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.
(Excerpt) Read more at southernliving.com ...
Let’s make LED lights illegal.
I feel for you. In South Alabama there probably aren’t enough H1B’s to clean the snow off all of those cars. LOL
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.
It can also slide off and cover your windshield when you brake.
You don’t have a shed or shop building to house it?
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Not everyone has a shed or barn.
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.
Could be devastating for a new or inexperienced driver.
I’ve always cleaned the snow off my trucks/vehicles. I thought everybody who was normal and not a complete douchenozzle did.
I’ve seen people clear a tiny little hole to see out and try to drive.
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.
Exactly how I see it.
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.
Probably 1,000 broken/cracked windows from rocks/gravel or other debris “dripping” from large trucks - versus a chunk of snow.
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.
Sure. Blind the person behind you.
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!
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.
It’s like that all the time in Minnesota. They probably don’t even notice =p
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?
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