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Did You Know That Driving With Snow On Your Car Is Illegal In 11 States?
Southern Living ^ | Jan 10, 2025 | Meghan Overdeep Meghan Overdeep, Senior Staff Writer Meghan Overdeep Meghan Overdeep has more than a

Posted on 01/22/2025 12:56:22 PM PST by where's_the_Outrage?

It doesn’t matter how big of a rush you’re in, you should always take the extra time to clear snow and ice from the roof of your car before pulling it out of the driveway. It might seem harmless, but driving a car with remnants of that winter storm on it is so dangerous that it’s been made illegal in 11 states.

Keep reading to find out why you should never drive with snow or ice on your car.

Don’t stop at your windshield. For your safety and the safety of other motorists, you should always, always remove snow and ice from the entirety of your car prior to driving it. That hunk of frozen snow on the roof of your car might not bother you, but it can pose a danger to other drivers on the road as well as a serious risk to your visibility.........

It is mandated by law to clear ice and snow from a vehicle before driving it in the following states:

Alaska

Connecticut

Georgia

Massachusetts

Michigan

New Hampshire

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Tennessee

Wisconsin

In these states, a fine or even a misdemeanor can result whether or not a driver causes harm to another driver.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Weather
KEYWORDS: ice; illegaldriving; snow; winter
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Let’s make LED lights illegal.


21 posted on 01/22/2025 1:30:29 PM PST by Rural_Michigan
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To: suthener

I feel for you. In South Alabama there probably aren’t enough H1B’s to clean the snow off all of those cars. LOL


22 posted on 01/22/2025 1:32:46 PM PST by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

Every day, the average American violates about three laws, sometimes without knowing it. It’s OK to apply this law to trucks, although if driving through a snow storm they may not know how much snow has accumulated on them, but bit of snow on cars is inconsequential. This becomes just another gotcha law for some cop to make his monthly ticket quota.


23 posted on 01/22/2025 1:33:49 PM PST by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

It can also slide off and cover your windshield when you brake.


24 posted on 01/22/2025 1:36:54 PM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: BipolarBob

You don’t have a shed or shop building to house it?

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Not everyone has a shed or barn.


25 posted on 01/22/2025 1:43:11 PM PST by laplata (They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possiWe neve hear of gambling paying off $billioble.)
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To: SoConPubbie
And in NJ. Years ago on The Garden State Parkway some moron up ahead of me had a large chunk of snow/ice fly off his car at 70mph and damn near cracked my windshield.
26 posted on 01/22/2025 1:43:19 PM PST by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: gundog
Which is why the Good Lord gave us windshield wipers. :)

Besides not much chance of that happening unless you pull out and brake hard at once. It generally blows back off behind you in short order.

27 posted on 01/22/2025 1:55:53 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Darn straight you should clear it off! We had an unusual snowfall a few weeks ago here in GA (and another one yesterday!) I was driving along, minding my own business, when the entire load of snow let go off the roof of an SUV that was passing me, and landed right on my windshield.

Could be devastating for a new or inexperienced driver.

28 posted on 01/22/2025 1:56:30 PM PST by AnAmericanMother (Ecce Crucem Domini, fugite partes adversae. Vicit Leo de Tribu Iuda, Radix David, Alleluia!)
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To: where's_the_Outrage?

I’ve always cleaned the snow off my trucks/vehicles. I thought everybody who was normal and not a complete douchenozzle did.


29 posted on 01/22/2025 2:01:17 PM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.")
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To: Sirius Lee

I’ve seen people clear a tiny little hole to see out and try to drive.


30 posted on 01/22/2025 2:08:00 PM PST by Greg123456
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To: where's_the_Outrage?
Did You Know That Driving With Snow On Your Car Is Illegal In 11 States?

I object to laws that make no rational sense. That do not serve to protect anyone and are merely an exercise of legislative arrogance.

We need to set aside this notion that legislatures can do anything they want. A law must have a clearly identified purpose in protecting others. If it does not have such a purpose, it should be null and void under natural law guidelines.

31 posted on 01/22/2025 2:24:04 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Dr. Franklin
Every day, the average American violates about three laws, sometimes without knowing it. It’s OK to apply this law to trucks, although if driving through a snow storm they may not know how much snow has accumulated on them, but bit of snow on cars is inconsequential. This becomes just another gotcha law for some cop to make his monthly ticket quota.

Exactly how I see it.

32 posted on 01/22/2025 2:25:56 PM PST by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Sirius Lee

Snow here has a habit of forming nice hard ice bombs under it. It should be illegal to drive with ice missles on your car just waiting to crack the windshield of person behind you. Just common sense to most folks, just as it would be common sense (to a police officer) to let it slide if the snow was 100% fluffy and not a danger to others.


33 posted on 01/22/2025 2:41:42 PM PST by LowOiL (In America today, it is considered worse to judge evil than to do evil - Burk Parsons)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Probably 1,000 broken/cracked windows from rocks/gravel or other debris “dripping” from large trucks - versus a chunk of snow.


34 posted on 01/22/2025 2:47:18 PM PST by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: John Milner
Yep.

And you can not even ask for the driver to pay for your damaged windshield. It is just one of those known hazards of traveling on the roads.

35 posted on 01/22/2025 2:51:58 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: Manic_Episode

Sure. Blind the person behind you.


36 posted on 01/22/2025 3:00:39 PM PST by roving (Deplorable MAGA Garbage )
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To: shotgun

I grew up and learned to drive in rural NY winters. I always say that the one teacher who made the biggest impression on me (as well as saved my life innumerable times) was my driver ed. instructor. Cleaning off your car is the first thing you should do—for everyone’s safety. You didn’t drive the school’s vehicles unless they were cleaned off. I didn’t know there were laws. Silly me, thinking common sense would suffice!


37 posted on 01/22/2025 3:07:57 PM PST by FlatulusMaximus
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

I live at the top of a pretty steep hill. It seldom snows here, but when it does, I’m the first to get buried when the snow slides off of the roof.


38 posted on 01/22/2025 3:15:17 PM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: roving

It’s like that all the time in Minnesota. They probably don’t even notice =p


39 posted on 01/22/2025 3:17:33 PM PST by Manic_Episode (Harpazo imminent. Each post may be my last. It's been real =)
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To: airborne

And just how, exactly, do you propose a 13½ feet high, 8½ feet wide, and 53 feet long trailer roof be cleaned off? And by whom?

Truck


40 posted on 01/22/2025 3:30:17 PM PST by big truck ("This space intentionally left blank.")
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