there like that as you drive. And it can only take a few mintues of driving to make it happen.
But the roof? Yeah get that cleaned off!
One time I left a (much smaller) snow helmet on my car. After a very mild stop at a stoplight, I instantly had a blocked windshield too heavy for the wipers to fix in-situ.
I was able to turn into a small parking lot without risk of hitting anyone/anything and clear it off.
Overall: 2/10, would not recommend.
It can be annoying and difficult, but it’s worth going the extra mile even if it seems like a small amount of snow.
Nothing like potentially killing someone because you’re a lazy fuck.
*you’re a criminal fuck
Not surprised that the picture was taken at a pump, that’s going to be killer on the gas mileage
at about 15 pounds per cubic foot, thats what maybe 400 pounds of snow?
And another like foot or 2 of drag
That’s not how physics works, but I appreciate the thought.
Yeah, most of it would be gone by the time you got up to 85
Even if it wasn’t super dangerous, I wouldn’t be able to drive like this. It’s like a giant sign that doesn’t just say that you’re lazy, but selfish.
It’s the best part of winter if we’re honest with ourselves.
No one commenting about this being physically impossible (unless the car in front is significantly slower/stopped)?
Thank you, Neil deGrasse Tyson. I had no idea shooting a green shell couldn’t be done like in Mario Kart!
Fuck. Can we do it like a red shell? Do bananas at least work?
If you look closely, a green shell gets thrown. So that would work.
I guess I should have specified Mario Kart 64. That’s the one I always think about first
“Fire it at the Tesla in front of me…” The animosity toward Tesla owners (or Prius or any other EV/Hybrid owner) is stupid. Why hate them?
Because the CEO of Tesla is a massive bastard? That’s not their fault. They may not have even known what a fuckhead he was when they bought it, nor should his behavior influence their car ownership. Plenty of good people work for Tesla too.
Or because they don’t support the gas/oil industry? That’s moronic. As much of a shit goblin Musk is, he holds no candle to the collective evil of the fossil fuel lobby.
Don’t hate someone for their taste in consumer goods. They’re just trying to get through life, same as you.
Now, if you wanna launch that snow drift at a “coal rolling” diesel pickup truck who is intentionally destroying the environment, that’s a different thing altogether.
Never seen or heard animosity about other evs, just people sitting on tesla.
Teslas are some of the most clueless drivers on the road, especially model Ys and model 3s. They’ve surpassed BMW/Mercedes as the not paying attention stereotype.
I target Teslas when I see them in Rocket League. Especially when Knockout is up.
People like being in the in group, and hating tesla and musk is in. If you offer anything to the contrary you get dog piled. Arent humans cool?
Lol, gotta observe that the minivan driver thinks they’re in some way superior to the targeted Tesla. They’ll keep telling themselves that as they’re picking the cheerios out of the seat cracks with dried rotten milk stains left by their kids. Got to keep your masculinity intact somehow by imagining your coolness.
Does the minivan brick itself if it goes through a car wash without pressing the right button?
Cheerios can be vacuumed a lot faster than buying a vehicle not built for ego and nonstop recalls
