The number of clowns in Canada who drive around after clearing the minimum amount of snow necessary to drive their car and see out their windsheild. Beyond lazy
"Entire windshield" is a very generous description. There's still quite a bit of snow that seems to mostly have been pushed around by the wiper blades.
The worst is when the back window is covered with fluffy snow and you can see that there's a rear wiper. Like all you have to do is press a single button but apparently that is too much.
It can if it rained the night before. Ask me how I know. (I do clean my car far better than most people, I've had trucks blanket my entire windshield before and fuck doing that too someone else).
Anyway though yeah I've found out the hard way my back windshield wiper don't wanna move at all even after a light dusting lol.
I've might have had cars with a weak back wiper but there's only one type of snow that it can manage to wipe away and that's packing snow. 😅 All other types will leave the wiper stuck in the morning
Either you don't have a drivers license, have never been in traffic or live in a paradise where all drivers are perfect. In any case you have no experience of snow I guess. :)
You can keep all the distance you like, but the second there's "space" for another car in front of you, someone will drive past and place themselves just in front of you.
Your inability to take responsibility for your own moronic decisions is both pathetic and wrong. Sad. You are genuinely trash if you feel such problems are fine for others to just deal with.
When that stuff dislodges on the highway it's not like your car getting hit by a snowball. It's like having an entire wheelbarrow full of snow hit your car all at once at 50+ mph. Just the weight of it can KO your entire windshield. It's a super effective way to make someone crash.
Also, it's not always just snow. If the snow on your vehicle sat there through a couple of freeze/thaw cycles, there can be a big sheet of ice underneath. If that goes through someone's windshield it can kill them directly. If you live in a snowy place, pretty much everyone you know has a story about the time they almost died because some asshole was too lazy to clean off the roof of their SUV, or because a huge sheet of ice flew off the top of a semi-trailer.
Trucks are the worst. Theyre supposed to go through a tall pole that'll literally sweep off all the snow from a trailer. Except that not all trailers are the same and not all drivers are smart. Scariest moment of my life when they're able to damn near cover an entire 2 lane road with snow.
The snow can blow off and affect visibility or even throw projectiles for multiple truck lengths. Plus it won't just stay in one lane. If an uncleared vehicle passes you in another lane you're still on danger.
So drop the "everybody is a terrible driver except for me" arguments
The distance that snow can fall off and hit your vehicle can be longer than a safe gap, and in any case, you should generally not be driving in such a way as to rely on other people driving perfectly safely except where it's impractical not to. Since it's perfectly practical to fully clear vehicles of snow, that's what ya gotta do.
You can see it the same way as pulling out in front of someone. Sure, unless you're a complete moron, doing so rarely results in a crash, because the other driver will brake to avoid hitting you. But every once in a while that driver will be distracted, or unable to react in time, or be unable to slow down as well as you thought. Or, you can see it as slowing down when passing parked cars in narrow situations: everyone should be behaving sensibly and so you should be able to maintain a high speed, but all it takes is someone to step out from behind a car without looking or an oncoming vehicle to deviate from their lane and you have a disaster.
You're just straight up ignoring all the comments about this being seriously dangerous and causing death. But you'll reply to one that doesn't mention it and just be like "so visibility?" Like bruh.
In addition to what the others said, you're unnecessarily increasing the amount of ice/snow on the road. You also decrease visibility for drivers in the opposite lane depending on the wind direction. It only takes a couple minutes at the most to clean off the majority of snow, unless you're a lazy tosser.
A few years ago a piece of snow that had hardened from the cold flew off of the top of a guys car and hit my windshield so hard that it spiderwebbed. Snow flying off of a car can also completely blind you for several seconds, since it often comes off all at once like an avalanche.
When I (Texan)lived briefly in the northeast, I loved cleaning all the snow off my car. It was so novel and so satisfying to watch it come off in layers. Especially using the ice scraper on the frozen bottom layer...
A few years after moving back to Texas, we had an unseasonably and record amount of snowfall. I'd kept my window brush/squeegee/scraper, so I ran around my apartment parking lot, asking everyone if they'd like the snow off their car. Some people would see me gleefully cleaning a car, and they'd get excited, saying that they wanted to try it. Enough people wanted to try, that I just left them the scraper and told them my apartment number. A few hours later, there was a knock at my door, and my scraper was outside and 95% of the cars were completely clean.
I guess the moral of the story is to fly in some Texans when the snow gets that bad? I dunno, I just wanted to share.
1/4 inch thick?!? One year we got it so bad my gfs Durango was fully frozen to the ground, wheel wells and everything, so thick I could break the ice connecting her running board to the ground. Thankfully it was the weekend and she didnt have to work and it kinda warmed up after that but it was a day before I could get her door open and another before it was safe to move from its spot. I tell ya, there were a lot more fun things I was planning that weekend other than spending the whole fucking time unfreezing an suv enough to move it.
That’s such a cute story. It reminds me of when I go to sweep the floor at work and curious kids ask to try using the broom. Hell yeah, little dude! Let’s turn this chore into something fun!
It's all fun and games until you brake and the whole thing slides down and covers the front windshield and you can't see anything. Source: I was lazy about this once, but never again.
People here do not know anything about cars or winter driving. This is just a large rear spoiler fin covered in a dusting of snow. Spoilers on cars are not just for show. My Subaru WRX has a spoiler and it adds aerodynamic down force for better traction. In winter weather a large spoiler like this will make driving feel like there isn't even ice on the road. Laugh now, but you won't be laughing when this guy zips by you at 120km/h while you are struggling on the ice.
You're right, I won't be laughing when this guy zips by me, shedding huge chunks of his shit directly onto my windshield on the road. If you want downforce, get an actual rear spoiler.
I'm pretty sure the person you responded to was shitposting about the snow being a spoiler, including implying they'd be going by at 120 while other vehicles struggle on the ice
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qwestjest78@lemmy.ca · 92 pts · 210d
The number of clowns in Canada who drive around after clearing the minimum amount of snow necessary to drive their car and see out their windsheild. Beyond lazy
bob_lemon@feddit.org · 58 pts · 210d
The person in the screenshot has cleared their entire windshield instead of a minimal viewport, that's above average already
Zorque@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 210d
"Entire windshield" is a very generous description. There's still quite a bit of snow that seems to mostly have been pushed around by the wiper blades.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 209d
Clear is clear bub. Looks like amateur hour though, no blue streaks from the 2 liters of winter washer fluid needed to melt the wipers free first.
Zorque@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 209d
If that's the case, then it's clearly not clear.
errer@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 210d
Lived in Massachusetts for a decade, it ain’t just Canadians lemme tell ya
Zorque@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 210d
Anywhere there is snow there is people too negligent to clean it off properly.
BootLoop@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 210d
The worst is when the back window is covered with fluffy snow and you can see that there's a rear wiper. Like all you have to do is press a single button but apparently that is too much.
guy@piefed.social · 13 pts · 210d
Lmao that wiper is frozen stuck to the windshield
BootLoop@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 210d
That's why I said "fluffy snow". Fluffy snow does not freeze wipers to windows.
Zoot@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 210d
It can if it rained the night before. Ask me how I know. (I do clean my car far better than most people, I've had trucks blanket my entire windshield before and fuck doing that too someone else).
Anyway though yeah I've found out the hard way my back windshield wiper don't wanna move at all even after a light dusting lol.
guy@piefed.social · 3 pts · 210d
I've might have had cars with a weak back wiper but there's only one type of snow that it can manage to wipe away and that's packing snow. 😅 All other types will leave the wiper stuck in the morning
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 209d
That's clearly a Canadian spy car. They have a button that drops the snow to disrupt bad guys following them.
Greddan@feddit.org · 11 pts · 210d
Saapas@piefed.zip · 6 pts · 210d
Hey! I'm not lazy! I'm just in a rush, totally different!
nandeEbisu@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 209d
Its not just canada, its anywhere that gets snow regularly. I've lived throughout the northeast US and there's these idiots everywhere.
SapientLasagna@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 209d
And then there's this guy...https://globalnews.ca/news/6377799/bc-rcmp-want-to-talk-to-driver-about-questionable-snowmobile-transportation/
spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 209d
As indicated in the article, this feels like a very Alberta solution to no truck
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 209d
That's me, I'll carry around hundreds of lbs of snow on the roof and fenders of my Wrangler for weeks.
GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world · -12 pts · 210d
prettybunnys@piefed.social · 29 pts · 210d
Yeah, it’s wildly dangerous to drive with ice and snow on the top of your car as it becomes projectiles and hampers other drivers visibility.
GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world · -11 pts · 210d
prettybunnys@piefed.social · 21 pts · 210d
Only if that large truck has an unsecured load, which is illegal.
GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world · -11 pts · 210d
prettybunnys@piefed.social · 14 pts · 210d
Wait are you really advocating for the notion that driving with snow on your vehicle is safe and others ought to watch out?
In a handful of the states where snow is common it is illegal to drive with snow on your car, because of how dangerous it is.
Did you also struggle with the concept of how wearing a mask helped protect others, which in turn protected you.
Lmao check lemvotes on this chud
guy@piefed.social · 13 pts · 210d
Either you don't have a drivers license, have never been in traffic or live in a paradise where all drivers are perfect. In any case you have no experience of snow I guess. :)
You can keep all the distance you like, but the second there's "space" for another car in front of you, someone will drive past and place themselves just in front of you.
MotoAsh@piefed.social · 3 pts · 210d
Your inability to take responsibility for your own moronic decisions is both pathetic and wrong. Sad. You are genuinely trash if you feel such problems are fine for others to just deal with.
Have fun being trash!
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 210d
Wow getting back into the whole "everyone is a terrible driver except for me" again
Mostly_Gristle@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 210d
Yeah. You can kill people.
When that stuff dislodges on the highway it's not like your car getting hit by a snowball. It's like having an entire wheelbarrow full of snow hit your car all at once at 50+ mph. Just the weight of it can KO your entire windshield. It's a super effective way to make someone crash.
Also, it's not always just snow. If the snow on your vehicle sat there through a couple of freeze/thaw cycles, there can be a big sheet of ice underneath. If that goes through someone's windshield it can kill them directly. If you live in a snowy place, pretty much everyone you know has a story about the time they almost died because some asshole was too lazy to clean off the roof of their SUV, or because a huge sheet of ice flew off the top of a semi-trailer.
Zoot@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 210d
Trucks are the worst. Theyre supposed to go through a tall pole that'll literally sweep off all the snow from a trailer. Except that not all trailers are the same and not all drivers are smart. Scariest moment of my life when they're able to damn near cover an entire 2 lane road with snow.
FishFace@piefed.social · 9 pts · 210d
If the snow suddenly obscures the vision of the driver, or a following vehicle, it's dangerous rather than annoying.
GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world · -7 pts · 210d
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com · 5 pts · 210d
The snow can blow off and affect visibility or even throw projectiles for multiple truck lengths. Plus it won't just stay in one lane. If an uncleared vehicle passes you in another lane you're still on danger.
So drop the "everybody is a terrible driver except for me" arguments
FishFace@piefed.social · 4 pts · 210d
The distance that snow can fall off and hit your vehicle can be longer than a safe gap, and in any case, you should generally not be driving in such a way as to rely on other people driving perfectly safely except where it's impractical not to. Since it's perfectly practical to fully clear vehicles of snow, that's what ya gotta do.
You can see it the same way as pulling out in front of someone. Sure, unless you're a complete moron, doing so rarely results in a crash, because the other driver will brake to avoid hitting you. But every once in a while that driver will be distracted, or unable to react in time, or be unable to slow down as well as you thought. Or, you can see it as slowing down when passing parked cars in narrow situations: everyone should be behaving sensibly and so you should be able to maintain a high speed, but all it takes is someone to step out from behind a car without looking or an oncoming vehicle to deviate from their lane and you have a disaster.
Sanctus@anarchist.nexus · 0 pts · 209d
You're just straight up ignoring all the comments about this being seriously dangerous and causing death. But you'll reply to one that doesn't mention it and just be like "so visibility?" Like bruh.
kungen@feddit.nu · 9 pts · 210d
In addition to what the others said, you're unnecessarily increasing the amount of ice/snow on the road. You also decrease visibility for drivers in the opposite lane depending on the wind direction. It only takes a couple minutes at the most to clean off the majority of snow, unless you're a lazy tosser.
Signtist@bookwyr.me · 4 pts · 209d
A few years ago a piece of snow that had hardened from the cold flew off of the top of a guys car and hit my windshield so hard that it spiderwebbed. Snow flying off of a car can also completely blind you for several seconds, since it often comes off all at once like an avalanche.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world · -20 pts · 210d
Why do you think this is unique to Canadians? Americans do it, Europeans do it.
Don't throw shade when you’re guilty yourself lmfao
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 29 pts · 210d
Given they're posting from lemmy.ca they're probably talking about the country they live in lmao
prettybunnys@piefed.social · 8 pts · 210d
Schmidt is a well known bad take kinda guy.
One of my favorite hot takes is how “poor people should spend their money smarter, be more responsible so they aren’t poor anymore”
Axolotl_cpp@feddit.it · 16 pts · 210d
Crazy how you just assumed that they aren't canadian and that they don't remove ice/snow from their car, if they have one
kiterios@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d
Maybe in some parts of Europe, but this is illegal where I live. Punishable by fine or loss of license depending on how severe the coverage is.
SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 210d
This is illegal everywhere.
BootyEnthusiast@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 52 pts · 210d
That rear suspension is holding up pretty good imo
notabot@piefed.social · 40 pts · 210d
Only because it's frozen solid!
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 210d
That car is being held together by the ice.
fartographer@lemmy.world · 44 pts · 210d
When I (Texan)lived briefly in the northeast, I loved cleaning all the snow off my car. It was so novel and so satisfying to watch it come off in layers. Especially using the ice scraper on the frozen bottom layer...
A few years after moving back to Texas, we had an unseasonably and record amount of snowfall. I'd kept my window brush/squeegee/scraper, so I ran around my apartment parking lot, asking everyone if they'd like the snow off their car. Some people would see me gleefully cleaning a car, and they'd get excited, saying that they wanted to try it. Enough people wanted to try, that I just left them the scraper and told them my apartment number. A few hours later, there was a knock at my door, and my scraper was outside and 95% of the cars were completely clean.
I guess the moral of the story is to fly in some Texans when the snow gets that bad? I dunno, I just wanted to share.
Bye!
Quilotoa@lemmy.ca · 10 pts · 209d
Sounds like a Tom Sawyer move.
fartographer@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 209d
Daggum, I sure love painting this fence! I HOPE NO ONE FINDS OUT HOW MUCH FUN I'M HAVING!!!
Iceblade02@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 210d
Yeah, I will admit that there is a strange satisfaction to brushing off snow.
Thick frost however? That's just torture.
spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 209d
Freezing rain. There's a special circle in hell for quarter inch thick freezing rain.
I recognise the irony, but the fires of hell don't burn as hot as my hatred of scraping freezing rain.
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 209d
1/4 inch thick?!? One year we got it so bad my gfs Durango was fully frozen to the ground, wheel wells and everything, so thick I could break the ice connecting her running board to the ground. Thankfully it was the weekend and she didnt have to work and it kinda warmed up after that but it was a day before I could get her door open and another before it was safe to move from its spot. I tell ya, there were a lot more fun things I was planning that weekend other than spending the whole fucking time unfreezing an suv enough to move it.
Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 210d
That’s such a cute story. It reminds me of when I go to sweep the floor at work and curious kids ask to try using the broom. Hell yeah, little dude! Let’s turn this chore into something fun!
Remember_the_tooth@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 210d
There's a rotting pumpkin on their doorstep and a brown Christmas tree in their living room.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 210d
“Is this the return to Oz?”
W98BSoD@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 210d
DoooooorrrrttttTTTTTHHHYYYYY GAAAAAAALLLLLEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mech@feddit.org · 20 pts · 210d
That's a safety measure.
More weight over the rear axle improves traction.
nexguy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 210d
And if someone hits you in the top rear your good to go.
eezeebee@lemmy.ca · 17 pts · 210d
It's all fun and games until you brake and the whole thing slides down and covers the front windshield and you can't see anything. Source: I was lazy about this once, but never again.
ibelieveinthehousehippo@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 210d
Nothing the wipers can't handle 🥴
lemmyng@piefed.ca · 13 pts · 210d
No self respecting Canadian is going to drive around with a road hazard on their roof. Unless they're from Brampton.
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 210d
This car looks like it wants to invade Narn
lurch@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 210d
The Ford Mollari
surewhynotlem@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d
Everybody's cute. But in steely grey... I'm STUNNING
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 210d
It's being nibbled to death by cats.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 210d
idiotgloo.
Nugscree@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 210d
That down force must be crazy!
Enzy@feddit.nu · 6 pts · 210d
Would probably make it melt a little then slide off
Edit: nvm it's on the roof I'm blind
prettybunnys@piefed.social · 0 pts · 210d
This is actually a pickup truck I believe, the bed is full.
The rear defrost is right behind the driver, it’s got like 10 feet of snow to get through.
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 210d
Looks like they just pulled out of that snow bank behind the truck to take a picture because they were surprised it stayed in place.
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 210d
run mode: naruto
libre_warrior@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 210d
It looks like a car crown.
Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 210d
Isn't that car in risk of overheating, with its radiator completely covered in snow?
Early_Insurance_3334@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 210d
Nah it will be fine.
The work trucks I used to drive in the winter had covers to block airflow from the front because they would get too cold while driving.
JTode@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 209d
It me 😂
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 210d
People here do not know anything about cars or winter driving. This is just a large rear spoiler fin covered in a dusting of snow. Spoilers on cars are not just for show. My Subaru WRX has a spoiler and it adds aerodynamic down force for better traction. In winter weather a large spoiler like this will make driving feel like there isn't even ice on the road. Laugh now, but you won't be laughing when this guy zips by you at 120km/h while you are struggling on the ice.
sober_monk@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 210d
You're right, I won't be laughing when this guy zips by me, shedding huge chunks of his shit directly onto my windshield on the road. If you want downforce, get an actual rear spoiler.
Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 210d
The second sentence addresses your suggestion.
sober_monk@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 210d
Oh, thanks! I misunderstood.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 210d
I'm pretty sure the person you responded to was shitposting about the snow being a spoiler, including implying they'd be going by at 120 while other vehicles struggle on the ice
sober_monk@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 210d
Yeah, fair enough. I've come across so many people driving oversized snowballs over the past week and I guess I'm still fuming lol
Gammelfisch@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 209d
I'm certain the coil springs appreciate the weight. I'll laugh if the bed snaps off the cab.
spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 210d
Dodge the father, ram the pile of snow into the car behind you!